Jack Oortwijn

TOKYO, Japan - Last Friday saw the opening of Japan's very first Dahon concept store. Opening just in time for weekend shoppers, the store stocks exclusively Dahon folding bikes, along with apparel and accessories to complement the line-up.

荷蘭，HEERENVEEN- Accell Group日前發現一起台灣員工嚴重盜領財物事件。該事件和實際損失估算的調查還在進行當中。此盜領事件預估將會對Accell Group的淨利影響最多達到400萬歐元。

法國，NEVERS- Look Cycle在昨天宣布該公司將併購Corima；這是一家法國碳纖維輪組的專業廠商。這項併購計畫是Look Cycle在2013年中宣布的野心勃勃計畫中的一部分。目標設定在透過併購擴展其現存的產品範圍與像是網球或是高爾夫球等其他領域多元化經營來倍增公司年營收到約1億歐元。

NEVERS, France - Yesterday, Look Cycle announced that it is taking over Corima; the French specialist in carbon wheels. The acquisition is part of an ambitious growth plan that Look Cycle announced mid-2013. It is aimed at doubling the company's annual sales to around € 100 million by widening its existing product range through acquisitions and by diversifying into other sectors like tennis or golf.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - New firmware has been released by Shimano to make automatic gear shifting possible for e-bikes with Shimano Steps drive train and Nexus-8 Di2 hub drive units.

PIETARSAARI, Finland - Finnish component manufacturer Herrmans Oy Ab announces that it is to expand its production facilities for bicycle components by 50% in the next five years. Reason for the big expansion is Herrmans' confidence in the growth of cycling as well as in its speed to market capabilities allowing for swift deliveries and flexibility to European bike factories.

比利時，布魯塞爾- 在法國的倡議之下，2016年將會有一個自發性安全標準提供給個人輕型電動車(PLEV)做為安全要求使用。也會發展出對應使用此種新型都市交通工具全新車款(類似賽格威的車款)的構架。

BRUSSELS, Belgium - At the initiative of France, a voluntary standard will provide safety requirements for personal light electric vehicles (PLEV) in 2016. A framework dealing with their use will also be developed for these new modes of urban mobility; the Segway likes.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The positive results the EU bike market showed in 2014 continued into 2015. This is indicated by the Eurostat import statistics. In particular e-bikes performed superlatively, resulting in an import growth of a big 26.5%.

BAGNATICA, Italy - How the Portuguese Triangles factory will be making aluminium bicycle frames with German car technology becomes clearer with the pre-series production start only a few months away. The facility operates 2 production lines; each with 10 welding robots as well as completely automated tube preparation machinery.