Jack Oortwijn

QUEBEC, Canada - For the first six months of 2015 Dorel Sports (including its Cycling Sports Group division) saw its revenue decrease by USD 46.6 million (€ 42.5mn), or 8.8% to USD 480.0 million (€ 437.7mn) compared to last year's USD 526.6 million (€ 480.2mn). Organic sales declined in Europe is noted in the financial report of listed Dorel Industries Inc.

ENNEPETAL, Germany - Bottom bracket specialist Thun will launch a series of new BB cartridges at Eurobike 2015 that will match the new five-arm Gates Carbon Drive crankset produced by leading belt drive supplier Gates Corporation.

CALIFORNIA, USA - Supacaz, the new bar tape and grip brand in USA, Asia, and South America is now seeking partners in Europe. Supacaz has quickly established itself as a premium bar tape and grip brand in the market. This year, Supacaz enjoyed countless victories in the UCI Pro Tour: Tour of California GC (Peter Sagan) , Giro di Italia GC(Alberto Contador), Yellow Jersey (Tony Martin), and a multitude of sprint victories (Mark Cavendish).

瑞士，蘇黎世 -金融界裡著名的瑞士信貸集團，最近發表幾家自行車產業公司的經營報告。該報告指出，市場往高價位轉移，同時也正在擴張當中。

日本，東京 -Shimano 2014年自行車零件銷售成長了26.1％，此領域的淨銷售額和2015年上半年的數字成長相似。自2013年起，Shimano公司自行車零件的淨銷售額，已飆過50％了！

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Last year in the Netherlands a big 87,000 kilogram of electric bicycle batteries was collected. The collection, recycling, treatment and disposal of batteries and accumulators are ruled at European level by Directive 2006/66/EC, also known as the battery directive.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - It's again possible to search all the news articles and (market) reports published at bike-eu.com. Since 1999 Bike Europe offers its news service for professionals in the bicycle sector.

TOKYO, Japan - After a 26.1% growth in bicycle components sales in 2014 Shimano Inc. reports that its net sales in this segment showed similar growth figures in the first half of 2015. Since 2013 Shimano's net sales in bike parts boomed over 50%!

ZURICH, Switzerland - The Credit Suisse Group, a renowned name in the financial sector, recently published reports on several companies operating in the bike industry. The reports point to an up-market shift as well as an expanding market.

DIEREN, the Netherlands - His Majesty the King will officially open on Thursday September 3, 2015 the brand new bicycle factory of Royal Dutch Gazelle. Gazelle is part of the Pon Bicycle Group that invested about 10 million in the construction of the new facility at the existing premises.