Jan-Willem van Schaik

The brand name Bike More was not new to Cycertec for its cycling apparel portfolio. The Taiwanese company has expanded its range outside its regular offering. For Trekking Bike More developed a under saddle bag made of 100 percent waterproof TPU.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - The introduction of new business models on the Dutch retail market was disruptive for the regular IBD business in the past years. Especially the rapidly expanding e-bike market attracted many new brands, webshops and start-ups launching new sales concepts. One of them was Stella e-bikes.

NIJVERDAL, the Netherlands - Dutch design from Amsterdam with Japanese technology from Osaka. That was the idea when introducing the international bicycle child seat and component's brand Urban Iki in 2015. This design is now awarded with the German Design Award 2019.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The e-bike business continues to grow. But it's getting ever-more-complex. In particular when taking the consequences into account of the anti-dumping on e-bikes imported from China.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - This is the final call for industry peers that want to take part in the WFSGI World Manufacturers Forum. The two day forum takes place on 11 and 12 December in Hi Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It's still possible to take part in this forum; there are seats left.

DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - An in-depth report on the potential of cargo-bikes, an extensive review of the 2018 Taipei Cycle Show and an interview with the founders of Stella on their disruptive entrance on the Dutch e-bike market.

OSAKA, Japan - To gain traction for its e-bike business, Panasonic partnered with Chinese Mobike to explore the possibilities of an electric-bike-sharing service in Japan.

ANADIA, Portugal - M&A Creative Agency has become the official and exclusive representative of Bike Europe for the Portuguese territory. Since November 2018, M&A Creative Agency is in charge of managing Portuguese brands looking for publicity in Bike Europe.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Enviolo has redesigned its cargo stepless shifting system to cater for the increasing cargobike market. For MY2020, the heavy-duty groupset will be only available in a single piece axle version at a 10x135 dropout variant, simplifying the mounting process for bicycle manufacturers.

KARLSTEIN, Germany - The BMZ Group took over the Frankfurt-based TerraE Holding GmbH. In May 2017 the TerraE consortium was founded by three investors with the intention to build a factory for large-scale li-ion cell production. Last month German media reported that the project didn't take off successfully.