Jan-Willem van Schaik

OIÃ, Portugal - Nearly 100 firefighters were called in last Saturday morning after a fire broke out in the bicycle factory of Avantisbike. According to reports in the Jornal de Bairrada the fire provoked at least three wounded, one of which is a firefighter.

CHIBA, Japan - The Cycle Mode International show celebrates its 15th edition next November. Over the years, the event developed into the leading B2B and B2C show for the cycling industry in Japan. More than 380 brands and 27,000 visitors are gathering in the Makuhari Messe to see the latest in cycling.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union is poised to maintain anti-dumping duties on Chinese bicycles for another five years. The European Commission has completed a review of whether such measures are still warranted and published its conclusion in a disclosure document. This was sent to all participants of the review.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Over 920 funders pledged amounts ranging from 250 euro to 80,000 euro in VanMoof's crowdfunding campaign earlier this week. According to VanMoof, "the crowdfunding round was so successful that it filled up before it even went public."

REDDITCH, UK - Based on company data, population, car registration figures and the latest market statistics, Halfords UK expects that some 1.5 million e-bikes will be sold by 2050 in Great Britain. This outlook was published in a blog last week by Halfords.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - In an exclusive live interview with enviolo CEO David Hancock opens the floor for questions in the e-bike and bicycle industry. Registration for the company' first webinar of the season, airing 20 June 2019 is now open.

MILAN, Italy - Bluebrake introduces an invisible anti-lock braking system (ABS) which is fully integrated into a bike frame. "ABS is essential for the safety of light electric mobility vehicles," said blubrake GM Fabio Todeschini. "We are certain it will become the benchmark for e-bike brands."

SCHWEINFURT, Germany - Within two years after the initial launch of Pexco GmbH at Eurobike 2017 by MD Susanne Puello and KTM Industries AG CEO Stefan Pierer, Pexco enters into a new phase.

TAICHUNG, TAIWAN - To open up the market for shared e-bikes, the Benelux subsidiary of Giant Manufacturing joined the new B2B platform ConnectBike. For this project a robust e-bike, a service concept and sharing platform are being developed.

REUTLINGEN, Germany - Bosch eBike Systems introduced a standard to measure the range of e-bikes with defined parameters. The standard was developed in cooperation with the German industry association ZIV and supported by Accell Group, Shimano, Velotech and the German Institute for Standardization (DIN).