Jan-Willem van Schaik

BREMBATE, Italy - Vittoria SpA was recently invited to become Associated Member of the European Graphene Flagship project. This consortium was created by the European Commission and brings 170 academic and industrial researchers from 23 countries together.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Bicycle design, cycling culture, e-bike trends and future city are the four main themes of this year's Taipei Cycle Forum. The event which take place during Taipei Cycle, is hosted by show organizer Taiwan Foreign Trade Association (TAITRA).

HEERENVEEN, The Netherlands - Accell Group NV saw its net turnover grow by 2.4% in 2018, while its operating result doubled to 20.5 million euro. Just like in the previous year, Accell reports strong sales in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France but a weak performance in North America and the Netherlands.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Two large halls house the Vietnam facility of the Bohle Group which was opened in 2014. Together with its Korean partner Hung-A Ltd., Bohle set up the factory to meet growing demand for its popular Schwalbe products.

MILAN, Italy - Prologo developed its latest saddle in close cooperation with the Politecnico University of Milan. The design challenge at Polifactory, a multidisciplinary research laboratory of the University resulted in the Proxim W650.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Increasing consumer spending, sunny weather during the summer of 2018 and an ongoing interest in e-mobility products led to an unprecedented market expansion in the Netherlands.

LILLE, France - Decathlon posted a global sales increase of 5 percent to 11.3 billion euros excluding VAT for 2018. Despite this positive result, the market was not as good as in the past four years for the sports retail giant. Between 2014 and 2017 Decathlon still generated a double-digit sales increase annually.

S'HEERENBERG, the Netherlands - Introducing omni-channel distribution without harming your existing retailer network is complicated for multiple reasons. In March 2018 Specialized announced the introduction of omni-channel in Europe starting in the United Kingdom.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - The saddle pre-production hall is huge. The saddle cover paint job is done manually while the production line looks endlessly. It gives a good impression of the size of DDK production capacity in the company's facility in Vietnam.

BANGKOK, Thailand - Vittoria announces the introduction of its 2nd generation Graphene tyres. "With the aim to push the boundaries continuously, we succeeded in the development of a new generation of Graphene tyres," said President and founder of Vittoria Industries Rudie Campagne yesterday.