Jan-Willem van Schaik

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.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - According to a recent study conducted by the international industry market research agency 'Research & Market' the value of the global bicycle market will increase to 39.3 billion euro between 2018 and 2022.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - 'Better understanding of how to implement Manufacturing 4.0 in your business' is one of the main topics of the 2018 World Manufacturers Forum powered by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI). The final seats for the forum are now available.

HOYA, Germany - Hartje has recently opened its branch office Hartje Asia based in Taipei, Taiwan. In a press statement issued yesterday, Hartje announced that the fully owned subsidiary Hartje Asia works directly with the company's 80 suppliers in the region.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In their opposition against the ongoing anti-dumping investigation on China made e-bikes, the Collective of European Importers of Electric Bicycles, gets support from the Dutch Member of the European Parliament Wim van de Camp.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The show date shuffle didn't pay off positively for the bicycle trade shows in Taiwan this autumn. Overseas visitors decided to attend either Taichung Bike Week late September or Taipei Cycle show in October. Not both.

MILAN, Italy - Pirelli's Cycl-e line is fully dedicated to e-bikes tyres for urban biking and trekking. The Italian brand has a strong background in the development of innovative solutions for sustainable mobility.

MILAN, Italy - The 76st EICMA will open its doors in Milan next Thursday. Once again the show will include a dedicated e-bike area. Polini, one of the well-known Italian brand names in the motorcycles and scooter industry, will present a remarkable 1,000 Wh dual battery system.