Jan-Willem van Schaik

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Ruben Baldew was appointed CFO and member of the Board of Directors at Accell Group after last week's Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. As of 1 November 2018 , the Board of Directors will have three members: Ton Anbeek (CEO), Ruben Baldew (CFO) and Jeroen Both (CSCO).

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Bike Europe and the bike dealer magazine for the Netherlands and Belgium, Tweewieler (both trade journals published by Vakmedianet), will be on hand at the 31th Taipei Cycle.

BERN, Switzerland - The 6th edition of the World Manufacturers Forum (WMF) powered by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will focus on manufacturing 4.0, and steps towards a future vision.

OSAKA, Japan - The company's financial results for the first nine months of 2018 do not show it evidently. However, in the explanation of the results Shimano says, "In Europe, with the stable weather continuing through the summer season, retail sales of completed bicycles, mainly sport e-bikes, stayed robust."

TAIPEI, Taiwan - An increasing number of Taiwanese bicycle companies are relocating their production back from China to Taiwan.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In a letter, dated 8 October, the European Bicycle Manufacturers' Association (EBMA) has informed the European Commission that they wish to withdraw their request for registration of imports. This was reported by the Collective of European Importers of Electric Bicycles.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European bicycle industry gathered in Brussels last week for their founding meeting of the Cycling Industries European (CIE). It is being created to enable cycling businesses of all sizes and from all sectors to make their contribution to business and society.

DRESDEN, Germany - The TerraE consortium, set up with great ambitions about a year and a half ago to establish a giga factory to produce lithium-ion cells, has seemed to have failed.

VIENNA, Austria - In a recent case of bicycle theft the Austrian police was able to track and find a stolen e-bike in 24 hours and even discover a van of stolen goods. Geo-location and connectivity were the keywords to solve the case at an international level.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission recently published its proposals to reform the Value Added Tax (VAT) system. If the proposal goes ahead, Member States will be able to set reduced or zero VAT rates much more freely than currently.