Jan-Willem van Schaik

AGUEDA, Portugal - Taiwan's Fritz Jou Manufacturing is opening a bicycle factory at Bike Valley Portugal. The company announced this at the Taipei Cycle Show last week. It's a major step forward in the 'bringing production back to Europe' initiatives and the reshoring project of the European bicycle industry.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - "To keep up the competitiveness of our bicycle industry in international markets we have implemented the 'Taiwan Bicycle Industry Standard' based on ISO 4210", said GM Chen Liang of the Cycling & Health Tech Industry R&D Center during the Taipei Cycle Show last week.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The latest statistics released by the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) show that Taiwan's bicycle export increased by 10.04% in 2015. Total export value reached 1.74 billion euro, compared to 1.58 billion euro in 2014. Also Taiwan's bicycle parts export rose last year by 5.45%, with total value reaching just over 1 billion euro.

TAINAN, Taiwan - "In volume we provide 85% of the OEM market and 15% of the after-market," said KMC vice-president marketing and sales Deborah Wu. "In turnover, the bicycle chain represents only 16% of our group's turnover of €231 million. "28% is generated by the motorcycle chain business and 56% by the automotive industry and industrial applications of chains."

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Well known for their Aropec quality products for water sports and outdoor sports, including scuba diving, snorkeling, spear-fishing, surfing, windsurfing, and bodyboarding the Taiwanese manufacturer also offers cycling and cycling sports related gear.

HAWKHURST, UK - 45 years after the inception of the original Bickerton Portable Bicycle, the Sterling is launched with the expectation that it will become one of the best folding bike frames that has ever been brought to market.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The total number of overseas entries for the Taipei Cycle d&i Awards increased by nearly 40% this year. "This clearly shows that this award is widely recognized by the international community," said TAITRA President Peter Huang this afternoon at the award ceremony. Nevertheless five out of six Gold Awards were handed over to Taiwan based companies.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Bike Europe's report on Giant's introduction of two very serious looking e-road models sparked a lot of response. Though the e-road might not be in the spotlight like e-MTBs, also some other brands offer a range of e-road race bikes.

芬蘭，赫爾辛基- 為了增長其牛步的自行車業務(2015年下滑2%)，Amer Sports Corporation 已經併購了ENVE Composites。 Amer Sports報導說：「總部在美國的ENVE帶來了碳技術的能力，且它提供了經營規模與協同效應，和我們的自行車部門有了互補。」

在台北舉辦的2016年全球自行車城市大會將會有兩日的「產業日」，業界知名人士包括巨大集團執行長羅祥安、Trek 總裁John Burke將會剖析自行車經濟學、倡議在市場發展中扮演的角色，並闡明為什麼我們需要成功的政策來幫助每個人擴展業務。