Jan-Willem van Schaik

PAAL-BERINGEN, Belgium - Bike Trading NV, owned by fellow countryman Filip Carpentier, acquired all assets of the Belgian bicycle manufacturer Minerva NV which was declared bankrupt on June 25, 2015. The takeover includes the brand names Minerva, Scoppio, Pure Passion, Pure Comfort and Columbus. The company name of Bike Trading will be changed into Minerva BT NV.

LAS VEGAS, USA - Interbike announced several new initiatives planned for OutDoor Demo, including the return of several brands and new events. Well-known brands such as Cannondale, GT, Santa Cruz and Oakley will return to the 2015 edition of the event. "This makes it one of the strongest for OutDoor Demo's to date," says Interbike's Vice President Pat Hus.

WILTON, USA - Cycling Sports Group, owner of Cannondale, issued a voluntary recall worldwide of its bicycles mounted with an OPI stem/steering tube. On the North American market alone nearly 24,000 bicycles are involved in this recall.

LAKE FOREST, USA - The announcement by Tenneco Inc. last July to discontinue its Marzocchi MTB and motorcycle fork suspension business and to liquidate its Marzocchi operations created a lot of turmoil in the bicycle industry. Clarification on what's to happen is expected to be announced at Interbike.

WASHINGTON, USA - Trek Bicycle Corporation issue a voluntary recall of the 9.8 Superfly FS SL, X1 and XT bicycles while Huffy faces problem with front disc brakes.

德國，FRIEDRICHSHAFEN- 歐洲自行車展經理Stefan Reisinger在上星期六車展結束時宣布了2016年的幾項重大變革。「我們已經啟動了這些變革來幫忙激起全球對二輪交通工具的熱情。許多有影響力的合作夥伴相信，這是朝向正確方向的第一步。」

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - At the close of Eurobike last Saturday show manager Stefan Reisinger announced some major changes for 2016. "We have initiated these changes as a way to help stimulate global enthusiasm for two-wheeled mobility. Numerous influential partners are convinced that this is a step in the right direction."

PIETARSAARI, Finland - After 12 years as CEO of Herrmans OY AB, Reijo Tiuraniemi resigned to take a sabbatical leave. During his management Herrmans has almost quadrupled its turnover and doubled the number of employees.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Exactly 500 products were judged this year by a panel of experts for the Eurobike Awards. After two days of intensive evaluation and discussion twelve were selected for a Eurobike Gold Award and one for a Eurobike Green Award.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - To introduce their new 600Wh (10S4P pack configuration) compact and light weight battery technology the Taiwanese company LG Chem will exhibit at Eurobike for the first time. LG Chem will display current applied E-bike and LEV products with existing customers as well present their technology leadership in market.