Jan-Willem van Schaik

MORGAN HILL, USA - Forty-eight years after starting Specialized, founder Mike Sinyard has announced the appointment of Scott Maguire as CEO. As Founder, Chairman, and Chief Rider Advocate, Sinyard will remain fully engaged as the brand's visionary leader. Scott Maguire will own the responsibility of running the business and will report to Mike Sinyard.

The innovative power of Taiwan's bicycle industry was always strongly based on direct communication with the customers.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The unpredictability of the supply chain results in very mixed financial results by Taiwan's major bicycle manufacturers, Giant Manufacturing Company and Merida Industry. While Giant reported a strong growth in sales since the start of the year, Merida attributed a slight decline in sales to a high comparison base.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The much-discussed topic of supply chain constraints have had a direct impact on product availability. Due to the delivery problems, directly related to the corona pandemic, the e-bike and bicycle market in the Netherlands saw a record sales volume decline for 2021.

MILAN, Italy - Pirelli has started producing its cycling tyres in the Bollate factory based nearby Milan. The facility has undergone a period of modernisation and an overhaul process to accommodate the production of Pirelli Cycling's top-of-the-range lines.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - This morning, the 2022 edition of Taipei Cycle has begun together with its virtual counterpart Taipei Cycle DigitalGo. Over the past two years Taiwan's bicycle industry made a massive transformation to e-bikes and is now fully focused on serving the rapidly changing global market.

TALLINN, Estonia - The opening of the test and service hub in downtown Amsterdam, the Netherlands, marked the introduction of the next generation Ampler e-bikes. The Estonian manufacturer was founded only six years ago with a strong focus on international and online distribution.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - "While demand across our regions and product categories remained strong in 2021, we cannot close our eyes for the significant uncertainties we face in the world today and how these can impact our business and performance," said Accell Group CEO Ton Anbeek today at the presentation of the annual results. Last year the company's net sales increased by 6% to € 1.377 billion.

SCHIPHOL, the Netherlands - Europe is the next market for Yamaha to introduce a series of electric personal mobility products. In the première of Switch ON program, Yamaha revealed this morning details of its future electric models. Eric de Seynes, Yamaha Motor Europe's President & CEO explained more.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - It is regarded as one of the main challenges for e-bike and bicycle assemblers today, having all components in stock in time to deliver a complete bike. Still Taiwan's e-bike and bicycle assemblers managed to generate double digit growth volumes last year.