Jan-Willem van Schaik

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The company name D'Ieteren is not unknown in the bicycle industry. The multi-billion euro, stock-listed Belgium car importer representing brands including VW, Audi and Yamaha is eyeing the expanding bicycle market...and this is not for the first time.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Supply chain constraints in combination with shortages of components and shipping containers have disrupted distribution from Taiwan to Europe and the US. As a result, Merida Industry Co Ltd reported a decline in shipments and revenue last month.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Dorel Industries and Pon Holdings agreed on the acquisition as announced today. The sale is expected to close before the end of the first quarter of 2022. Pon Holdings reports a combined revenue of €2.5 billion, making it the biggest bicycle and e-bike

BOLOGNA. Italy - Known for their e-bike brands Italwin and Wayel, Italian producer Five has made an important step forward in their production of e-bike battery packs. Only three years after the battery market entrance, Five has already reached a new milestone with the production of its 10,000th battery pack.

MUEHLTAL, Germany - All Packster 70 cargo bikes will have to be taken back to Riese & Müller's production site. The German manufacturer also calls for an immediate riding stop of the Packstar 70.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The industry takes strong stance against tampering of e-bikes. 15 national bicycle industry associations and 68 companies have become signatories to a self-commitment to prevent the tampering of e-bikes under the umbrella of CONEBI.

MUNICH, Germany - "I never thought this combination of cars and bicycles in one show would happen," said Thorsten Heckrath, owner of a leading German omni-channel retailer, Rose Bikes at the opening of the World Cycling Forum this year. His statement marks the disruptive developments the market faced

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Officially the EU's rules which ensure that exporters from selected developing countries have an import duty free status on bikes they sell to the EU, will end on December 31, 2023. However, for these EU rules known as the 'Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)' the European Commissi

DIEREN, the Netherlands - Announcements of e-bike production cuts in Europe due to the component's supply chain constraints were to be expected. The question was: when? Today Gazelle spokesman Huib de Vries confirmed that the

BANGKOK, Thailand - Vittoria Group has announced its second multi-million investment this year. This time the company says the funding will g to construction of a new factory in Thailand. Vittoria's production partner in Lion Tyres Thailand (LTT) will expand its factory premises from 36,000 to 52,000 square meters