Jan-Willem van Schaik

TAIPEI, Taiwan - In the run up to Taipei Cycle Show next week, six gold award winners of the Taipei Cycle d&i awards as well as one Young Enterprise Award, were honoured yesterday. These gold award winners were selected out of 38 nominees.

CARREGOSA, Portugal - Polisport Group has taken over the Spanish premium cycling helmet brand Catlike. The Portuguese helmet manufacturer will now act exclusively for the development, industrialisation, production, sales, and promotion of Catlike brand and products.

CHICAGO, USA - SRAM is the new owner of the entire range of road and mountain bike pedals, cleats, and all related patents of Time Sport. The iconic brand Time Sports has finally been split-up between two companies now previous owner Rossignol Group and SRAM concluded the agreement on 18 February.

The Shimano 2020 financial report reflects the positive statements on the performance of the international e-bike and bicycle industry. However, in bicycle components Shimano's 2020 net sales came in at JPY 297,777 million (€ 2,324 million); up 2.7% on the previous year.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Sacha Boedijn, who represented the bicycle division of the Dutch industry association, RAI Association, at the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) and also acted as Treasurer of this industry organisation, has taken up a new position.

BERLIN, Germany - Product availability will remain the biggest challenge for 2021. "Demand for e-bikes and bicycles continues to be bold while production capacities can't be adjusted so quickly to keep up with demand," said David Eisenberger representing the German industry association ZIV.

MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel Industries has terminated the going-private transaction which was announced last November. To convince the current owners, an initial offer of Cerberus Capital Management LP representing the buyers was raised two weeks ago. But it did not convince the two main shareholders of Dorel Industries.

ARNHEM, the Netherlands - As previously announced, Specialized has relocated its European Shared Service Center and office for the Dutch and Flemish market from 's Heerenberg to Arnhem, both in the Netherlands. The new location in the business park 'Arnhems Buiten' was opened virtually (see video) for all employees last week.

DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - It is one of those moments you need to celebrate in life; your 25th anniversary. For Bike Europe, 2021 will be one of those special moments. Like in the past 25 years, Bike Europe will stay on top of leading market developments. We start our anniversary today with the introduction of a new logo

MUNICH, Germany - In summer 2020, Messe Munich presented their bold vision to bring together all mobility stakeholders, from cycling to automotive, and unite them under one roof at the IAA Mobility. Scott and Bergamont were the first cycling brands which registered, and more have followed according to Messe Munich.