Jo Beckendorff

ATLANTA, USA - High-end bicycle pedal expert Speedplay has been taken-over by fitness equipment specialist Wahoo Fitness. "The Speedplay product range is complementary to our increasing line-up of high-quality indoor- and outdoor-cycling products," announced Wahoo. The purchase price remains undisclosed.

TORRE DE ROVERI, Italy - To cater for growing demand of fully automatic bicycle production equipment in Asia, Bike Machinery s.r.l. found a partner in Taiwan. Recently Bike Machinery signed a production, sales and service contract with Jui Chih Machinery Industrial Co., Ltd.

MATTIGHOFEN, Austria - The name change to Pierer Mobility could end the confusion between the companies KTM Industries AG and KTM Fahrrad GmbH. The Executive Board of KTM Industries AG recently proposed to rename itself Pierer Mobility AG.

STUTTGART, Germany - During Eurobike 2019 German Lightweight manufacturer Carbon Sports will open the doors for their in-house show in Friedrichshafen.

CHANGHUA, Taiwan - Shortly before publishing its 2019 half-year results Merida Industry Co. ltd also announced that it is investing heavily in a substantial expansion of the production of e-bikes in Europe.

BERLIN, Germany - At the beginning of August, Berlin-based start-up GreenPack Mobile Energy Solutions GmbH started series production of its innovative battery exchange stations for light electric vehicles (LEVs).

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - For the first half of 2019 Taiwan's leading bicycle manufacturer Giant Mfg. Co, Ltd (also known as the Giant Group) reports a 5.3 percent sales increase to a total of TWD 30.71 billion (877.4 million euro).

ALBSTADT, Germany - For this year's Eurobike in Friedrichshafen, Alber GmbH prepared a fast-paced innovation. It's the new speed pedelec motor Z20 RS that comes under the company's e-bike drives brand Neodrives. The Z20 RS is the company's first rear hub motor for the up to 45 km/h e-bike category.

瑞士， GIVISIEZ－在六到八月時，運動用品供應商Scott Sports Group將邀請來自26國的1600間IBD參加其舉辦於瑞士Givisiez的Scott Week活動，受邀者屆時將能參觀該企業的新總部。Bike Europe得到機會能夠先一探究竟，該總部預計於九月正使啟用。

Between mid-June to August, the multisport supplier Scott Sports Group will invite 1,600 IBDs from 26 countries to the so-called Scott Week in Givisiez, Switzerland. They will be shown around in the new company head office. Bike Europe got the