Jo Beckendorff

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

MEQUON, USA - US bicycle component supplier Hayes Performance Systems which owns the brands Hayes, Manitou, Sunringlé, ProTaper, Reynolds Cycling and Wheelsmith, has completed the integration of carbon wheel specialist Reynolds Cycling LLC.

德國，施韋因富特（Schweinfurt）－就在董事總經理Susanne Peullo和KTM Industries AG執行長Stefan Pierer在2017年Eurobike首次發表Pexco GmbH之後，Pexco便進入新的階段。Stefan Pierer表示：「我們會加速接手Pexco的計畫，預計會在2021年完全接管，負責生產自行車及電動自行車。」

GIVISIEZ, Switzerland - Multisport brand Scott Sports, founded in the USA in 1958 and currently in Swiss-Korean hands, has taken over promising startup Bold Cycles Ltd; a local Swiss brand offering sophisticated technological frame solutions as well as custom-made possibilities.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The urban mobility company Voi Technology is currently planning a large-scale expansion in 150 European cities with e-step-scooters, as well as e-bikes and e-cargobikes. The Voi sharing system of this Scandinavian start-up was successfully launched in the summer of 2018 in Stockholm.