Jo Beckendorff

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.

BEGUNJE, Slovenia - It currently produces ski's and sailing yachts but has been successful in bikes; Slovenian Elan d.o.o. As this company has been taken over by the owner of Bulgarian bike maker Leader 96 it raises the obvious question whether Elan bicycles will be brought back to life.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Fritz Jou Mfg. Co. Ltd was among the first overseas companies who announced to invest in a production facility in the Bike Value Portugal. Bike Europe had the opportunity to talk exclusively with Fritz Jou Mfg. Co, Ltd founder and President Fritz Jou about his European ambitions.

VIENNA, Austria - 2018 wasn't only a good year for bicycles in Germany, but also in neighboring Austria. The main trend here is the same as in many other European countries: e-bikes, e-bikes and e-bikes. Growing to a 33 percent market share (2017: 29 percent), Austria is now one of the biggest EU e-bike markets.

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria - With Pexco's brand Raymon as its newest customer, Bulgarian OEM maker Maxcom is gearing its bicycle and e-bike production to new highs. Right from the start of Pexco by (ex-Winora MD) Susanne Puello in August 2017 it was claimed that the production of the company's newly established brands - Husqvarna, Raymon and R2R - would mainly take place in Europe.

After announcing its intention to sell its bicycle business as part of its group portfolio, stock-listed Amer Sports Oyj has now entered into an exclusive agreement with global private equity firm Regent Equity Partners, LLC to sell Mavic S.A.S. The purchase price

WEIDEN, Germany - Motor Sport Accessoires GmbH (MSA) - longtime Kymco importer for Germany and Czech Republic and one of Europe's major importers of motorcycles and scooters as well as ATVs - is entering the European bicycle and e-bike market. For that the company targets its existing dealers in