The Get Technical 2024 in Katowice, Poland will include workshops on innovative products and how to implement them into the production process. – Photo the sppot

Get Technical to focus on boosting efficiency in surface finishing

KATOWICE, Poland - Technical expertise and efficiency take centre stage at one of the sppot's BIG3 events - Get Technical. This year, the event will be hosted by partners, Wagner, in Poland from November 20th to 21st.Wagner will also open its doors to its new state-of-the art-facility.

Exhibitor booth applications for Taipei Cycle 2025 have closed, but applicants can still join the waitlist for the opportunity to showcase their brand at next year’s event. – Photo Taipei Cycle

950 exhibitors commit as Taipei Cycle 2025 becomes fully booked

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Despite continued difficulties in the market, exhibitor booth spaces for Taipei Cycle 2025 have officially been filled and a waitlist has been opened. Being held from 26-29 March the event will continue its focus on sustainability.

Three hotels in Taichung’s business district open up their rooms and banquet halls for exhibitors during the Taichung Bike Week. - Photos Bike Europe

Is Taichung Bike Week future proof?

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The lack of one central organiser of Taichung Bike Week might turn out to become the biggest hurdle for the event to overcome the current problems in the bicycle industry. Three hotels in Taichung's business district open up their rooms and banquet halls for exhibitors who invite their customers to come over. For the rest it is wait and see. This means a solid foundation and future vision for TBW are lacking.

During the summit, one panel of speakers including Chris Boardman of Active Travel England explored why the UK’s e-bike market has under-indexed against other core cycling categories, and other comparable EU markets. – Photo Richard Scrase

Top level summit explores how to boost e-bike adoption in the UK

OXFORD, UK - The annual E-bike Summit held in Oxford is now in its sixth year. The event is unusual in that it brings together manufacturers, retailers, politicians and trade bodies in one high-level gathering. Top of the agenda this year was removing the barriers to e-bike adoption in the UK.

Attending an annual sourcing show like Taichung Bike Week has become less relevant for product managers. – Photo Bike Europe

Market uncertainty persists at opening day of Taichung Bike Week

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The slow start of the annual Taichung Bike Week reflects the overall mood in the market. The inventory situation is still delaying product innovations and the development of new models. Over the past years the market has moved away from the annual model year cycles. All of this combined makes attending an annual sourcing show like Taichung Bike Week less relevant for product managers.

Despite the extreme weather ocnditions on the first day, the IBF reported a 7.5% increase in the number of visitors compared with the 2023 edition. - Photo IBF

Italian Bike Festival further establishing itself as international...

MISANO ADRIATICO, Italy - The seventh edition of the Italian Bike Festival (IBF) emphasised its position as an international show for the cycling industry in Italy. After Padova, Verona and Milan, the industry has found a new opportunity to present itself at the Misano World Circuit.

To meet growing demand for exhibition space, two halls were added to the 2024 edition of China Cycle. – Photo Bike Europe

China Cycle gears up for receiving more than 150,000 visitors in 2025

SHANGHAI, China - Spread out over 12 exhibition halls and a temporary display on the open ground, China Cycle 2024 provided enough space for the 1,460 exhibitors. According to recent data published by the show organiser, 126,262 domestic visitors and 15,004 overseas visitors attended the event. The top-10 overseas visitors came from India, Russia, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, Indonesia and Australia.

Like last year, Splendor hotel is again one of the locations of the Taichung Bike Week this year. – Photo Bike Europe

Market still in doubt in run up to Taichung Bike Week

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The annual event for product managers, the Taichung Bike Week will open its doors again from 24-27 September. The event's relevance has changed significantly, after Eurobike decided to move to the June/July window. The big question this year is whether the market is ready again for this sourcing event.

Despite its location in Toulouse, south-west France, Pro Days welcomed over 2,000 visitors. – Photo Pro Days

International flair to Pro Days edition in Toulouse

TOULOUSE, France - Due to the Olympic games in Paris, the Pro Days organiser, Département Beauté, had to find a new location for the 2024 edition. The company opted to hold the event in Toulouse from June 23 to 25 at the MEETT venue. Despite the shift, Pro Days managed to remain attractive for a growing number of international visitors.

While the market is cautiously optimistic, the mood among the more than 1,800 exhibiting companies was extremely positive at Eurobike 2024. – Photos Bike Europe

Bustling Eurobike did not bring the hoped for market improvement

FRANKFURT, Germany - On Sunday evening Eurobike 2024 closed the doors after five days packed with innovations, business meeting, networking events and highly informative presentations on several stages. All studies indicate a positive development in the long term for the e-bike and eco-mobility sectors. Nevertheless, the highly hoped-for market improvement in the short term is not in sight yet.

Over 1,000 people attended the 2024 edition of Micromobility Europe. – Photo Bike Europe

Micromobility Europe offers e-bike industry more than a niche event

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - As an event, Micromobility advertises itself as the 'world's largest' conference for small vehicles. In this bustling and crowded industry with many start-ups and new business concepts, the e-bike is probably not the first you would expect to find. The Europe edition, which took place on 5-6 June in Amsterdam this year, showed the e-bike is an important part of a whole new eco-system in the making: future urban mobility.

6,251 B2B visitors attended this year’s Bicycle-E Mobility City Expo held in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Sumitomo Building. – Photo Jo Beckendorff

Domestic automotive giants make debut at Japanese e-mobility event

TOKYO-SHINJUKU, Japan - Nine years ago, a local event in the vibrant Tokyo district of Shinjuku started out as a bicycle festival for end-consumers. Over the years it blossomed into a pure B2B event for urban e-mobility. This year's Bicycle-E Mobility City Expo, which ran from 5 to 6 June, also featured two heavyweights from the domestic automotive industry as exhibitors for the first time.

Around 300 submissions from 35 countries were assessed in a selection process in nine categories. - Photo Eurobike

Eurobike Awards honours solutions to accelerate mobility transition

FRANKFURT, Germany - A total of 43 innovative products and projects in the bike and future mobility sector will be honoured during the Eurobike Award ceremony on 3 July. Another 12 will receive a special distinction. Around 300 submissions from 35 countries were assessed in a multi-stage selection process in 9 categories according to criteria such as design, level of innovation, manufacturing quality and value for money.

Is the bicycle industry still interesting for private equity funds after the turmoil of last year? – Photo Eurobike

Industry investment funds gather at Eurobike investors lounge

FRANKFURT, Germany - Three successful editions of the 'Eurobike investors lounge' prompted organizer Kindermann Value Creation to launch a wider and more in-depth program for this year. The presentations are primarily geared towards the interests of the guests, who are mainly made up of representatives from leading private equity funds and family offices.

Eurobike 2024 will be laid out on an area of 150,000 square metres in eight halls and a large outdoor area.  - Photo Eurobike

Eurobike puts high-level speakers on the stage

FRANKFURT, Germany - Sharing know-how and best practices have become an important part of Eurobike. The annual industry get-together has become a global presentation of every aspect the bicycle and e-bike business has to offer. From 3-7 July 2024, industry experts will gather in Frankfurt for the flagship trade fair for bicycle and light electric mobility.

Eurobike 2023, Messe Frankfurt, flat land show, Kids Area, FESTIVAL DAYS, EUROBIKE SKYLINE CONTEST

Eurobike aims to expand its role as a hub for the global bike industry

Between 3 and 7 July, Eurobike in Frankfurt am Main will once again act as a focal point for innovation, trends and networking in the global bicycle and light electric mobility industry. We spoke with Stefan Reisinger, CEO of the event organiser Fairnamic, about the programme and his expectations for this year's edition.

Aiming to convince overseas bicycle manufacturers and suppliers to book a stand at this year’s B2B fair Japan Bike Show premiere: JBPI Assistant Eisaku Takakura (left) and Assistant Director Taka Kanda. – Photo Jo Beckendorff

Japan: New B2B trade fair celebrates its premiere this year

TOKYO, Japan - For many years the Japanese bicycle market has been struggling with declining domestic production and imports. During a visit to the headquarters of the Japan Bicycle Promotion Institute (JBPI) in Tokyo, Bike Europe learned why for foreign suppliers in particular - and despite the sluggish market - it would be worthwhile to have a stand at this year's premiere of the new B2B trade fair Japan Bike Show.

The Spezi is still a ‘leading trade fair for bicycles beyond the diamond frame standard’. – Photos Peter Hummel

Spezi tradefair still the benchmark for extraordinary bikes

LAUCHRINGEN, Germany - Three new organisers have successfully relaunched the German tradefair for special bicycles, called 'Spezi'. Their aim has been to bring back the old spirit of the event by organising it in a former industrial complex hoping to attract a new, younger audience. With the all-round success of the second edition they have already made landfall.