BARCELONA, Spain - Taiwanese bicycle component manufacturer, Glory Wheel, is to open up a facility in Barcelona after "seeing the need to service products and quickly deliver products to factories and offices in Europe". The company is now in the final stages of setting up the operation and plans to be fully running by the end of 2020.

HAIBACH, Germany - Battery manufacturer, E-bike Vision, which started in 2011 with the production of replacement batteries for Panasonic has been renamed to Akku Vision. A growing portfolio outside of the e-bike segment has called for the change.

New workshop-style technical education videos about the innovative chain-replacing belt drive system from Gates Carbon Drive are now available, covering a range of topics from efficiency, alignment, new tools, performance in the field and upcoming training events.

The cancellation and postponement of leading trade fairs did not deter e-bike component developers from launching next generation products. In this buoyant growth market, product design is only accelerating, despite supply chain constraints as a result of Covid-19. E-bikes give the industry so much confidence that the outlook for the MY2021 is mostly positive.

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands - Shimano's second-generation e-MTB system comes with a full line of features. The component manufacturer targets the EP8 for a wide range including premium mountain biking and competition racing to trail riding, cross-country, casual MTB, trekking and off-road adventuring. However, when the new drive system will be available to the market is still unknown.

OBERWANGEN, Switzerland - When Stromer launched the ST2 in 2014, it was the first-ever fully connected Speed Pedelec. With the completely redesigned ST2, Stromer is adding extra power and a carbon belt drive in its next generation model which is set to hit the market in October.

Shenzhen, China - Lithium-ion battery charger developer and manufacturer, Modiary, have unveiled a new smart charger, MDA310. The company claims the product can charge three times faster than ordinary chargers and the built-in software allows for an "intelligent control of the whole charging process".

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REDDITCH, UK - A couple of months ago Halfords, the UK's largest bricks and mortar cycle retailer, posted Q2 results for the 13 weeks to July 3rd showing an incredible 57.1% like-for-like growth in cycling sales. Now they've reported a 230% year-on-year increase in e-bike and scooter sales. But will the 'Covid effect' last?

HOYA, Germany - "With a total of 22 locations in Europe and 63 sales territories, Hermann Hartje KG is entering its 125th anniversary year in an extremely healthy manner, despite the fact that the celebrations unfortunately had to be cancelled," say Managing Director Hermann Hartje, while examining today's Hartje business. Despite the hurdles, the family-run business is moving steadily forward. Pre-orders for season 2021 have, for example, been "unexpectedly good".

ZIRNDORF, Germany - At Eurobike 2018 Metz made its debut in the e-bike industry as a supplier of mid-motor systems. The introduction of the high-quality, Made in Germany manufactured e-step scooter 'Moover' got even more attention. Both projects failed and Metz Mecatech GmbH applied for insolvency on 25 August.

德國，巴特索登（Bad Soden）－德國自行車協會ZIV表示，自行車和電動自行車不畏疫情，現已成為主流交通工具。其公佈數據顯示德國上半年電動自行車銷售增加15.8%，對於在年底達到2019年銷售水平抱持樂觀。

台灣，台北－歡迎所有自行車相關產業的設計師、製造商及零售商在今年12月14日前向主辦提交最新研發成果。獲獎名單將於明年3月3至6日的台北展公佈。

德國， 恩訥珀塔爾（Ennepetal）－Alexander Thun已被指派擔任德國傳統自行車零件製造商Thun的共同執行長。他將與其繼續擔任管理夥伴的父親Alfred Thun一同承擔所有營運的責任。

德國，科步倫次（Koblenz）－自行車製造商Canyon與德國阿亨工業大學（Technical University of Aachen）合作設計一款新的都會交通工具。經過兩年的努力，他們指稱的「未來移動性概念」（Future mobility concept）是一款「汽車及自行車的革命性替代方案」。

SOLOTHURN, Switzerland - The Swiss bicycle trade can look back on a successful 2019: the number of bicycles sold increased to 363,497 units, an increase of 5.2%. The sales growth in 2019 doubled compared with 2018. The market expansion was mainly due to high demand for e-bikes, where the market share increased from 32.3 to 36.6%, the industry association Velosuisse reported.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Eurostat import figures for the first four months of 2020 clearly point to the fact that the impact of COVID-19 on e-bike imports in the EU-27 countries is limited to a small decline of less than 3%. Notwithstanding the supply chain constraints and even order cancellations, these latest statistics once again mark the importance of the e-bike for the industry.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In contrast to the e-bike imports into the European Union, the bicycle imports declined significantly during the period January - May this year. The total import volume dropped by more than 15% from 2,577,256 units in 2019 to 2,181,239 this year. Taiwan's focus on e-bikes has a big impact on the top-ranking positions of bicycle exporting countries to the European Union. In line with last year's trends, China's export volumes to the EU-27 continues to increase.