HELSINKI, Finland - In line with the trend as in most other European countries, e-bike sales in Finland increased in 2019. Although the number of units is still relatively small, the total market volume increased spectacularly to 23,000 e-bikes last year.

MAGDEBURG, Germany - Urwahn Engineering GmbH - a spin-off of the Magdeburg University - is introducing a 3D-printed Chromo steel frame targeting the use in city e-bikes.

It is foremost about stability and reliability; about securing supply chains as well as being more cost effective, faster and more flexible. All that comes with close-to-market production; with production in Europe. And in particular with e-bike production. But making the switch to producing electric bicycles requires considerable investments. It calls for robotization wherever possible, needed for reaching a 90 seconds flow time. All this is transforming bike production in Europe that stands to quadruple in volume in the next five years.

台灣，台北－昨日上午台北自行車展宣佈將延期至5月14至16日舉辦的消息，業界對此的第一個反應皆認為這將大幅改變展會。除了規模、參展商數量及展地面積會有不同之外，該展也將一改以往總能會場上看到最新、最先進產品展出的特色。這場五月的商展將更著重於維護並加強廠商之間的合作關係並建起新橋樑。

德國，斯圖加特（Stuttgart）－多元通路的自行車及戶外用品零售商Internetstores GmbH公佈2019年銷售報告再次成長，銷售達3.73億歐元。該集團表示，自2017年開始，每年平均成長率皆超過30%，去年也是。

丹麥，哥本哈根（Copenhagen）－該國市場發展就如同許多目前正發生在其他國家的情，那就是常規自行車銷售滯緩、電動自行車銷售正火。丹麥市場從2018年到去年十月的情景正是如此。

25-year-old Kemal Özdemir strengthens Thun's sales team as the company's new Key Account Manager. He already joined the company in August 2017 as part of an apprenticeship programme which he recently completed successfully.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The first reactions from industry sources on this morning's news that Taipei Cycle is postponed to May 14 to 16, 2020, is that it will bring major changes to the Show. Changes that go beyond size; the number of exhibitors and exhibition area.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The market development is the same as that which is currently happening in many other countries. Sales of regular bicycles are stagnating while e-bike sales are growing. That is the picture that the Danish market presents for 2018 and during the first ten months of 2019.

JAKOBSTAD, Finland - Herrmans Ltd. transformed its two business units for bike components and heavy-duty vehicles light to separate subsidiaries at the start of 2020. Herrmans Bike Components Ltd will focus on the European bicycle and e-bike market and develop as well as grow the existing business.

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - Almost simultaneously with the publication of a report from the European Environment Agency on the environmental impact that the fast-growing e-commerce sector brings with their last mile deliveries; e-cargo specialist Babboe is

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taipei Cycle Show 2020 will not take place as scheduled from March 2-4. That was officially confirmed earlier today by show organizer TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council). For those who still want to use this platform for

荷蘭，杜廷赫姆（Doetinchem）－Intube車架去年在Eurobike上大放異彩，預計在接下來的台北自行車展也將看到許多它的身影。電動自行車最新潮流就是InTube車架，不過現在電動自行車製造商可頭大了，因為在進入組裝前的測試階段，產品出現了很高的故障率。也因此造成生產進度落後、延後運送時程，進而影響到零售商及終端消費者。

西班牙，馬德里（Madrid）－歐盟在大約一年前開始向中國電動自行車徵收反傾銷稅，EBMA主席Moreno Fioravanti近期接受西班牙運動產業的貿易期刊CMD Sports訪問，針對該措施所帶來的影響作出評估。根據EBMA主席表示，歐洲的電動自行車產量在一年之內成長超越了100%，未來五年還會再繼續增加，背後原因不單只是反傾銷措施這麼簡單。

荷蘭，阿姆斯特丹（Amsterdam）－無段自動變速內變花鼓製造商enviolo報告去年營收較2018年成長四成。業務發展總監Koen van der Weer表示：「enviolo在自行車產業的發展很好，尤其是在電動自行車、電動載貨車和單車共享領域。」

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Amid a growing number of reports that scientists are close to the development of a medicine against the coronavirus, the latest news from Taiwan is that earlier this week Taipei Cycle Show organizer TAITRA mailed a survey of this year's show with which it is collecting opinions on a possible postponement or cancellation on next month's event.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Industry sources informed Bike Europe that beginning July is to be the new show date of Taipei Cycle 2020. This is apparently the result of the survey with questionnaires that show organizer TAITRA held earlier this week among exhibitors based in Taiwan.

STUTTGART, Germany - The multichannel bicycle and outdoor retailer Internetstores GmbH again reports expanding sales to 373 million euro in 2019. Including 2019, Internetstores claims an average growth rate of over 30 percent per year from 2017 onwards.