LONDON, UK - Renowned consultancy firm Deloitte has published a study named 'Discover the Future' in which it presents detailed expectations for the new decade. These expectations are presented for six different sectors/topics, which are to have the greatest impact on society and business in the coming ten years.
NEW DELHI, India - To expand their footprint on the high-end European e-bike market, India's largest bicycle producer Hero Cycles Ltd acquired a strategic stake in HNF Group.
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Dutch e-bike maker QWIC has received 10 million euro in growth capital from De Hoge Dennen Capital, the investment vehicle of the Netherlands based De Rijcke family. The investment makes it possible for QWIC to meet its international ambitions and to develop e-bikes of the next generation.
HOYA, Germany - To address it Danish customers better, Hermann Hartje KG from Germany and Ebsen Bikes A/S from Vojens, Denmark have joined forces.
荷蘭，杜廷赫姆（Doetinchem）－Bike Europe於上月以Giant為例刊登了一篇「電動自行車潛力有多大？」的報導。該自行車製造商龍頭在十月宣佈他們今年將會賣出60萬輛電動自行車。我們當時對此說法抱持疑慮，不過某位業界專家明確表示該品牌大廠可能還是銷量最大的，原因在於日本電動自行車市場的重大改變。
荷蘭，萊利斯塔德（Lelystad）－Giant Ibérica和Giant France一同合作欲成為Giant Europe中最大的分銷商。這兩間西南歐的公司已簽署合作協議，內容是Giant在西班牙、葡萄牙和安道爾（Andorra）從今年開始都將透過Giant France來進行分銷。
荷蘭，寧斯佩特（Nunspeet）－該公司2018年賣了65,000輛電動自行車，自譽為荷蘭市場的領頭羊。Stella今年將拓展電動自行車的業務至荷蘭以外，預計會再更加成長。他們也想在比利時和德國市場當中成為主要競爭者。這間年輕的公司目標成為歐洲電動自行車的銷售冠軍，未來勢必也會拓展到更多國家。
LELYSTAD, the Netherlands - Giant Ibérica and Giant France have joined forces and are with that becoming the biggest distributor within Giant Europe.
LONDON, UK - Major UK high street cycle retailer Evans Cycles issued an update in late 2019 for the latest closed stores. They are Chalk Farm and Chiswick in London and Macclesfield and Leeds in northern England. Despite these closures the rate is far less severe than feared.
PARIS, France - Entrepreneur Marc Simoncini launched a new e-bike brand called Angell Bike. In the past three years, Marc Simoncini, the brand CEO Jules Trecco and a team of 20 worked to develop the first Angell e-bike devised by the French designer Ora-ïto.
Sponsored2019 has been an intense year for Devron Europe, full of events, fairs and new collections. It has been a year of growth, both in brand awareness and market share.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Earlier this month this trade journal posed the question "How Big is the Biggest in E-Bikes?" That we asked this question was triggered by Giant. Last October the biggest maker of Taiwan announced that it would sell 600,000 e-bikes this year. We had our doubts on that huge number.
NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - The company claims to be e-bike market leader in Holland with a 2018 sales total of about 65,000 units. And further fierce growth is expected as Stella's e-bike activities will no longer be limited to the Netherlands in 2020.
HOOFDDORP, the Netherlands - The Solar Bicycle Parking Facility is a new development of ECOpro Technology BV, a Dutch manufacturer of prefab construction systems and specialist in solar roofs. "The applications of solar panels in combination with e-bikes are versatile," says ECOpro Technology MD James Post.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - There are just a few days left for companies to submit products to the Taipei Cycle 2020 d&i awards. Organizer iF International Forum Design renamed the category 'IoT Applications for Cycling' to 'Smart cycling services' for this year's competition.
羅馬尼亞，蒂米什瓦拉（Timisoara）－羅馬尼亞明年將會出現歐洲規模最大的其中一間自行車工廠，產能將達150萬輛（電動）自行車，預計會有很多零部件製造商座落在新廠附近。到時候將成為另一座歐洲自行車谷，估計會有3000個長期的工作機會。
羅馬尼亞，庫爾蒂什瓦拉（Curtisoara）－義大利投資商將參與歐洲其中一間最大自行車生產工廠的建設，相關新聞請見本週電子報首篇報導。他們其實就是Campagnolo集團，該集團多年來一直有在東歐國家經營生意，直到近期決定拓展該區的業務。
英國，倫敦（London）－歐洲主要大城將於明年開始禁止私家車，這將會為電動自行車及速可達帶來一波成長。據Reuters的近期報導，某領先科技投資者預測將會出現這樣的綠革命。
