Thun has reinforced its reputation for innovation yet again, this time by launching the lightest bb-set in the industry. Called SHORTY SL, this new super-lightweight bb-set has a completely hollow spindle. As a result, it weighs in at just 198 grams.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - They are somewhat secretive about the way they operate. At least that's the experience of this trade journal.
POZZOLEONE, Italy - Saddle manufacturer Sello Royal puts greater effort into trade marketing activities in order to improve the brand's presence in stores. "Our objective is to help dealers to increase the performance of their saddle business and ultimately the customer experience in the shops," says Selle Royal.
POSCHIAVO, Switzerland - Repower, a Swiss manufacturer and distributor of green electricity, recently displayed the latest addition to its electric mobility ecosystem called Homo Mobilis.
DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - The next edition of Bike Europe magazine (number 7) is now available to read online in our digital magazine section. Some of the highlights are the interview with Norbert Haller on the 'Next Big Thing in E-Mobility' and the latest EU import statistics.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Last Tuesday Taiwan's parliament passed the review of a draft bill to step up the fight against fake origin labels and certificates of origin. The bill was initiated by Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs after the government identified several companies that tagged Chinese products with fraudulent labels of origin in an attempt to avoid anti-dumping tariffs imposed by the EU on Chinese exports.
DOLNI DOBROUC, Czech Republic - Tianjin Golden Wheel Bicycle Group Co. Ltd recently announced plans for the investment of some 10 million euro in a new Czech Republic based facility that is to have a capacity for assembling 180,000 e-bikes annually.
TALINN, Estonia - Driven by high demand for internet-of-things (IoT) devices for electric scooters and bikes Comodule recently opened its own factory near its headquarters in Tallinn, Estonia. It enables the company to produce up to 20,000 telematics devices per month.
TÄBY, Sweden - In the first half of 2019 safety products supplier MIPS reported hiking results. However, the harsh US import tariffs on Made in China products slowed down sales in the third quarter. The Swedes still are confident about the overall 2019 financial results and the outlook for 2020.
台灣，台北－在政府鼓勵台商回流台灣製造的政策之下，各界的企業皆踴躍加入，目前已有151間公司，其中兩間來自自行車產業，分別是零件製造商Glory Wheel Ent.和自行車生產機械製造商Shuz Tung。
荷蘭，阿姆斯特丹（Amsterdam）－Pon Bike於昨日正式收購Urban Arrow，這個位於阿姆斯特丹的荷蘭電動載貨自行車品牌在近幾年飛躍式成長，甚至他們售價達5000歐元的親子系列高價車款（電動兒童運輸自行車）在荷蘭各城市都變得常見。
日本，大阪（Osaka）－Shimano是否在電動自行車市場中有了新的技術突破？該公司在美國專利商標局（US Patent Office）提出電動自行車中置馬達與齒輪箱式變速器（gearbox）結合的專利。
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Yesterday, Pon Bike finalized the acquisition of Urban Arrow. This Amsterdam based Dutch electric cargo bike brand has seen fierce growth in recent years.
OSAKA, Japan - Is Shimano advancing further on the e-bike market with a new technical development? The company filed an application at the US Patent Office for a gearbox in combination with an e-bike mid-motor.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union has published an extremely critical report in which it warns Cambodia that it has not taken enough steps to prevent a loss of its special trade privileges, noting particularly "further deterioration" of its human rights record since a review process was launched nine months ago. C
SCHWEINFURT, Germany - Last September the board of directors of KTM Industries AG already proposed to change its name to Pierer Mobility AG to end the confusion on the company and brand name with KTM Fahrrad GmbH.
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CLOPPENBURG, Germany - Kalkhoff has responded immediately to last Tuesday's announcement by Continental AG that it will stop the development and production of Continental e-bike drive-systems in 2020.
