TORRE DE ROVERI, Italy - To cater for growing demand of fully automatic bicycle production equipment in Asia, Bike Machinery s.r.l. found a partner in Taiwan. Recently Bike Machinery signed a production, sales and service contract with Jui Chih Machinery Industrial Co., Ltd.

Yamaha Motor updates its flagship model PW-X2 and the sportive PW-ST - enhancing the ride experience of all drive systems with Quad Sensor System and Automatic Support Mode technologies.

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－歐盟統計局（Eurostat）釋出的2019上半年進口數據清楚顯現出，針對中國電動自行車實施反傾銷措施到今年一月中達到的成效。證實了中國的電動自行車從歐盟的電動自行車市場被踢出了。2018年約80萬台的電動自行總進口量到今年上半年僅剩餘一小部分。

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－台灣自行車產業轉往電動化現在已開始有了成效。Eurostat上半年數據顯示自台灣進口至歐盟成員國的電動自行車數量已越來越多，甚至達到雙倍成長。

德國，諾伊施塔特（Neustadt）－Tektro Technology Corp在這個月於德國法蘭克福附近開設了Tektro Europe GmbH i.G，邁出成為全球企業的下一步。Thomas Lattke將成為該處的新任總經理，以銷售及服務總監的角色帶領Tektro。他在業界擁有豐富的經驗，在Sigma Sports和SRAM的產品、服務及銷售部門服務了20年。

Sustainability plays an increasingly significant role nowadays and public awareness is at an all-time peak. One pillar of Thun's new sustainability action plan is the switch to 100% green electricity by early 2020. From then onwards, Thun's entire electricity supply will be certified by the 'Renewable Plus' label.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Eurostat import figures for the first half of 2019 clearly point out the effectiveness of the by mid-January 2019 instigated anti-dumping measures on e-bikes imported from China. They prove that the People's Republic is now more or less banned from the e-bike market of the EU.

VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France - Decathlon obtained a majority shareholding in the omni-channel distributor Alltricks. The sporting goods giant acquired all shares held by Partech Partners as well as Entrepreneur Venture, 123IM, Sonorfi, Financière de la Gommerie and other small shareholders.

BIRMINGHAM, UK - The 2019 Cycle Show had a new layout - presumably to take in a larger number of exhibitors - and whilst attending at the trade day it struck Bike Europe that the number of e-bike exhibitors seemed greater than ever.

SUZHOU, China - Phylion recently celebrated the production of its 10th million power lithium-ion batteries. According to Phylion Battery's chairman and president Feng Xiao "Manufacturing lithium batteries is a serious process. You can't just come and go like webshops.

The French call it 'la Rentrée': the first week of September, when people come back to school or work after the summer holidays. The weather is warm and you can still enjoy some bike rides in the city before winter sets in. Devron Europe has specific bicycles for metropolitan riders.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Pacific Cycles debuted at last week's Eurobike in Hall B1. It's part of the company strategy to focusing more on Europe. And the time is right for that as the average age of the population is on the rise in almost all EU countries. In particular as Pacific Cycles targets elderly.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The transformation of the Taiwanese industry towards electric bicycles is now clearly starting to pay off. T

MATTIGHOFEN, Austria - The name change to Pierer Mobility could end the confusion between the companies KTM Industries AG and KTM Fahrrad GmbH. The Executive Board of KTM Industries AG recently proposed to rename itself Pierer Mobility AG.

NEUSTADT, Germany - Tektro Technology Corp sets its next step in becoming a global company by opening Tektro Europe GmbH i.G close to Frankfurt, Germany this month. Thomas Lattke will be the new general manager for this office and lead Tektro Europe GmbH as director of sales and service.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Hero Ecotech debuted at last week's Eurobike in Hall A2. It's part of the company strategy to focus more on export markets. Hero Ecotech is more and more looking for international distribution partners, as the company's MD Gaurav Munjal explains.

波蘭，樂斯拉夫（Wrocław）－Bafang Electric (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.的總經理兼執行長王清華宣佈該公司於波蘭樂斯拉夫的新廠正式啟用。他在開幕典禮上表示新廠將能夠提升該公司在歐洲地區的服務水準，尤其對於Bafang最終要在歐洲生產60萬個電動自行車（中置）馬達的計劃來說更是重要。

德國，福吉沙芬（Friedrichshafen）－第28屆Eurobike於上週落幕，從會展可看出這場全球規模最大的自行車展會正從代理商大會轉變成更像產業商展的模式。今年由於Accell Group領先德國市場的品牌（如Haibike和Ghost）皆缺席，因此前往參觀的代理商數量也下滑。不過這並沒有影響到Eurobike的重要性，因為還是有大量的產品急採購經理前往會場。