DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - It's finally coming; the highly needed technology which is to revolutionize batteries including the ones for e-bikes. It's coming with Graphene-Lithium.

BREMBATE, Italy - Vittoria SpA was recently invited to become Associated Member of the European Graphene Flagship project. This consortium was created by the European Commission and brings 170 academic and industrial researchers from 23 countries together.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's largest bicycle makers are reporting high e-bike sales that boost their revenues. Giant Manufacturing Co. and Merida Industry Co. both see a stark sales momentum of electric bicycles.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Bicycle design, cycling culture, e-bike trends and future city are the four main themes of this year's Taipei Cycle Forum. The event which take place during Taipei Cycle, is hosted by show organizer Taiwan Foreign Trade Association (TAITRA).

EASTWOOD, UK - Local UK media reports that Raleigh UK is set to sell its current HQ in Eastwood near Nottingham and move to a UK site that will allow it to "Capitalise on the growing demand for e-bikes".

HEERENVEEN, The Netherlands - Accell Group NV saw its net turnover grow by 2.4% in 2018, while its operating result doubled to 20.5 million euro. Just like in the previous year, Accell reports strong sales in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France but a weak performance in North America and the Netherlands.

LOS ANGELES, USA - A team of the University of California (UCLA) has developed a new welding technology for high quality aluminium. It takes alloy frames to the next level as it offers the possibility to weld AA7075 alloy.

MOSCOW, Russia - One of two major Moscow bike shows - VeloPark - was held this year in February, much ahead of a 2019 bike season starting in April. A mild winter with a prospect of early spring prompted a hefty rise of interest to summer sports equipment.

CHICAGO, USA - Late last month SRAM has started a recall in the United States and Canada of its i-Motion 3 internal gear hubs with coaster brakes. The problem that triggered the recall is with the brakes in the gear hubs which can fail, posing crash and injury hazards to the rider.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Two large halls house the Vietnam facility of the Bohle Group which was opened in 2014. Together with its Korean partner Hung-A Ltd., Bohle set up the factory to meet growing demand for its popular Schwalbe products.

MILAN, Italy - Prologo developed its latest saddle in close cooperation with the Politecnico University of Milan. The design challenge at Polifactory, a multidisciplinary research laboratory of the University resulted in the Proxim W650.

Last weekend, Thun exhibited at the Bike Motion in Utrecht, during which the company presented the E-Mobility Gallery for its X-CELL RT torque sensor for the very first time. The E-Mobility Gallery was a great success - so great that it was stolen from the booth's closed storage cupboard right after the show!

荷蘭，阿姆斯特丹（Amsterdam）－去年夏季的好天氣刺激了買氣，加上大眾對電動交通工具的興趣提升，因此荷蘭市場盛況空前。電動自行車市佔從31%躍升至40%，整體市場規模上升5.7%，市值也創歷史新高。

法國，里爾（Lille）－Decathlon公佈去年業績，全球銷售共上升五個百分點，達113億歐元（不含稅）。雖然還是有成長，不過與過去四年比較的話，依舊沒那麼亮眼。該公司在2014到2017每年都以二位數的速度成長。

荷蘭，'s-Heerenberg－要發展全通路又不危害到現有的零售網絡沒這麼容易，Specialized在去年三月宣佈在歐洲市場實施全通路策略，從英國開始。大約一年後，Specialized在荷蘭及比利時推出「整合市場策略」（Integrated Market Place）。

越南，胡志明市（Ho Chi Minh City）－DDK越南廠的座墊生產區相當大，其坐墊布料為手工上色，而生產線則蔓延整區看似沒有盡頭，可以看出DDK越南廠的生產規模。從摩托車座墊起家，到現在已是一間年產量達千萬個自行車座墊及數百萬手握的企業，這數字還不包括越南以外的生產廠。

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AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Increasing consumer spending, sunny weather during the summer of 2018 and an ongoing interest in e-mobility products led to an unprecedented market expansion in the Netherlands.