Astro Engineering Co. Ltd. is increasing its aluminum and carbon frame production capacity rapidly in Vietnam. Last June, the Taiwanese company opened its first carbon frame factory in Vietnam. According to Astro's Vice President Camille Hung,

DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - An in-depth report on the potential of cargo-bikes, an extensive review of the 2018 Taipei Cycle Show and an interview with the founders of Stella on their disruptive entrance on the Dutch e-bike market.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - All signals indicate that the sale of bicycles, e-bikes and parts and accessories has been soaring this year across Europe. The super summer of 2018 contributed greatly to this. Earlier Bike Europe reported on skyrocketing e-bike sales in the Nordic countries;

ALMERE, the Netherlands - Pon Holdings announces that on 20 November 2018 it purchased 338,121 ordinary shares in Accell Group N.V. and that it has now purchased a total of over 5.3 million ordinary shares in Accell, representing 20.0 percent

OSAKA, Japan - To gain traction for its e-bike business, Panasonic partnered with Chinese Mobike to explore the possibilities of an electric-bike-sharing service in Japan.

ANADIA, Portugal - M&A Creative Agency has become the official and exclusive representative of Bike Europe for the Portuguese territory. Since November 2018, M&A Creative Agency is in charge of managing Portuguese brands looking for publicity in Bike Europe.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Enviolo has redesigned its cargo stepless shifting system to cater for the increasing cargobike market. For MY2020, the heavy-duty groupset will be only available in a single piece axle version at a 10x135 dropout variant, simplifying the mounting process for bicycle manufacturers.

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－等待許久，歐盟執委會終於在上週發佈「案件AD634－關乎自中國進口的電動自行車反傾銷程序」的「最終一般揭露文件」(General Final Disclosure Document)。執委會會將此份文件發給各股東及程序中的合作方，宣佈中國電動自行車傾銷案之調查結果以及計畫徵收的反傾銷稅。

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－上週四公佈「案件AD643」的「最終一般揭露文件」內容說明歐盟執委會強制對中國進口電動自行車爭收高額稅率的動機。其中原因為中國進行國家干涉、造成競爭扭曲，進口遠低於平均價格的商品至歐盟，以致大量削價競爭與傾銷商品。

美國，費城（Philadelphia）－Advanced Sports Enterprises（ASE）執行長Pat J. Cunnane上週在一封信件中告知其客戶「該公司為改組並調整公司未來定位，其已根據美國破產法第11章提出自願性重組申請。」提出這項申請是為「促進公司提高利潤的長期策略性目標，並重申對於員工、供應商及其服務社區的承諾。」

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The last Thursday published "General Final Disclosure Document" on "Case AD643 - Anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of electric bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China" brings to light the motivations that lead to the European Union's intention to impose high dumping duties on e-bikes from China.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In a reaction to the publication of the Disclosure Document Moreno Fioravanti, Secretary General of the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) said "The disclosure is the next critical step to stop China dumping e-bikes in the EU.

GAND, Belgium - In a reaction to the Disclosure Document LEVA-EU and the Collective of European Importers of Electric Bicycles state that "Dark days are ahead as EU Commission discloses intention to impose duties."

PHILADELPHIA, USA - Last week Advanced Sports Enterprises (ASE) CEO Pat J. Cunnane informed his customers in a letter that "The company has taken action to restructure and better position itself for future success by filing voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code".

KARLSTEIN, Germany - The BMZ Group took over the Frankfurt-based TerraE Holding GmbH. In May 2017 the TerraE consortium was founded by three investors with the intention to build a factory for large-scale li-ion cell production. Last month German media reported that the project didn't take off successfully.

Yesterday, the European Commission has published its long-awaited "General Final Disclosure Document" on "Case AD643 - Anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of electric bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China." In this

After Pon Holdings announced its bid for 20 percent of all Accell Group's shares last Tuesday, financial analysts were quick to react by saying that they regard this move by the multi-billion euro earning Dutch family business as just a first step. They are

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - According to a recent study conducted by the international industry market research agency 'Research & Market' the value of the global bicycle market will increase to 39.3 billion euro between 2018 and 2022.