What has put severe pressure on the US retail contributing to troublesome 2016 sales is now being reversed by Specialized. The ever earlier introduction

MUNICH, Germany - Last year's political turmoil couldn't harm the global stock market. Good to know for this year as elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany as well as Brexit are coming and could lead to tears and fears. Globally the stock market upped by a big 10 percent in 2016. Also listed bike companies grew bigger. However, not all as in particular the deteriorating China market left its mark on Asian companies.

In a joint project, MIT and Samsung cooperate in the development of a new material for Li-Ion batteries. All this brings major benefits to e-bikes.

After fiercely denying it just three weeks ago MIFA is nevertheless in serious financial trouble. The German bike maker that just started production

Giant founder King Liu as well as Giant Global Group CEO Tony Lo retired at the end of 2016. Tony Lo was chairman of the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA).

Smart road bike pioneer SpeedX announces the production start of its model which features an integrated SpeedX power meter. It was presented at the CES.

德國，桑格豪森(Sangerhausen)－MIFA的老闆兼執行長Heinrich von Nathusius向Bike Europe證實：「我們在桑格豪森新自行車工廠的生產線即將開始。」這間全新的工廠為MIFA的悠久歷史打開了新的一頁。

台灣，台北－現年82歲的Giant創辦人兼董事長劉金標已宣布他將於今年年底與現年67歲的執行長羅祥安一起退休，而兩位高階執行經理的接班人也於上週五的記者會中宣布了。

印度，昌迪加爾－中國廣大的自行車及電動自行車產業為了強化其高於8000萬的年產量，目前正在尋找新的市場。而印度則被其視為潛在股，因為該國在轉往高端自行車及電動自行車發展。中國於投資合作中尋求一個優惠貿易制度，可在12月8、9日於印度舉行的亞洲自行車聯盟會議(Asia Bicycle Alliance Conference)上看出。

台中，彰化－Johnson Tso因健康問題而辭任了台灣JD集團執行長一職。其為電動自行車系統供應商TranzX等的母公司，並已確定了新任執行長人選。Tina Lin將與新的管理團隊一同改造該公司，並在2019年將JD / TranzX變成上市公司。

The World Trade Organization has received a complaint filed by the Peoples Republic of China on the European Union's new rules for determining dumping

Grofa GmbH, one of Germany's biggest P&A distributors, took the next step in its international expansion with the acquisition of the Benelux distributor

Schaeffler concluded a purchase contract with Semikron International GmbH for the acquisition of 51% of the shares of Compact Dynamics GmbH, a manufacturer

The Pony is a legendary bike, a classic for cyclists and commuters in Slovenia. Then produced by Rog Bikes and exported around the world, it represented the

DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - One topic dominated Bike Europe's news coverage over the past year. It was the creation of supply chain flexibility and with that increasing the speed to market ability of the European bicycle sector. The urge for more flexibility and the need for speed is triggered by online buying consumers that want products in hours and not in weeks.

"The production of bicycles in our new built factory here in Sangerhausen is about to start," confirmed MIFA owner and CEO Heinrich von Nathusius yesterday

King Liu, the 82-year-old founder and chairman of Giant Manufacturing, has announced his retirement at the end of this year together with that of the

In order to consolidate its 80 million plus annual production the vast Chinese bicycle and e-bike industry is looking for new markets.