LUDHIANA, India - Hero Cycles Ltd has acquired a majority stake in Sri Lanka based bike exporter BSH Ventures Ltd. With this move India's biggest bike maker Hero wants to take advantage of the benefits associated with Sri Lanka regaining the GSP+ import duty free status. This allows for Sri Lankan made bikes to be imported duty free in the EU member states.
L'ISLE JOURDAIN, France - Operating 21 shops nationwide, the Bouticycle franchise concept developed a new store lay-out which has already been implemented on six locations. Bouticycle is looking back on a positive 2015 reporting a 4.6% increase in sales on last year.
BERLIN, Germany - For a cyclist it has been difficult, inconvenient and even impossibly to properly protect essential parts like the saddle, wheels and other components from theft. Hexlox found a simple solution for that problem.
MARCLOPT, France - Cera Engineering and Mach1 Machinery, independent and complementary players in the cycling industry, have established a new common sales structure - NCM1 - this February 2016.
REICHSHOF, Germany - The Bohle Group sees demand for its Schwalbe tyres grow year on year; in 2015 again with double-digit figures. It created the need for extra production capacity. For that the company, together with its Korean partner, started a new facility in Vietnam which is coming 'online' now.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Danish capital of Copenhagen has become one of the leading cities in cycling mobility. Not surprisingly the Copenhagen Bike Show enjoys a growing popularity as well.
VICENZA, Italy - To take its Super Record technology to a wider cycling audience, Campagnolo developed an new mid-end 11-speed group set; the Potenza. "We want to make the features of the Super Record more accessible," says Campagnolo in a press release.
CHICAGO, USA - SRAM issued a global recall after it received reports of failures of the Zipp 88 front hub flange as well as its stainless steel or titanium quick releases.
瑞典，VARBERG- 「Cycleurope去年的銷售和利潤都比2014年要來得好。我們非常滿意5億歐元的營業額，但利潤還可以更好，」Cycleurope Sverige AB執行長 Mårten Nydahl在瑞典報紙「Hallands Nyheter」的報導上說。
台灣，台北- 上星期在台北國際自行車展裡，由世界體育用品工業聯合會主辦的公開會議中，包括了和UCI就公路車6.8公斤的重量限制討論的最新狀況。
加拿大，蒙特婁- Dorel 2015的業績表現因匯率波動而蒙上陰影。Dorel 總裁Martin Schwartz在2015年公布業績時說：「不利的匯率衝擊到我們的盈餘約達4300萬美元。」
德國，慕尼黑- Winora Group (屬於上市Accell Group的一部分)於二月初慶祝Haibike 設計中心(Haibike Design Cenctre)的設立。值得注意的是設立的位置不在Winora Group靠近Schweifurt、位於Sennfeld的總部，而是在巴伐利亞首府慕尼黑。
VARBERG, Sweden - "Both in sales and earnings last year was better than 2014 for Cycleurope. We are very content with the turnover of 500 million euro, though the profit could have been better," says Mårten Nydahl, CEO of Cycleurope Sverige AB in a report in the Swedish newspaper 'Hallands Nyheter'.
MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel's 2015 financial results are overshadowed by challenging currency rates. "The adverse exchange rates impacted our earnings by approximately US$ 43 million," said Dorel President and CEO Martin Schwartz at the presentation of the 2015 results.
MUNICH, Germany - Early February the Winora Group (part of listed Accell Group) celebrated the opening of a Haibike Design Centre. Remarkably it isn't based at the Winora Group headquarters in Sennfeld near Schweinfurt but in the Bavarian capital Munich.
MOSCOW, Russia - Now the Russian society is struggling with a severe economic crisis the Velo-Park bike show, which took place last week, from March 11-13 in the country's capital, was an important indicator of bike industry's position at the start of the season. The 12th edition of Velo-Park took place as usual in the Crocus Expo exhibition complex just outside Moscow.
CHICAGO, USA - Rockshox has completely re-engineered its Reverb dropper posts. According to the manufacturer, "All the smallest details, down to the single seal, have been re-evaluated and updated to pass longest durability tests."
PNOM PENH, Cambodia - The country's bicycle export to the EU was up by a huge 22% in 2015 and counted some 1.5 million units. The for years continued growth in export from the Kingdom of Cambodia has all to do with the fact that the country enjoys the GSP duty free export status that safes exporters the EU's 14% import duty. That status is now (again) in jeopardy.
