TOKYO, Japan - At a recent symposium on batteries in Japan Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei showed a superfast battery charging technology that works with super-conducting Graphene. Wonder-material Graphene also offers unprecedented characteristics for tyres, as Vittoria showed in its new line-ups of road, MTB and e-MTB tyres last month.
BEIJING, China - The imposition and/or renewal of anti-dumping duties on the import of China made bicycles and other products will be more difficult as of December 11, 2016. In 2001 China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) and under its membership terms, it would automatically be treated as a 'market economy' after 15 years.
CREUSSEN, Germany - Benobikes GmbH & Co. KG acquired the insolvent carbon lightweight construction manufacturer AX-Lightness GmbH. The company will continue its business as AX-Lightness Composites GmbH & Co. KG.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last year a total of 436,549 new bicycles were sold in Belgium through IBDs; up 30,000 (+7.5%) compared to 2013. This is concluded by a study at Belgian bike dealers commissioned by the organizer of the Velofollies bike show.
AMSTELVEEN, The Netherlands - Again and again it surprises even the insiders of the Dutch market; how the sale of electric bikes keeps progressing in a marketplace where for years already e-bikes are THE number one trend. Contrary to expectations there's no question what so ever of saturation. In September sales again upped 12% resulting in an unprecedented high average sales price for bicycles.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Next year Taiwan will be the location for the premiere of a natural pairing - combining one of the leading bicycle industry shows, the Taipei International Cycle Show and the foremost important international planning conference on cycling, Velo-City Global.
MÖSSINGEN, Germany - On November 1 electric cargobike supplier Gobax restarted after they filed for insolvency last July. The company's restart as Gobax Bikes GmbH & Co. KG is made possible by a new investor named Christoph Ziegler who is CEO of a company offering a range of (electric) bicycle parking facilities.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - In the 13th year of the 'Taiwan brand survey' Giant has entered the top five in the ranking of most valuable international brands from Taiwan. This puts the bicycle manufacturer amidst brands like Asus, Acer and HTC.
荷蘭，DOETINCHEM- 除了Triangles在萄葡牙製造鋁合金電動自行車車架的新工廠外，靠近歐洲主要市場還有第二座車架工廠正在成形。該工廠的計畫目前正在發展階段。
加拿大，MONTREAL- Dorel Industries正受美元升值、巴西Caloi商譽和顧客關係資產減值損失、重組和其他支出所苦。這家旗下擁有Cannondale、GT、Mongoose、Sugoi等品牌並在2013年8月取得Brazilian Caloi的公司，和2014年1950萬美元(1820萬歐元)的淨收入相比，其第三季虧損達880萬美元(820萬歐元)。
德國，BAD SODEN- 自行車的安全標準正在全球化。這是由產業利益相關者、測試機構、來自歐洲、美洲和亞洲大學的專家長期討論後的結果。第一個ISO 4210-2在2015年9月1日已經公佈。這是城市/旅行/登山/公路和年青人自行車所適用的安全標準。
德國，BAD SODEN- 就像普通自行車一樣，適用於電動自行車的安全標準也將全球化。然而，自行車適用的標準已經生效，但電動自行車的全球化標準距離實現仍有一段很長的路要走。還有個問題就是電動自行車的哪些類別適用於新ISO標準?
DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - Next to the new Triangles factory for making aluminium e-bike frames in Portugal there is a second frame facility in the making close the Europe's main markets. The plans for that facility are now being developed.
BAD SODEN, Germany - To provide an insight for retailers on what's permitted or not when exchanging CE approved 25 km/h e-bike components in their workshops, the German industry associations agreed on an uniform guideline. Though without a legal base this document could be pose an important standard for other European countries as well.
MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel Industries was troubled by the appreciation of the US dollar as well as impairment losses on goodwill and customer relationships related to Caloi in Brazil, restructuring and other costs. The owner of among others Cannondale, GT, Mongoose, Sugoi as well as Brazilian Caloi which was taken-over in August 2013 reported a third quarter loss of USD 8.8 million (€ 8.2mn) compared to a net income of USD 19.5 million (€ 18.2mn) in 2014.
BERN, Switzerland - The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) presents the confirmed agenda of its 2015 WFSGI Manufacturers Forum. The 3rd annual forum will be held at Renaissance Harbour View hotel in Hong Kong on December 2-3 and will present an outstanding combination of high-level speakers from the sport and fashion industry, a break-out session to actively think and collaborate together, as well as a visit to the fascinating Hong Kong Jockey Club. There are still some seats available.
HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Last September Sparta issued a recall for a specific ladies frame used in its ION RX, RX+ en RXS+ models produced between July 2011 and 2014. Due to a recent accident caused by a breaking frame the Accell Group subsidiary has now decided to accelerate the replacement of the frames of the named models.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - 2014 was a very positive year for the European bicycle industry. EU employment, production, and sales grew compared to 2013 figures. This is the conclusion of an economic study carried out by CONEBI, the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry.
