DUBLIN, Ireland - Allegion Plc is taking over Axa Stenman Holding; the Dutch maker of home security products as well as (ring)locks and lights for bikes which the company is selling on an OE and AM basis. Allegion is a US dollar 2 billion company selling security products in almost 130 countries including Kryptonite branded locks.
WESTPORT, USA - Vista Qutdoor Inc. acquired Camelbak Products LLC from private equity firm Compass Diversified Holdings (Codi). The sale price for Camelbak will be based on a total enterprise value of 371.7 million euro. The divestiture is expected to close within the next month.
LONDON, UK - Demand for British-built bikes soared in the year when the first stage of the Tour de France was held in Yorkshire. According the latest statistics of the Office for National Statistics production and sales of UK made bicycles jumped almost 70%.
MOSS, Norway - Hamax is conducting a voluntary recall of its bicycle child seat Zenith Relax. The seat is a completely new 2015 model and has only been available since the beginning of April.
HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - In the first half of 2015 Accell Group booked an operating profit of € 49.1 million, an increase of 29% from the € 38.2 million recorded in the first half of 2014. Net profit was up 21% at €31.9 million from € 26.3 million in the first half of 2014 while turnover was up 13% at € 537.8 million. The organic increase in net turnover came in at 11%, which was mainly the result of of higher sales of e-bikes and sports bicycles in the higher segment.
LAKE FOREST, USA - Tenneco Inc. announces its intention to discontinue its Marzocchi Mountainbike and motorcycle fork suspension business and to liquidate its Marzocchi operations. According to Marzocchi's (Ride Performance Europe) OE sales manager Maarten Maes production is to continue to the end of this year and take-over discussions already started.
MACHECOUL, France - Intersport France is investing another 6 million euro in its Machecoul 'Manufacture Française du Cycle, MFC' bike factory. Two industrial plots are bought adjacent to the current facility where a logistics center will be built.
COLOGNE, Germany - The annual show of the biggest dealer cooperative in Europe, ZEG, which took place July 17 - 20, is not only an important order event for the affiliated retailers but it is also the first trade show on the European continent for model year 2016. With that it's THE indicator for new bike trends.
NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - Shimano did not wait till Eurobike but presented an all new footwear line-up at the Outdoor show which took place last week in Friedrichshafen. Adding up the new models, Shimano has an impressive 71 pairs available.
德國，科隆- 歐盟最大的經銷商合作組織上週末在科隆舉辦其年度自行車展。ZEG五十週年慶祝晚會給了今年活動一絲特殊的感覺。
比利時，布魯塞爾- 歐洲議會的交通運輸和旅遊委員會在七月十四日建議，將歐洲自行車聯盟的歐盟自行車路線地圖納入2016年歐洲委員會的工作計畫中。這代表了ECF自行車產業俱樂部的一項重大突破，此俱樂部的主要目標是讓更多人能更常騎乘自行車。
荷蘭，AMERSFOORT- 2014年春天荷蘭零售組織Bike Totaal和Biretco的合併帶來了正面的動能。新成立的Dynamo Retail Group在2015年前半年加盟店的數量增加了18間，總數為772間。
義大利，VERONA- 距離第一屆CosmoBike自行車展開幕還有三個月的時間，主辦單位說有400家企業已經選擇了這個車展來發表義大利2016年的創新產品。
COLOGNE, Germany - Europe's biggest dealer cooperative gathered in Cologne last weekend for their annual order show. ZEG's 50th anniversary party gave the event a special touch this year.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - On July 14th the members of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism committee recommended to include the European Cyclists Federation's EU Roadmap for Cycling in the European Commission's Work Programme for 2016. It represents a major breakthrough for ECF's Cycling Industry Club main objective to get more people on bikes more often.
NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - Shimano Europe and lock manufacturer Kryptonite agreed upon the distribution of Kryptonite bicycle products in a select group of European countries through Shimano Europe's sales offices.
SCHWEINFURT, Germany - Last week Bike Europe reported that Winora - Haibike's offering in e-MTB's is exploding; from 12 models in MY 2015 to 41 for MY 2016. This is wrong.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The weeks ahead of the start of the holiday season seems to be the right time for people to pursue a new challenge and move to another organization. Panther International, Humpert, Bosch eBike system and Ridley reported:
