United Bicycles under Chapter 11
MAASMECHELEN, Belgium (Feb 6) - Belgian bike producer United Bicycles remains under protection of chapter 11. This effectively means that the company is ...
Saracen Cycles Ltd. becomes Saracen Bikes Ltd.
LONDON, UK (Feb 6) - Paul and Rick Stanforth put Saracen Cycles Ltd. into administration on Friday, citing "difficult trading conditions". The ...
FSA: European Production
BUSNAGO, Italy (Feb 1)- FSA Europe recently moved to Busnago; a village outside Milan where a brand new and big warehouse has been built with offices ...
SRAM Ireland Closing
CARRICK, Eire (Feb 1) - SRAM has announced it will be winding down operations at its facility in Ireland in the coming weeks and months. 53 jobs are ...
Shenzhen Leads in Bicycle Exports in 2005
SHENZHEN, China (Feb 1) - According to statistics released by Shenzhen Trade and Industry Bureau, the exports of complete bicycles from Shenzhen reached ...
Rigida Revamping Factory for Flexibility
BOXMEER, The Netherlands (Feb 1) - Rim maker Rigida is seriously revamping their Dutch factory, reason: production methods must become more flexible. ...
Hero Honda Q3 Profit Rises 20%
MUMBAI , India (Feb 1) - India's top motorcycle maker, Hero Honda Motors Ltd., posted a better-than-expected 20 % rise in profit on robust sales. Hero ...
Humpert Expanding Product Range
WICKEDE, Germany (Feb 1) - Humpert is expanding the company's product range for which the German component maker is stepping into new sectors of the ...
VAT-battle: One Against All?
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Jan 30) - Last week, 22 EU member states finally reached an agreement on the prolongation of the reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive ...
Dutch Profile Switches to Hard Franchise
BREDA, The Netherlands (Jan 26) -Birecto recently introduced the hard franchise version of its Profile shop formula. The Dutch retail organization is ...
Compromise on Special VAT Tariff Torpedoed
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Jan 26) - The European commission has had a disappointing meeting on the low VAT tariffs for, among others, bike repairs. Poland, the ...
Sanyo Transfers Board Control to Goldman Sachs & Daiwa Securities
OSAKA, Japan (Jan 26) - Sanyo Electric Co., the world's biggest rechargeable battery maker, will cede management control to investors including Goldman ...
Tour de France: London
PARIS, France (Jan 24)- Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the agency that organizes the Tour de France, has formally confirmed that the 2007 Tour de ...
Compromise Proposal on Special VAT Tariff
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Jan 24) - Despite the favourable advise, given by the current chair-country, the UK, the European commission still has not reached a ...
Get On Your Bike And Ride
WINDHOEK, Namibia (Jan 19) - A container with 350 donated bicycles from Britain was unloaded at the Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BEN) last ...
Tour d' Afrique 2006
CAIRO, Egypt (Jan 19) - Starting alongside The Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, 43 riders, which includes 9 South Africans, 14 Canadians, 6 Americans, 4 Swiss, ...
IDB to Set Up A-Team Alliance for Taiwan's PTW Industry
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Jan19) -The Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) recently announced plans to apply the ...
CEN Congress: Final Call!
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Jan19) - January 31 is the closing date for entries of the CEN Congress on the new European safety standards for bicycles. As the ...