Production Of Elan Bikes On Hold
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (Feb 4)- Almost all the employees of Elan Bikes went on strike yesterday. This will continue until negotiations with the management ...
Major Tire-Makers Expand Capacity
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Feb 3) - Eyeing the huge China market, all the top-five rubber-tire makers in Taiwan are actively expanding their capacities. The ...
Shimano Plans Increased Bicycle Parts Production
TOKYO, Japan (Feb 3) - Bicycle and fishing product company SHIMANO INC. plans to increase production of bicycle parts in the Czech Republic and China. ...
Dahon Hits All-Time High
BIKE EUROPE: DUARTE, US (Feb 1) - Dahon California, Inc. today announced that unit sales in 2004 increased by 44% to a total of 230,000 folding ...
Indian Service Tax Creates a Stir
LUDHIANA, India (Feb 3) -More than 19 industrial organisations organised a protest rally against the imposition of service tax on business auxiliary ...
Dahon Hits All-Time High
DUARTE, US (Feb 1) - Dahon California, Inc. today announced that unit sales in 2004 increased by 44% to a total of 230,000 folding bicycles. This number ...
Seoul to Host Asian X Games
SEOUL, Korea (Feb 1) -The X Games, a well-known action sports competition, will make its Korean debut as Seoul City hosts the Asian X Games 2005 for ...
DT Swiss Goes to Asia
BIKE EUROPE: BIEL, Switzerland (Jan. 27) - Swiss DT has established a full subsidiary in Taichung, Taiwan, DT Swiss Asia Ltd., and has recently closed a ...
Derby Cycle/ Raleigh: Positive Start on Dutch Market
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (Feb 1) - Derby Cycle's brand Raleigh used to be the most successful brand in the Netherlands during the seventies and eighties ...
Sports 2000 Firms Hold on French and Swiss Market
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (Feb 1) - SED, the buying group that provides financial services for some 400 Twinner, Technicien de Sport and Veloland shops in ...
Dumb' list picks apart Kryptonite
BOSTON, US (Jan 27) - It's a bit embarrassing to discover that the bicycle locks you've been selling for 30 years can be picked with a Bic ballpoint ...
Deutsche Post Buys Karstadt Logistics
BIKE EUROPE:UNNA, Germany (25 Jan) - Deutsche Post (=German Mail) has bought the complete logistics division of ailing German Karstadt retail chain. The ...
Raleigh Cycle Results: Onwards and Upwards
JERSEY, UK (Jan 27) - Raleigh Cycle Limited announced today that its financial results for the year ended September 2004 show a significant turnaround ...
DT Swiss Goes to Asia
BIEL, Switzerland (Jan 27 )- Swiss DT has established a full subsidiary in Taichung, Taiwan, DT Swiss Asia Ltd., and has recently closed a co-operation ...
US Uses Old Law to Curb Intellectual Piracy
HONG KONG, China - Some United States companies straining under competition from China have adopted a new tactic, using an obscure provision in a ...
Deutsche Post Buys Karstadt Logistics
UNNA, Germany (25 January) - Deutsche Post (=German Mail) has bought the complete logistics division of ailing German Karstadt retail chain. The chain ...
Taiwanese Bike Exports - Part II
MAARSSEN, Netherlands - We reported earlier on the soaring figures of Taiwanese bike exporters - but now it seems we had some of the figures wrong. Not ...
Bikes Are Big Down Under
MAARSSEN, Netherlands - It might not be the first country that springs to mind when thinking about bikes but Australians are taking to cycling in a big ...