Shimano Starts 3-speed Gear Hub Production in Singapore
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (November 5) - Shimano recently started the first test production runs of 3-speed hub gears in its factory in Singapore. The ...
Concept Acquires Crabtree
HAWORTH, UK (November 5) - Crabtree Sports and Leisure has been taken over from the Receiver by Concept Cycling Ltd. Crabtree had been forced into ...
Derby Cycle Germany to Close Rostock Facility
CLOPPENBURG, Germany (November 1) - Derby Germany is planning to concentrate its production in Cloppenburg. A press release issued yesterday states that ...
Dutch Bike Maker Union In Provisional Suspension of Payment.
ZWOLLE, Netherlands (November 1) - A Dutch Court has decided for a provisional suspension of payment for bicycle manufacturer Union. The court has ...
Shimano Supports Best Cycle Advocacy Scheme in Europe
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (November 5) - For the second year in a row Shimano Europe is diverting the NLG 25,000 (EUR11,344) it would have spent on ...
Dutch Accell Group Acquires Winora
HEERENVEEN, The Netherlands (29 October) - Accell Group NV has taken over the German Winora Group from Derby Holding Germany GmbH. The acquisition ...
Klein Moves
WATERLOO, Wisconsin USA (31 October) - Klein bicycles will move its complete production from Chehalis, Washington (in the northwest of the USA) to the ...
Former Derby Group Sells Also Derby South Africa
GUERNSEY, UK (29 October) - Next to the sale of the Winora Group to Dutch Accell (see homepage), the restructuring of the former Derby Group (now called ...
Eurobike to Discuss Alternating Show Schedule With IFMA
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (October 26) - The positions are rock solid, but there seems to be a crack wide enough for some light. It's about the ...
European Commission Imposes 11.3% Dumping Duty on Shimano Hub Gears
BRUSSELS, Belgium (October 24) - The European Commission has announced the imposition of an 11.3% dumping duty on Shimano hub gears imported from Japan. ...
AXA Stenman Trim
VEENENDAAL, Netherlands (25 October) - AXA Stenman Industries, makers of builders hardware and bicycle accessories (locks, lighting) are reorganizing ...
Changes in Raleigh UK
Nottingham, UK (October 25) - John Spon-Smith has been appointed Managing Director of Raleigh UK. From November 1 on, the former manager of Raleigh's ...
Sachs FMT Files For Dutch Union Bankruptcy
NEURENBERG, Germany (October 23) - Sachs Fahrzeug- und Motorentechnik GmbH has filed for the bankruptcy of bicycle manufacturer Union at a court in The ...
Rolf wheels and Trek separate
TOLEDO, Ohio (23 October)- Rolf Dietrich and Trek Bicyle Corporation have announced that their co-operation is over. Trek used to produce and market ...
Derby Cycle Corp. Restarts as Raleigh Cycle Ltd.
GUERNSEY, UK (October 15) - Derby Cycle Corporation is being renamed Raleigh Cycle Ltd. Next to this new name for the holding company, Derby USA becomes ...
MBO Likely For UK Crabtree Sports & Leisure
ST ALBANS, UK (October 15) - UK importer/wholesaler Crabtree Sports and Leisure MD Julian Pointon is likely to takeover the company from its 'mother' ...
EU Split Down the Middle on SRAM-Shimano Dumping Controversy
BRUSSELS, Belgium (October 10) - More and more details are revealed about the present status with regard to the SRAM-Shimano dumping controversy. The EU ...
Rigida France in Financial Trouble
BARNEVELD, Netherlands (October 8) - The Rigida rim factory in Noyons, France, is in financial trouble, and has got a 'cessation de payement', a status ...