Derby CEO Gary Matthews Under Pressure
STANFORD, Conn, USA (19 December) - With the appointment of Alan Finden-Crofts as the new Executive Chairman for Derby Cycle Corp., the position of ...
Race Face Awarded
VANCOUVER, Canada, (2 January) - Race Face Components Inc. announced that the company has been selected as 'One of Canada's 50 Best Privately Managed ...
Recycling Tires Into Artificial Sports Grounds
ENSCHEDE, Netherlands - Dutch Vredestein tires, AVR (one of the biggest waste recycling companies in the Netherlands) and NOM ( a government body for ...
LOTTO Sport Italia on the Rise
MONTEBELLUNA, Italy, (2 January) - Lotto sport (shoes and apparel) announced a 14% growth in 1999, when the company was taken over after management ...
German IVM Elected Koch's Successor
ESSEN, Germany (21 December) - Starting 2001, Reiner Brendicke has been appointed as the new general executive manager of the German Motorcycle Industry ...
Kinesis Frame Production Breaking All Records
TAICHUNG HSIEN, Taiwan (21 December) - In November, Kinesis Industrial for the first time produced more than 100,000 aluminum bicycle frames (Guangzhou ...
Intersport-Austria Member Steps In German Bike Market
WELS, Austria (21 December) - Sport Eybl, a large member of Intersport-Austria plans to open several Sport Eybl stores in neighboring Germany. ...
Sun Race Takes Over Sturmey-Archer
NOTTINGHAM, UK (11 December) - The rumor that went around the European bike business for weeks, proved to be right. Sun Race Cycling Components which ...
Concept Growth continues
MANCHESTER, UK 19 december - Concept Cycling Ltd. enjoyed record sales (and profits) during october and november. Steven Walsh expects the full year ...
Management Buyout Motorworld
STRATFORD, UK (12 December) - Over 800 jobs have been saved at Motorworld, second largest (after Halfords) of the UK's largest retailers of goodies for ...
Specialized and Giant Announce License Agreement
ORGAN HILL, Ca. and TAICHIA, Taiwan (12 December) -Bicycle manufactures Specialized and Giant jointly announce that Specialized will license Giant to ...
Shimano Steps Into Golf
SAKAI, Japan (12 December) - Starting by March 2001, Shimano will offer golf clubs. The Ultegra golf clubs are made at Shimano's production facility at ...
Bianchi Turkey Opens New Factory
MANISA, Turkey (4 December) - At the end of November Bianchi Turkey opened a new bicycle factory 40 kilometers outside of Izmir in the city of Manisa. ...
Eurobike 2001 with one Public Day
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - 6 december, after IFMA now Eurobike organizer Messe Friedrichshafen also announced a public day for its Eurobike 2001 show ...
Sturmey-Archer: On the Brink Of a Take-Over
NOTTINGHAM, UK (4 December) - Sturmey-Archer Europe, the Amsterdam sales office of the former British component supplier, expects to make a announcement ...
IFMA Adds Public Day
COLOGNE, Germany (4 December) - The Messe Cologne announced that it is adding a day on which the 2001 IFMA Show will be open to the general public. ...
Mavic Shifts Wheelset Production to Rumania
ST TRIVIER, France (4 December)- The French manufacturer of bicycle components, Mavic, has shifted its production of complete wheelsets to a site in ...
Shimano Cycling Concept Award
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (4 December) - Instead of sending thousands of Christmas cards this year, Shimano Europe wants to give the money it usually spends ...