HARD, Austria – Last week private equity firm Hannover Finanz GmbH acquired a majority stake in Austrian bicycle producer Simplon Fahrrad GmbH. The...
MACHECOUL, France – The bike facility in Machecoul, France which Intersport France took over one year ago from Cycleurope, is operating better than...
TOKYO, Japan - Private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired Y. International, a Tokyo-based bicycle retailer with 29 company-owned stores...
GRENCHEN, Switzerland - BMC Group (BMC, Bergamont and Stromer) gets again a new CEO. With the start of the new year Thomas Binggeli will be replaced...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The 2nd and final day of the Forum on the Future of Manufacturing that took place earlier today in Taipei, Taiwan addressed new...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – That the manufacturing of (electric) bicycles, bike products and sporting goods will change dramatically in the next decade, is the...
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania’s bicycle industry is highly dependent on its exports to Belgium and Germany. The country’s 2012 export to the two...
MUNICH, Germany – On October 10th at 10am Sport Scheck’s long-awaited Munich flagship store celebrated its grand opening. Germany’s leading sporting...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – What are the forthcoming countries as production base for, among others, the bicycle industry? Will production continue to shift...
PARIS, France – Also in France the bike market was hampered by bad weather and the economy in the first half of 2013. And especially the independent...