Production

Slipped into insolvency: Austria’s bicycle and e-bike contract manufacturer WSF Bicycle Technology GmbH. – Photo WSF Technology

Austrian bicycle manufacturer WSF Technology insolvent

REGAU, Austria - Contract manufacturer WSF Bicycle Technology GmbH applied for insolvency on 24 April. The challenging market situation in the...

“Our mission is to be the most desirable bicycle brand in the world,” commented Nicola Rosin, CEO of Colnago. – Photo Colnago

Colnago reports sales hike and drop in inventory

CAMBIAGO, Italy - 2023 has been a very good year for Colnago Ernesto & C. S.r.l. looking at the publication of their 2023 financial report. The...

Pon added a new facility to its production portfolio. – Photo YIT

Pon.Bike setting up production as construction in Lithuania completes

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Construction company YIT Lithuania has handed over the keys of the newly built Pon.Bike bicycle factory in the Kedainiai Free...

Export manager Michael Honkomp (r.) and sales manager Joep Stumpe want to take the brand into Europe. - Photos Bike Europe

Hercules outlines new export strategy to increase European market...

EMSTEK, Germany - Bicycle brand Hercules has built on a firm base on its home market Germany as well as some export, including a new head office and...

CKC’s CK-TB7 biomass pedal has been designed specifically for repairability. – Photos Bike Europe

CKC focuses on repairability with biomass pedal

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Formed in 2016, CKC Environmental Technology focuses on using fibre particulate composite materials from the rice farming industry...

Berria Bikes has an annual capacity of 19,000 units on its 3,000m2 on-site production facility in Villarrobledo, Spain. - Photo Dieter Wertz

Spanish production figures showing small sign of market turnaround?

MADRID, Spain - Bicycle production in Spain saw a 6.8% year-on-year decrease in production in February, after registering a 10.5% decrease in the...

Vok’s two current models are the Standard (left) and XXL which both feature the serial hybrid drive. – Photo Vok

Estonian innovation combines in Vok serial hybrid cargobikes

TALLINN, Estonia - Tallinn appears to be a nucleus for e-mobility. The Kõu Group with Ampler and Comodule put Estonian expertise in this field on the...

The panel discussion during the WBIA sustainability event was hosted by the Taiwan Bicycle Association, TAITRA, Bicycling Alliance for Sustainability and Cycling & Health Tech Industry R&D Center. – Photo WBIA

Bicycle industry kicks-off 'Sustainable Supply Chain Project'

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The international bicycle industry has embraced the initiative of the Taiwan Bicycle Association to agree upon a set of 10...

Circulatory Capital was a lead investor when Rebike raised €24 million to expand into France, the Netherlands and Switzerland. – Photo Rebike

Private equity supporting growth of micromobility's circular future

EDINBURGH, Scotland - A 9-digit private growth-equity fund which has already supported Rebike, Bike Club and Grover in the micromobility sector,...

The assembly line is a new addition to the already large portfolio of Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Europe. – Photos Yamaha

Yamaha starts e-bike drive production in France

SAINT QUENTIN, France - In order to supply its European based e-bike manufacturers swiftly and with shorter lead times, Yamaha Motor Europe opened a...