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  • Decathlon’s bike procurement director Didier Morelle left the company. – Photo Union Sport & Cycle
    People15 Aug 24

    Decathlon bike procurement director Didier Morelle resigns

    LILLE, France - One of the best known Decathlon executives in the bicycle industry, Didier Morelle has announced his departure from the French retailer. In the past decades, he became a well known face in the international bicycle industry, holding various positions at Europe's largest bicycle retailer, lastly as bike procurement director.

  • Cargobike manufacturer Hagen Bikes became known thanks to their steel frames. – Photo Hagen Bikes
    Production16 May 24

    Blurby merging production of insolvent Hagen Bikes to Hungarian facility

    BUDAPEST, Hungary - After securing the intellectual property of insolvent Hagen Bikes AS the Estonian Springdrive is relocating the cargobike production and sales to its wholly-owned Hungarian D2C e-bike manufacturer Blurby Kft.

  • It is currently no longer possible to plan ahead to meet demand at two parallel production sites,” explains Frank Bohle, CEO of Schwalbe in a company statement. – Photo Bike Europe
    Production18 Jan 24

    All Schwalbe tyre and tube production moving to Vietnam

    HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Schwalbe announced yesterday the strategic realigning of its production and will manufacture all tyres and tubes exclusively in Vietnam in the future. The background to the decision is the development and tense situation in the bicycle industry. Instead of long-term orders, orders are almost exclusively placed spontaneously. "As a result, it is currently no longer possible to plan ahead to meet demand at two parallel production sites," explains Frank Bohle, CEO of Schwalbe in a company statement.

  • Assembly in Denmark will speed up delivery, giving access to inventory that can be shipped anywhere in Europe within days. – Photos Argon 18
    reshoring6 Oct 23

    Argon 18 opens European assembly in Denmark and expands D2C activities

    LYNGE, Denmark - Since January 1st, 2023, all Argon 18 bikes destined for the European market have been assembled at the company's European headquarters in Denmark. The Canadian brand is also broadening its retail network by offering direct to retail sales in the UK. Other European markets are expected to follow.

  • Techibike’s e-bike brand HoheAcht was named after the region where it is was originally made, but now it will be made in Bulgaria. – Photo Technibike/HoheAcht
    Production14 Sep 23

    Technibike shifts production from Germany to Eastern Europe

    DAUN, Germany - Despite naming its relatively young e-bike brand HoheAcht after the region in Germany where it is based, bike supplier Technibike GmbH has decided to abandon its production facility in Staßfurt, Germany and move to Eastern Europe - more precisely Bulgaria.

  • Production8 Sep 23

    Bicycle production steadily converging in Europe

    In recent years an increasing number of bicycle companies have opted for close to market production in Europe. Spurred on by the need for a consistent supply chain following issues during the pandemic, investments in European manufacturing continue to grow. As noted in this online magazine, Eastern Europe is becoming popular with Lithuania, Poland and Romania all enticing new investments from bicycle manufacturers. But not only here, Germany, France and Portugal are taking efforts to step up 'Made in Europe' bicycle production.

  • “We want to improve the supply chain with production in Europe,” says Ananda president Daniel Zhuo. – Photo Bike Europe
    locations18 Jul 23

    Ananda's global vision is focus on local production and service in Europe

    SHANGHAI, China - E-bike drive system manufacturer Ananda is currently stepping up its activities in Europe which will result in the opening of a fully automatic production facility in Hungary. "We want to improve the supply chain with production in Europe," Ananda president Daniel Zhuo told Bike Europe.

  • It is time for a new era of realignment and reconfiguring of US bicycle business supply chains according to Towney. – Photo Shutterstock
    Market trends29 Nov 22

    Rethink needed for US bicycle industry as 'golden age of globalisation' ends?

    NEW YORK, USA - When the pandemic started in March 2020 the US bicycle business was fully import dependent. 95% of all bicycles sold in the country were primarily coming from China. In other words, the US bicycle business was completely dependent on globalisation and the global supply chain. But "the golden age of globalisation is ending," fears US market specialist Jay Townley.

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    Sponsored KMC Chain continues growth at new location

    Being able to respond even better and faster to the needs of the rapidly growing market was the main goal of the relocation of KMC Chain Europe to Heerenveen in the Netherlands. At the new location, which is more than twice as large, the originally Taiwanese company has made significant efficiency improvements.

  • “The corona pandemic was a wake-up call for supply chain management,"explains Professor Bart Vos. - Photo Shutterstock
    Supply chain13 Sep 22

    Dutch supply chain expert: "I don't expect reshoring to become a major trend"

    MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands - Will globalisation come to an end because of the various supply crises? Professor Bart Vos doesn't believe so: "Reshoring is mainly geopolitical mood-making." Bike Europe spoke to him about the state of affairs and current developments in supply chain management.

  • The new factory of Ecoride in Gothenburg, Sweden. - Photo Ecoride
    Relocation8 Sep 22

    Ecoride reshores its e-bike production in Sweden

    GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Swedish e-bike manufacturer, Ecoride, is relocating its e-bike production from Poland to a new factory in Gothenburg, Sweden. Alongside reshoring the factory, a deputy CEO has been appointed to oversee the company's growth.

  • Volt’s factory in Milton Keynes has an annual capacity of 25,000 e-bikes. – Photos Volt Bikes
    Volt1 Sep 22

    Volt Bikes co-founder: "Reshoring production was right for us"

    MILTON KEYNES, UK - In 2020 and with Brexit looming, e-bike manufacturer, Volt, took the decision to reshore its production from China to home soil in the UK. Two years, and a global pandemic later, has the moved paid off? Bike Europe caught up with co-founder James Metcalfe.

  • Corratec founder and MD Konrad Irlbacher (l.) and Corratec-Romania MD Loredana Pintea at the grand opening in Timișoara. – Photo Jo Beckendorff
    Production11 Aug 22

    Corratec celebrates grand opening of Romanian facility

    TIMISOARA, Romania - German Corratec is the next in the industry to start bicycle production in Romania. On 6 August the company celebrated the grand opening of its new production facility in Timișoara.

  • The 2022 German market statistics were announced this morning at the industry discussion which always takes place one day before the start of Eurobike. - Photo Bike Europe
    Eurobike12 Jul 22

    German e-bike sales stable this year after record levels in 2021

    FRANKFURT, German - In the first half of 2022 e-bike and bicycle sales in Germany nearly matched the record levels of 2021. Despite inflation, supply chain problems and the war in Ukraine, the German industry association ZIV is very content with the first half results. "However a recent development of the past few weeks is that we see a depressed consumer demand," said ZIV MD Burkhard Stork today at the industry discussion ahead of the opening of Eurobike.

  • Due to our strategic investments, even at the beginning of the crisis, we were prepared to respond positively,” explains ABIMOTA Secretary General Gil Nadais. - Photo Jo Beckendorff
    Market trends26 Apr 22

    Portugal Bike Value has flying start in 2022 with sales value up 49%

    ÁGUEDA, Portugal - EU-funded close-to-market bicycle production in Portugal is continuing to gain momentum. According to the national bicycle industry association ABIMOTA, the sales value in the first two months of this year increased year-on-year by almost 50% to nearly €110 million.

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    Sponsored The big opportunity for European manufacturers

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  • The production line of Manufacture Française du Cycle (MFC) is exemplary in France. - Photo Michel de Chavanon.
    France29 Mar 22

    French government to re-develop national bicycle industry

    PARIS, France - It is hard to imagine, but up until the 1980's, France had a flourishing bicycle industry. The country was hit hard by the production relocation to low wage countries since the 1990's. The French government now wants to turn the tide. It has launched a series of initiatives to put the e-bike and bicycle industry back on the map.

  • The current warehouse and office of KMC Europe have become too small to provide all chain services. – Photo KMC
    Business29 Mar 22

    KMC relocates European head office and warehouse

    HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - To facilitate a growing flexibilisation on the expanding e-bike and bicycle market, KMC Chain Europe, will relocate its warehouse and offices to a new facility this summer.

  • Pirelli has maximised robotisation in all production phases. – Photos Pirelli
    Company10 Mar 22

    Pirelli starts bicycle tyre production in own Italian factory

    MILAN, Italy - Pirelli has started producing its cycling tyres in the Bollate factory based nearby Milan. The facility has undergone a period of modernisation and an overhaul process to accommodate the production of Pirelli Cycling's top-of-the-range lines.

  • The new plant is fully powered by renewable electricity and has its own solar plant. – Photos Bikap
    Bike Valley Portugal24 Feb 22

    Bikap e-bike assembly facility in Portugal now operational

    ANADIA, Portugal - An all-new e-bike production facility with a capacity of up to 50,000 units annually, has started production in Portugal. Based in the middle of the Portugal Bike Value, Bikap presents itself as 'carbon neutral' factory.

  • ABIMOTA Secretary General Gil Nadais (middle) welcomed ANI President Joana Mendonça (left) and ANI Director of Capacity Building for the National Innovation System Diogo Araújo. – Photo ABIMOTA
    Bicycle export15 Feb 22

    Portugal boosts bicycle and e-bike exports in 2021

    BORRALHA, Portugal - Gil Nadais, the secretary general of industry association ABIMOTA shared outstanding export figures for 2021 during a visit of Portugal's National Agency for Innovation (ANI).

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