WESTPORT, USA - Vista Qutdoor Inc. acquired Camelbak Products LLC from private equity firm Compass Diversified Holdings (Codi). The sale price for Camelbak will be based on a total enterprise value of 371.7 million euro. The divestiture is expected to close within the next month.
ALMERE, Netherlands - Last Friday Gazelle, Derby, BBB and Cervélo owner Pon Holdings announced to have acquired Santa Cruz Bicycles, the California-based high-end MTB maker. This take-over comes only a few months after Pon bought BBB Cycling; a major worldwide operating P&A importer and distributor.
MÜNSTER, Germany - The 2014 riots in Vietnam heavily affecting Tubus' long term production partner Bor Yueh revealed the weakness of depending on a single manufacturing location. Therefore Tubus expands its production base by cooperating with Standwell. The bike carrier specialist is also planning production in Europe.
GREENSBORO, USA - Cycling wear giant VF Corporation, known by brands like Eastpak, JanSport and The North Face, is exploring potential apparel and footwear uses for an innovative new technology that adds high performance finishes to fabrics.
LAS VEGAS, USA - EU@Interbike is the name of the new turnkey booth section on the show floor to highlight European brands seeking to enter the US market.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Four service providers for the bike sector in Germany have started a consortium named Bidex which is aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of dealer-shops against e-commerce and the continued growth of webshops. Eurobike organizer Messe Friedrichshafen is one of the founders.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Bike Europe's regular Thursday newsletter will not be distributed among our close to 15,000 subscribers on May 14. This is due to a national holiday in the Netherlands.
BERINGEN, Belgium - The Tour the Flanders was not the only highlight of the Belgium cycling scene in the past days. Last Friday the 7 founders ...
PADUA, Italy - They call it the "War of the cycling shows", a "Montagues and Capulets" story of the present days in Italy. One contender is in Verona ...
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BEIJING, China - While search giant Google is focusing on self-driving smart cars its Chinese rival Baidu developed a stylish smart bike named 'DuBike'. ...
YPRES, Belgium - Formula Cycling BVBA acquired the brand BeOne from Blomson International. BeOne's new product range will be presented at the ...
THE HAGUE, the Netherlands - In a large scale operation to halt the influx of fatbikes that do not meet the legal requirements of an e-bike or a moped, the Dutch authorities seized a total of 16,500 fatbikes. The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate reports the fatbikes are in fact illegal mopeds and originate from several Chinese manufacturers.
For many years, the increase of the average value per unit compensated the bicycle manufacturers for the decrease in export volumes. They could still grow
The bike sales in the UK shows a stable picture despite a decline in 2015 in both units and value imported.
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - A comprehensive review on Interbike and ExpoBici; an in-depth market report of the European Union, a design vision on ...
CHICAGO, USA - Trek Bicycle has partnered with John Galt Solutions for a global demand planning and inventory management project. With Atlas Planning, ...
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - The ambition is clear; the Cycling Industry Club's ambition is to enlist 500 industry members in the next years. That was ...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, USA - Former Interbike show director Lance Camisasca that started Lifeboat Events has sold its DealerCamp format. With that future ...
BEVERWIJK, the Netherlands - He (or she) calls himself Frank George and pretends to be acting on behalf of the trading company Blomson International BV. ...
