At last week's Taipei Cycle Fairly Bike Manufacturing Company gathered the international bicycle industry to celebrate their 40th anniversary. A milestone

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

In 2016 Wheels Manufacturing Inc. established the sales company Wheelsmfg Europe BV together with Peter Rietema, owner of Vlinstein BV. In autumn of 2016 the warehouse has been stocked up and now we are looking for distributors (wholesalers) all over Europe.

丹麥，哥本哈根(Copenhagen)－儘管整體自行車市場是衰退的，但電動自行車在丹麥、瑞典及挪威這三個北歐國家皆有了良好的立足點。儘管這股轉型尚未在芬蘭形成，但這是遲早的事情，因為去年高端自行車市場擴大，所以現在的芬蘭人比起過去更願意多花金錢在自行車上。

波蘭，普扎斯內什－波蘭最大的自行車公司接管了以現代電動自行車聞名的荷蘭自行車品牌Multicycle。

美國，坦佩－自從Eurobike和台北國際自行車展宣布其2018年日期將提前之後，所有人的焦點都關注在美國自行車展 Interbike 上。美國展是否也會跟進呢？Interbike的副總裁Pat Hus在上週剛結束的美國自行車產業高峰論壇IBD Summit 2017上提出展會未來近期的策略概要。

In line with Shimano future vision aimed at optimizing the level of service to customers, the company decided to transfer all its sales, marketing and

The sale of speed pedelecs shows a close to 8 percent growth this year. This is what happened in the Netherlands during 11 months of 2018. As it is unclear what's happening throughout Europe with regard to the rise of this e-bike category; market

荷蘭，杜廷赫姆（Doetinchem）－電動自行車銷售成長不斷，不過現在反傾銷稅的影響，也轉變了情勢。這是否會導致中國的製造商將生產全面移至其他亞洲國家或是（東）歐？還是說還有其他對策？

Astro Engineering Co. Ltd. is increasing its aluminum and carbon frame production capacity rapidly in Vietnam. Last June, the Taiwanese company opened its first carbon frame factory in Vietnam. According to Astro's Vice President Camille Hung,

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－上週四公佈「案件AD643」的「最終一般揭露文件」內容說明歐盟執委會強制對中國進口電動自行車爭收高額稅率的動機。其中原因為中國進行國家干涉、造成競爭扭曲，進口遠低於平均價格的商品至歐盟，以致大量削價競爭與傾銷商品。

台灣，台北－自行車展改期舉辦最終沒有得出好的結果，國際參觀者只能在九月舉辦的台中週或是十月的台北展之中選擇一場參加。今年台中週的參觀人數明顯下降，而根據貿協的展會報告，今年台北自行車展的參觀人數也是大幅下滑。

HOYA, Germany - Hartje has recently opened its branch office Hartje Asia based in Taipei, Taiwan. In a press statement issued yesterday, Hartje announced that the fully owned subsidiary Hartje Asia works directly with the company's 80 suppliers in the region.

DOETICHEM, the Netherlands - After ten years as the magazine's Key Account manager, Lucas van 't Hof is leaving the team of Bike Europe and the Dutch sister magazine for the IBDs Tweewieler. His last day in the office will be 19 October.

美國，雷諾（內華達州）—Emerald Expositions將美國自行車展Interbike從拉斯維加斯移地到雷諾，並推出全新的概念。今年Interbike Marketweek第一屆在九月15至20日舉辦，但是參展商及參觀者的數量皆下滑。

ASEAN Bike is the name of the new trade show developed and powered by Eurobike in close cooperation with a local partner. The show will take place at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center and held in partnership with experienced Bangkok based N.C.C. Exhibition Organizer (NEO), who has over

德國，普洛興根（Plochingen）－迪卡儂（Decathlon）稍早於這個月收購了瑞士體育連鎖商店Athleticum，將瑞士該國的分店從2間增加至23間。而該公司現在再次宣佈拓展業務的消息，這次地點為德國。該國符合迪卡儂全通路策略的全網路商品供應方式，讓客戶能夠在網路下單並選擇在鄰近商店取貨。

Just a day after Eurobike 2018 - on Wednesday, 11th July - the bike sppot's partners from WAGNER organised and hosted their first bicycle dedicated seminar - Bike Day, in their headquarters in Markdorf.

葡萄牙，阿格達(Agueda)－台灣的順捷股份有限公司(Fritz Jou)在上月舉辦的Eurobike中表示，位葡萄牙的新廠已開始進行生產。這發生的比當初預期地還早，不過新設備還沒完全遷入，所以該廠尚未全面營運。

Thun has launched its new torque sensor X-CELL RT 2.0 which features the new SIS system (Standard Interface System). The SIS consists of a standardized cable (cable length = 220 mm) and a standardized connector (Higo Mini Z509 FG male).