TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Bicycle parts supplier Marwi Taiwan Industrial Co., Ltd., known as Marwi Group, started production at its new 'smart' production facility late last year. Since then, production has been gradually ramped up. At Eurobike, Marwi founder and chairman Patrick Pai and his daughter, Marwi president Coco Pai told Bike Europe that fully automated production at the facility will start by the end of this year.

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.

LAS VEGAS, USA - After a virtual edition in 2021, the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) returned as an in-person fair for 2022. Held from 5-7 January in Las Vegas, hot topics in the world of e-mobility included vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology, new players on the e-bike market and the latest connectivity innovations.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Supply chain constraints in combination with shortages of components and shipping containers have disrupted distribution from Taiwan to Europe and the US. As a result, Merida Industry Co Ltd reported a decline in shipments and revenue last month.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taipei Cycle, will be held both physically and virtually when it takes place in March 2022. This marks the event's first 'hybrid' edition after the last two years were held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

PARIS, France - Six weeks before Eurobike, the Parisian show Pro Days has succeeded in its challenge to present a large-scale industry event with around 1,100 exhibiting brands and 200 booths. And despite the rebound of the pandemic with the Delta variant, the organisers gathered around 3,000

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In a joint statement CONEBI, CIE and ECF welcomed the recommendations made in the study on the e-bike and e-cargo bike sector. TRL (Transport Research Laboratory) carried out the study on behalf of the European Commission on the safety of Personal Mobility Devices (PMD).

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Women in Cycling is a new initiative being launched by a coalition of industry organisations and NGOs which aims to help women to get more visibility, impact and leading roles in the cycling sector. Officially launched with a kick-off session on 24th February, the group aims to "get women in all the places where decisions are made," explained Lauha Fried, policy director of Cycling Industries Europe, one of the initiators of the platform.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - In the run up to Taipei Cycle Show next week, six gold award winners of the Taipei Cycle d&i awards as well as one Young Enterprise Award, were honoured yesterday. These gold award winners were selected out of 38 nominees.

DENVER, USA - The big U.S. based bike brands are still avoiding trade shows like the plague, preferring their own private events. At the 'Outdoor Retailer' show in Denver last week it was

BIRMINGHAM, UK - The 2019 Cycle Show had a new layout - presumably to take in a larger number of exhibitors - and whilst attending at the trade day it struck Bike Europe that the number of e-bike exhibitors seemed greater than ever.

POZZOLEONE, Italy - Last Friday Selle Royal kicked off its three-month European tour around key cities in Austria, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands, to launch the first wave of its new campaign named "Support Cyclists On The Road".

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Yesterday, the European Cyclists Federation (ECF) issued an emergency call to all stakeholders as a mandatory insurance on all e-bike types still looms.

PARIS, France - Bike sharing, cargo bikes and a wide offering of connected products and accessories, the mobility market and green solutions are developing rapidly in France and other countries in Europe.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Are the Free Trade Agreements with Singapore and Vietnam jeopardized and are Chinese companies looking for expansion into the European Union faced with a growing number of limitations? This time with duties and tariffs of the

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last Tuesday Bike Europe reported on the number of people that presented their feedback to the European Commission on its decision that regular 25km/h - 250W electric bicycles need to have a third-party liability insurance.

GENT, Belgium - The e-bike dumping investigation entered an all new phase as two European e-bike importers filed an application for annulment of the Commission Regulation imposing the registration of imports of electric bicycles from China with the EU General Court.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Removing VAT from all bikes and e-bikes in Europe? Investments of millions of Euros in cycling? Compulsory insurance threat for e-bike success? These are all topics on the agenda for Eurobike's Cycling Industry Leaders' summit, taking place the morning of Tuesday 10 July.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Today, by publication in the European Union's Official Journal, the EU Commission is making imports of electric bicycles originating in

Velo-city 2017 will welcome the EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, for the official handover of the blueprint EU Cycling Strategy. Velo-city is