World Cycling Forum Exceptional Agenda Includes Specialists from Various Industries
The World Cycling Forum features an impressive line-up of keynote speakers. It includes bicycle industry insiders as well as highly respected specialists

The World Cycling Forum features an impressive line-up of keynote speakers. It includes bicycle industry insiders as well as highly respected specialists

月台北自行車展上,Fritz Jou表示其位於葡萄牙的自行車製造廠已開始進行建設。該廠位於葡萄牙靠近Agueda的自行車谷(Bike Valley),預計在該地假期(7月)開始以前便能做好準備。

台灣,台北-有公司在上週的台北自行車展中宣布即將把自行車及電動自行車的零件生產從亞洲轉移到歐洲,開起「製造業回流」(reshoring)新的一頁,以提升供應鏈彈性。碳纖維零件的生產即將於歐洲開始。

JAKOBSTAD, Finland - Herrmans Oy Ab have completed the first phase of its factory expansion and modernization. The bicycle parts makers plans an increase in production of some 50% in the next five years.

阿肯色州,小岩城-美國新任總統川普大力推行美國國內的製造業,促使這股風氣更加盛行。而標榜美國手工製造的HIA Velo很剛好地也在這個時機將碳纖維車架的生產移至阿肯色州。

土耳其,埃斯基謝希爾-在葡萄牙的Triangle旁邊,第二個主要生產鋁製車架的製造廠正在歐洲出現,這些車架將會用於運動自行車及電動自行車。Korel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS現在也正加入使用大型機器生產鋁合金車架的行列。該公司位於伊斯坦堡東南方約300公里處,其聲稱每年產能約100萬件,並且已開始生產。

荷蘭,杜廷荷姆(Doetinchem)-Bike Europe今年最終刊(平面雜誌第22期)完整版上線,歡迎點閱。

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The first stop of the European tour of the Indian delegation representing the country's bicycle and components manufacturers was the CONEBI (Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry) office in Brussels yesterday.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The electrification of bicycles is opening new frontiers. It's now firmly established as THE main trend which is starting to also dominate the P&A sector.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - An increasing number of Taiwanese bicycle companies are relocating their production back from China to Taiwan.

"E-Cargo Bikes are a great alternative for some 20 percent of all delivery vans currently operating in large cities." This is the conclusion of a recently published two-year study into the use of "Light Electric Freight Vehicles" for city logistics by the

歐洲自行車界龍頭Accell在今年初宣佈策略急轉彎,現在方向已較明朗。其中之一便是實施全通路策略。Accell Group在荷比盧地區的子公司Accell NL對該地區的代理商宣佈該集團實施的具體作法。

MILAN, Italy - The combination of increasing e-bike sales and the cancellation of the Italian CosmoBike show in September results in a growing interest for participating in the e-bike section of the upcoming EICMA motorcycle and bike show. "The Italian e-bike market is recording a straing growth.

芬蘭,赫爾辛基(Helsinki)-Amer Sports的策略是欲追求帶來成長效益的永續發展,不過Mavic及Enve將退出這塊藍圖。Amer Sports總裁兼執行長Heikki Takala稍早於宣佈公司新策略時表示:「我們將紡織品、B2C、中美及數位化的加速提升擺在優先。」

LONDON, UK - The UK's options post-Brexit are becoming more clearly defined as the negotiating deadline ahead of the UK's actual withdrawal in March 2019 looms large. Bike Europe have looked at the latest UK trade stats for January to July 2018 to see what the implications might be of a no deal scenario

美國,華盛頓 (Washington)-美國總統川普引發的美中貿易戰造成自中國進口的自行車、電動自行車及相關商品都被列在25%關稅的商品清單中。原本11%的進口關稅再加上額外的25%,等於中國自行車需繳納36%的關稅。據美國最大自行車進口商Huffy Corporation表示,這將重挫自行車銷售,而且會壓垮美國自行車產業。

美國,麥爾茲堡 (Fort Myers)-川普政府近期對中國電動自行車及零部件加徵稅的行為可能已危害到美國快速增長的電動自行車市場。這次課稅導致市場中的商品價格大幅提升。被問及此事時,零售商及代理商都表示他們無法知道這會有什麼影響,但他們都相當擔心這波漲價會造成市場停滯。

德國,巴德索登(Bad Soden)-對於想購入電動自行車的消費者而言,電動自行車的騎乘距離多遠是很重要的一個考量因素。現行有許多不同方法能夠客觀地測量出結果,不過也只能在相當有限的範圍內做比較。德國產業協會ZIV(原文:Zweirad-Industrie-Verband)為此開發出一套 R200測試標準(standardized range test R200)。

北京/華盛頓-川普政府計畫對價值2000億美元的的中國商品從原本加徵10%的關稅,提升到25%。其中包含(電動)自行車及零部件。若美國總統川普堅持徵稅,這將會對全球的自行車與零件貿易造成嚴重衝擊,尤其美國每年進口超過1000萬輛中國製的自行車。

葡萄牙,阿威羅(Aveiro)-Rodi才在去年決定退出該公司在台灣採購的碳纖維輪圈及碳纖輪組市場,但今年又在Eurobike上以在地生產的Black Jack碳纖輪圈重回這塊市場。該公司在現有的Aveiro工廠投資生產全新碳纖輪圈的設備。