Pon 2011 Annual Report: Bike Sales Still Very Modest
Its recently published annual report shows that Pon Holdings generated a turnover of just over 32 million euro with the manufacture and sale of bicycles ...
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Codi Acquires Majority Stake in Camelbak
The majority share holder of suspension expert Fox Racing Shox, stock-listed Compass Diversified Holdings (Codi) spreads its wings in the bicycle and ...
Private Equity Company Acquires Retail Chains in France and Italy
Activa Capital, the French private equity company focused on taking over mid-sized French companies valued at 20-200 million, acquired a controlling ...
Campagnolo Launches Electronic Shifting
On November 7 Campagnolo is launching its electronic shifting system to the World Tour professional teams and press in Sicily. Two after weeks the ...
Pon Wins Battle for Derby Cycle; Accell Group Sells its Shares
Accell Group has retired from the battle for Derby Cycle; Germany's biggest in (e)-bikes. Today the Dutch holding announced that it has sold its 22% ...
Trek Bicycle Opens Office in Mexico
Trek Bicycle will start selling and servicing directly to retailers in Mexico from beginning of 2012. The opening of Trek's latest subsidiary in Mexico ...
Shimano To Provide Impulses to Stagnating Bike Markets
Unstable summer weather in Europe and the United States caused sluggish retail sales, notes Shimano in its financial report on Q3 of 2011. To revitalize ...
French Market Stabilizing after Three Years of Decline
The French bicycle market is slowly recovering after three years of declining revenues. According to the French industry organization Conseil National ...
Accell Group Presents New E-Bike Technologies
Europe's nr. 1 in e-bikes, Accell Group, launches new technologies for its e-bike brands Sparta, Batavus, Koga, Winora, Hercules and Lapierre. "One of ...
<b>Portugal 2006:</b> After the Euphoria, the Slowdown
LISSABON, Portugal - After the incredible growth registered in 2005, with an increase of almost 100% in bike production, the output of the Portuguese ...
SRAM adds Zipp to its portfolio
CHICAGO, USA - SRAM will probably add a new brand to its growing product portfolio. Last Friday the Americans announced that they had signed a ...
Rumour of the week
MAARSSEN, The Netherlands - Despite the Argentina Ban on Chinese Bikes as announced in Bike Europe's Newsletter, there are still companies in China that ...
Taiwan's Bike Export Remains Under Pressure
At today's Taipei Cycle Show 2012 press conference in Taichung, Taiwan Walter Yeh, Executive Vice President of show organizer TAITRA (left on photo) and ...
SRAM Launches E-Bike Drive System at Taichung Bike Week
There's something very special appearing on the horizon of the e-bike market. It's SRAM's drive system for electric bicycles. The SRAM E2 ...
Rumour of the Week
MAARSSEN, The Netherlands - It's about Gazelle; market leader in The Netherlands and a very renowned name in the business. Despite the fact that the new ...
Shimano Purchases Pearl Izumi
IRVINE, US - Shimano has completed its purchase of DashAmerica, Inc. (doing business as Pearl Izumi USA, Inc.) from Nautilus, Inc. The acquisition ...
Private Equity Company Invests in Currie E-Bikes
CHATSWORTH, US - Currie Technologies has been acquired by Risk equity Partners. Larry Pizzi, President of Currie Technologies will continue to lead the ...
Growth Koreas Bike Industry Linked with Nations Eco-Policy
The growth of South Korea's bicycle industry highlights the country's commitment to eco-friendly economic expansion, said a senior government official ...
Louis Chan President for Fuji, Kestrel, SE Racing and Breezer Bikes
Louis Chan (photo) of Ideal Bike Corp. is appointed President of ASI-Asia; the company that markets and distributes Fuji, Kestrel, SE Racing and Breezer ...
Accell Group Finalizes Acquisition Tunturi
HEERENVEEN, The Netherlands (August 6) - Accell Group NV finalized the earlier announced acquisition of Tunturi in Finland. Tunturi manufactures and ...