BB-set manufacturer Alfred Thun & Co. GmbH will soon open a warehouse and start an assembly facility in Tianjin, China. The operation is expected to start

In early 2015 it was already clear that the Chinse bicycle industry was heading for a difficult year, both in its home market as well as

荷蘭，恩荷芬(Eindhoven)－Frank Peiffer對於自行車產業的轉型需要滿足更多消費者線上購物的需求表示毫不懷疑。他說：「這是必定會發生的。」 至於要如何做到這一點，Shimano Europe自行車部門的董事總經理提出了一個清晰的觀點，包含隨之而來的「倘若」(ifs)還有「但是」(buts)。

The number of bicycles sold in Finland decreased in 2016, but the mood in the market is not down. There are many promising signs predicting better years.

Copenhagen presents itself as the gateway for entering the Scandinavian market. The third edition of the Copenhagen Bike Show scheduled for 10-12 March

比利時，布魯塞爾－位盧森堡的歐盟高級法院在兩起上訴案件中對中國製自行車出口到歐盟成員國的反傾銷行為進行轉運業務反規避的裁決。保加利亞自行車製造商Maxcom有限公司、歐盟理事會和歐盟委員會向斯里蘭卡公司City Cycle Industries和Chin Haur Indonesia提出上訴。

德國－儘管MIFA於3週前強烈否認此聞，其仍然陷入了嚴重的財務困境。這間剛開始在其新廠進行生產的德國自行車製造商已在1月4日提出破產申請。

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Today Accell Group has announced that it is considering the sale of its American activities. Accell North America Inc. (ANA) is continued in a separate entity for non-core activities. Besides a sale of the activities, a restructuring is also possible.

On behalf of the Bike Europe team, it is my pleasure to wish all the readers of the e-mail Newsletter and all the regular visitors of the Bike Europe website as well as all the readers of the monthly Bike Europe trade journal, a happy Christmas and a good & healthy 2019.

瑞典，斯哥德爾摩（Stockholm）－天氣好壞一直都是影響自行車銷售的一大因素，今年炎熱無雨的夏季讓瑞典的自行車業績飆升，特別是電動自行車。除了天氣之外，政府的補助政策也是銷售上升的原因。今年瑞典電動自行車熱銷成長53%，銷售總量破10萬。

NIJVERDAL, the Netherlands - Dutch design from Amsterdam with Japanese technology from Osaka. That was the idea when introducing the international bicycle child seat and component's brand Urban Iki in 2015. This design is now awarded with the German Design Award 2019.

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany - Yesterday, the global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler concluded a contract to acquire Elmotec Statomat Holding GmbH. Elmotec is one of the world's leading manufacturers of production machinery for the high-volume construction of electric motors.

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－等待許久，歐盟執委會終於在上週發佈「案件AD634－關乎自中國進口的電動自行車反傾銷程序」的「最終一般揭露文件」(General Final Disclosure Document)。執委會會將此份文件發給各股東及程序中的合作方，宣佈中國電動自行車傾銷案之調查結果以及計畫徵收的反傾銷稅。

台灣，台北－上週落幕的台北國際自行車展較往年不同，不如以往熱絡。主要是展期更動的緣故，因為台北展將在五個月後再次舉辦。這場亞洲最大的業界盛事今年除了參展商及參觀者數量雙雙下滑之外，影響最大的是市場近期走向難以預測。

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）—昨日有媒體報導指出，負責反傾銷及反補貼案的調查者擬定了一份草案，內容說明歐盟執委會欲對中國電動自行車徵收79.3%的反傾銷及反補貼稅。

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Already in 2017 the EU imports of regular bicycles from China showed a huge increase; by 54 percent to 635,000 units. Eurostat import data for the first half of 2018 shows that this vast growth continued.

Bike Europe edition 10-2018

台灣，台北－今年台北展最夯的話題之一會是「推動自行車產業在物聯網時代中不斷創新的是什麼？」該展將於今年10月30日至11月3日舉辦。

芬蘭，赫爾辛基（Helsinki）—Amer Sports於一週前宣佈欲出售Mavic及Enve的自行車業務，該芬蘭公司的Amer股份便被中國的ANTA Sports Products及Fountain Vest Partners競標收購。讓人好奇的，除了Amer董事會與股東將如何回應此競標結果，還有歐盟是否會介入這場預謀好的收購案。

台灣，台北－台灣自行車協會（TBA）數據顯示，自行車及電動自行車產業表現進步顯著。據該協會的資料，電動自行車今年前七個月出口數達155,910輛、增加44.9%。