Look Cycle Group出售Corima,重心放踏板及自行車
法國,德龍河畔洛里奧爾(LORIOL-SUR-DROME)-Look Cycle Group宣布出售高階碳纖自行車輪組公司品牌Corima。Look Cycle在2016年成為Corima東家,兩間公司在2022年完全合併,不過他們已在今年9月30日再度分開。

法國,德龍河畔洛里奧爾(LORIOL-SUR-DROME)-Look Cycle Group宣布出售高階碳纖自行車輪組公司品牌Corima。Look Cycle在2016年成為Corima東家,兩間公司在2022年完全合併,不過他們已在今年9月30日再度分開。

英國,伊斯特伍德(EASTWOOD)-Raleigh UK因未能向政府機構Companies House提供其財務報告,面臨關閉風險。該間Accell Group全資子公司已獲得3個月的期限來解決問題,否則將面臨被迫關閉的風險。

荷蘭,海牙(DEN HAAG)-荷蘭人類環境和運輸督察局(Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate,簡稱ILT)已扣押大約3,500輛胖胎自行車,原因是這些產品符合輕型摩托車(moped)法規,但非電動自行車法規。這需要不同的型式認可。胖胎車在荷蘭已成為廣大年輕族群的愛好車款,近期也出現增加控管的呼聲。

印度,新德里(NEW DEHLI)-Metro Tyres Limited 正準備進一步擴大自家品牌Ortem在歐美市場的版圖。該印度自行車胎製造商在盧迪亞納(Ludhiana)擁有多座工廠,並投資計畫讓其出口導向工廠的車胎及內胎產能翻倍,實現擴展自有品牌業務。

德國,法蘭克福(FRANKFURT AM MAIN)-經過為期5天的創新展出、商務會議、交流,及精彩演講後,本屆Eurobike於週日晚圓滿落幕。各項研究調查皆指出,電動自行車和環保交通產業就長遠來說將有良好發展。不過,仍未見市場期待短期內出現的改善。

SUZHOU, China - Okawa's preparations to open a production facility in Europe have already started. In the head office of Okawa Motor Technology Co. Ltd in China the first motor assembly line with a high level of automation was being put up during Bike Europe's recent visit. Once fully operational a copy of this assembly line will be shipped to Portugal.

荷蘭,海倫芬(HEERENVEEN)-Accell Group執行長Tjeerd Jegen於財報公布明確數據,顯示他自2023年11月上任後公司的財務狀況。該公司獲利持續下降,債務不斷增加。Jegen於荷蘭媒體《FD》的訪談中透露:「經銷商庫存仍過高,尤其德國,導致市場衰退。」

OBERRIED, Switzerland - Faster than expected, the Swiss retail group Migros has found a new owner for its Bike World chain of stores. Industry insider and jack-of-all-trades Thomas Binggeli has acquired most of the bicycle store chain via his investment company Thömus AG. The takeover will officially take effect in February 2025.

義大利,米蘭(MILAN)-去年秋季,ABS製造商Blubrake針對Bosch限制使用替代性技術可能壟斷電動自行車驅動系統市場提出疑慮。義大利反壟斷機構針對該指控展開調查,並確定電動自行車製造商可以將Blubrake ABS系統與Bosch BES3套件做整合使用。

SAN VENDEMIANO, Italy - Cycling pad manufacturing CyTech S.r.l., known for its Elastic Interface brand, has unified the production at its Mexican factories, whose products had been distributed under the BikePad label.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Sharing know-how and best practices have become an important part of Eurobike. The annual industry get-together has become a global presentation of every aspect the bicycle and e-bike business has to offer. From 3-7 July 2024, industry experts will gather in Frankfurt for the flagship trade fair for bicycle and light electric mobility.

美國,華府(WASHINGTON)-美國貿易代表署(USTR)最新發布的關稅措施中,尚未明確指出電動自行車使用的中國製鋰電池是否包含在額外徵稅25%的名單上。PeopleForBikes政策顧問Matt Moore於聲明中寫道:「對於現有自行車產品在301條款關稅豁免中的定義仍存在模糊地帶。」

印度,盧迪安納(LUDHIANA)-為促進當地製造業發展並降低該國對進口的依賴,該國政府於2020年針對13個產業推出一項獎勵計劃。該計劃的其他目標是要吸引境外直接投資並拓展出口。現在自行車產業也希望能被納入計劃當中。

德國,維克德(WICKEDE)-為遵循最新歐盟法規並加強公司CSR的投入,自行車零件製造商Humpert為其雙層鎳鉻電鍍廠(double-nickel-chrome electroplating)推出大型投資計劃。從7月1日起,所有Ergotec鋼手把的鍍鉻表面都將改為符合REACH法規的三價鉻電鍍技術(Chrome 3)。

中國,上海-今年中國國際自行車展於本月5至8日舉辦完畢,業界人士首次謹慎提到自行車市場的復甦跡象。與在美國加州自行車展Sea Otter Classic所聽到的好跡象相符,該展於中國自行車展前一週在加州蒙特瑞(Monterey)舉辦。中國市場現在掀起一股休閒自行車運動熱潮,不像歐美市場還在為過多庫存煩惱。

Many bicycle experts believe that automatic shifting will be the next major technological revolution in cycling. Taiwanese component specialist TRP and German e-bike expert Bosch eBike Systems are making it happen. At Eurobike, they will present the TRP x Bosch eShift system to the world for the first time.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - To meet growing demand for forged and hydroformed frame components, A-Forge is currently building a fifth production facility in Vietnam in addition to its four factories which are operational in China.

台北國際自行車展一直都是一個觀察評估市場狀況的好時機,今年台北展做足準備欲讓自行車行業更上層樓,並將焦點放在永續性及其他ESG(環境保護、社會責任、公司治理)主題。除目前市場趨勢之外,本期Bike Europe英文電子雜誌亦探討幾間已開始在生產製程落實ESG解決方案的台灣企業,以應對行業未來。

ZEIST, the Netherlands - "The market is returning back to a normal situation of pre-2020." This is a much heard comment on the current disruption of the market. The European e-bike import statistics show the market is currently in a free fall downwards, indicating that its worse than "going back to normal."

In this edition of Bike Europe: Accell Group, Taipei Cycle Show, Spanish industry overview, EU review anti-dumping duties