3T Cycling Srl will acquire THM Carbones GmbH. They signed an agreement for 3T, based in Italy to purchase all shares of THM from its founder Thomas Mertin.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Josh Hon, Founder and Team Captain of Tern Bicycles, will deliver a talk on "Accelerating the Goal of Sustainable Transportation in Asia" at the Velo-city 2016 conference on March 1st in Taipei. Velo-city, the world's foremost conference for bicycle advocacy, policy and research. Velo-city 2016 is a unique iteration of the conference, the first ever hosted in Asia.

LONDON, UK - Supported by the Welsh Government and the HSBC bank, Frog bikes will be opening a new factory in the UK shortly. According to Frog Bike's press release "the production is expected to commence this summer."

BIG FLATS, USA - In a long-fought battle between Stan's NoTubes and Specialized the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided to uphold a previous ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which had declared Stan's NoTubes' US Patent to be valid.

CASELA, d'ASOLO, Italy - Steven Merlini, one of the most recognized people in the industry, left Selle Italia. After working 21 years for the Italian saddle maker he stopped on December 3.

TAINAN, Taiwan - Chain manufacturer KMC (Kuei Meng International Inc.) reports a continued buoyant growth on existing as well as emerging markets. The company benefits from the mild climate this year on its main markets as well as increasing sales of high-end bicycles in Europe and North America.

GAND, Belgium - The TWIN project, aimed at developing electric bike training for dealers that has been funded with support from the European Commission, officially finishes at the end of this year. The consortium is preparing a webinar at which the results of the project will be presented to the electric bicycle business.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Getting more people cycling rather than driving could save up to 10% of global urban transport emissions of carbon dioxide and up to USD 25 trillion in the cost of infrastructure by 2050, the report found. This huge potential for cycling has been revealed thanks a new study published in the month prior to the Paris Climate Change Conference which will start on November 30.

HAMBURG, Germany - Despite major investments in cycling infrastructure servicing a bike is as complicated for cyclists as ever before and filled with unnecessary time consuming tasks for mechanics.

With more than 20 transport Ministers and Secretary of States sitting in one room and discussing cycling, the first-ever informal EU Cycling Summit (7/10/2015) was a big milestone for cycling advocacy.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Rog was country's biggest bike manufacturer in old days of Yugoslavia and later in Slovenia. Some years ago it was joined by Elan Bikes, but that story didn't have a happy ending. Now, after years of silence, it looks like the brand will be back on the market.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Exactly 500 products were judged this year by a panel of experts for the Eurobike Awards. After two days of intensive evaluation and discussion twelve were selected for a Eurobike Gold Award and one for a Eurobike Green Award.

ALMERE, the Netherlands - Pon Holdings has appointed a successor for retiring Rob Oudshoorn who was leading the Pon Bicycle Group since January 1, 2013 and who was member of the Board of Pon Holdings. Armin Landgraf is his successor.

REHAU, Germany - In close cooperation with Storck Bicycle and the Institute of lightweight and Polymer Technology (ILK) of the TU Dresden, German automotive supplier Rehau enters the bike industry with a new frame building technology. It is called 'nam:e' and will be presented at Eurobike.

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - The announcement of the new MIFA-bike owner and managing director Heinrich von Nathusius that he was looking for a new location for the factory outside the city centre caused a lot of turmoil in Sangerhausen.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - On July 14th the members of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism committee recommended to include the European Cyclists Federation's EU Roadmap for Cycling in the European Commission's Work Programme for 2016. It represents a major breakthrough for ECF's Cycling Industry Club main objective to get more people on bikes more often.

DIEREN, the Netherlands - Royal Dutch Gazelle has put its brand new, state-of-the-art bicycle factory into operation on the 1st of June. With this most modern factory in Europe Gazelle aims to become the number one premium brand in electric bicycles in Western Europe.

NANTES, France - June 2 Velo-city 2015 kicked off in the French city of Nantes which is recognized for its pro-cycling policy. The 4-day Conference is visited by over 1200 policy-makers for infrastucture as well as the bike industry.

LONDON, UK - Brompton Bike Hire announced more seven hire points called Docks will be rolled out over the summer. This will include two new London locations as well as in Birmingham and Bristol. Brompton Docks were officially launched in 2011 with the stated aim of becoming the only bicycle scheme in the world to operate without government grants or subsidies.

DOETINCHEM, THE Netherlands - Speed e-bike sales is really taking off in the Netherlands this year. Growing public awareness of this new category of electric bicycles as well as a growing offering appears to have an accelerating effect on sales.