DT Swiss AG is strengthening its presence in Europe. The company has increased the production capacity of its Polish facility significantly. With this...

The next WFSGI Manufacturers Forum will focus on high tech innovation, digitalization, robotics and how companies can take advantage of best technologies.

VELENJE, Slovenia - Rog Bikes are entering new era and will again be available on the home market in Slovenia and around Europe. Resurrection of the brand Rog is not a big surprise, but the new owner of the brand is!

CHICAGO, USA - As part of SRAM's European aftermarket development strategy the parts and components manufacturer announced some major changes in its distribution network in France.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Bike Europe's May 2016 edition will highlight the latest innovations and developments in maintenance, replacement parts, lubricants and brake pads. Mail us you news to include your latest models, products and parts.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The 7th edition of the OEM event in Taiwan's bike metropolis will be organized as a joint effort of the Taichung Bike Week and Eurobike. Both parties announced to work closely together and envision an event that will stretch across several exhibition areas and utilize a new matchmaking tool.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - In its 2015 financial statement, Giant Manufacturing Co Ltd reports that, "While sales at home, the US and in Japan were solid last year, they declined 17 percent year-on-year in China. Due to the depreciation of the euro, sales in Europe improved only slightly."

L'ISLE JOURDAIN, France - Operating 21 shops nationwide, the Bouticycle franchise concept developed a new store lay-out which has already been implemented on six locations. Bouticycle is looking back on a positive 2015 reporting a 4.6% increase in sales on last year.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Copenhagen Bike Show saw its premiere in March 2015 and was an immediate success with more than 10,000 visitors. Focused on innovation, design and functionality the event has managed to increase the number of foreign exhibitors for the 2016 edition next month.

ENNEPETAL, Germany - With the onset of 2016 global markets are being redefined at Thun. Mario Stauber is now in charge of European OEMs except Italy, France and the Benelux markets. These will mainly remain within the responsibility of Patricia Cochez.

BAGNATICA, Italy - How the Portuguese Triangles factory will be making aluminium bicycle frames with German car technology becomes clearer with the pre-series production start only a few months away. The facility operates 2 production lines; each with 10 welding robots as well as completely automated tube preparation machinery.

GALPAGAR, Spain - X-Fusion Suspension stepped up its service in Spain with the addition of DIBike to its network. Based in a suburb of Madrid, DIBike will service the X-Fusion suspension products as of 1 January 2016.

HONG KONG - The 3rd Manufacturers Forum organized by the World Federation Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) that closed earlier today in Hong Kong presented valuable insights for the future direction of making sporting goods as well as bicycles. Like on excellent lean production on which Bosch already started working in 2002.

COLOGNE, Germany - The world's largest dealer cooperative ZEG officially confirmed the takeover of Kettler's bicycle division including its Hanweiler-based bike factory. It marks a change in ZEG's strategy as the retail organization is now a bicycle manufacturer as well.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - As from 1 January 2017, the Shimano European head office will be located at the High Tech Campus (HTC) in Eindhoven in the south of the Netherlands. Shimano chose the HTC in view of the growing importance of a global business environment, the presence of young talent and a strong focus on innovation.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - The European Cyclists Federation (ECF) and CONEBI (Confederation for the European Bicycle Industry) presented the Cycling for Growth project during last week's Advocacy Summit 2015 at Eurobike.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - It was one of the few European countries missing a national, non-profit cycling organization representing bicycle users. That made representatives of the main cycling NGO's lead by Nadace Partnerství decided to join forces and establish a new Czech cycling federation.

Bicycle manufacturer Minerva was declared bankrupt on June 25, 2015. The cause is an accumulation of setbacks after high investments in new premises in 2013

GRENCHEN, Switzerland - Next to its e-bike brand Stromer BMC Group is also divesting Bergamont. As part of a new brand strategy, on which Bike Europe interviewed BMC's CEO Erwin Steinmann in its May 2015 edition, the Swiss bike maker has announced to sell its German Bergamont Fahrrad Vertrieb GmbH to competitor and countryman Scott Sports SA. The deal was finalized at the end of June.

SALZBURG, Austria - The announcement of the Austrian bicycle producers, importers and wholesalers organization Arge-Fahrrad to organize its own order ...