Halfords in talks with CVC
LONDON, UK (July 1) - Halfords-owner Boots plc is talking with venture capitalist CVC Capital Partners to sell off its car and bicycle parts retail ...
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SRAM Appoints New RockShox Boss
Colorado Springs, CO, US (April 4)- SRAM completed its take-over of Rock Shox by appointing Stan Gingrich as the new General Manager of RockShox. ...
Trek Closes Facility in Ireland
CARLOW, Ireland - (December 3rd) Trek's decision to close down the factory in Carlow, Ireland they started 6 years ago and to transfer its European ...
Sprick's Troubled Inheritance
MERKERS/OELDE, Germany (November 13th) - Yesterday, 12 November, the Sprick estate in Oelde got suspension of payment; today the receiver is in Merkers ...
Vuelta, by Rodi
In the October issue of Bike Europe, we announced the joint venture between Büchel components and mr. Moreno Fioravanti for the production of high-end ...
The Chinese Reaction
HONG KONG, China (November 5) - Anti-Dumping is a hot item in China itself too: a decade ago the Chinese producers quietly accepted the charges, but now ...
Takens Re-Elected as COLIBI President
BRUSSELS, Belgium (October 30) - René Takens, CEO of the Accell Group has been unanimously re-elected as President of the Comité de Liaison des ...
ANCMA Steps Up Lobbying To Maintain Dumping Duty for China
MILAN, Italy (October 28th) - The ANCMA Anti-Dumping Committee is stepping-up its efforts to sway important decision makers in the direction of ...
Lance Dates Girl Next Door
AUSTIN, US (October 28th) - Nothing special you might think, after all Lance Armstrong is officially a bachelor since he broke-up with his wife. But if ...
Taiwan Cycle Show Update
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (September 30) - A final decision has been made about the lay-out of the Taiwan Cycle show (10-13 March 2004). Most notable are: ...
Kynast Files (Again) for Insolvency
QUAKENBRUCK, Germany (July 18) - Kynast has again filed for insolvency. Dr. Stephan Thiemann from Münster has been appointed as receiver. Currently 370 ...
AGU Sports Takes Over Hesling Products
ALKMAAR, the Netherlands (July 14) - AGU Sports has announced that it has agreed on a takeover of Hesling Products bv who make bike panniers and bags, ...
SARS Spreading Further in Taiwan
GENEVE, Switzerland (May 22) - World Health Organization (WHO) has edited a negative travel advice for Taiwan as a whole (until now, the advice was for ...
SRAM Schweinfurt: No Production Shift to East Europe
SCHWEINFURT, Germany (February 6) - After the announcement that SRAM would lay off 160 employees in its Schweinfurt production plant and move part of ...
EICMA is Back as Yearly Event
The Executive Council of Ancma - the Italian Association of Bicycle Motorcycle and Components Manufacturers- has resolved that starting 2005 the ...
First Bonus Bikes Opens in Holland
DEVENTER, Netherlands (November 23) - Today the new shop formula, Bonus Bikes has opened its first shop in Deventer, in the East of Holland. The concept ...
Thule Is Sold To Investment Group
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (November 4) - Thule's owner, Swedish private equity group EQT Partners AB, has sold Thule to the UK-based private equity firm ...
Switch to Sourcing Continues
BIKE EUROPE: LUXEMBOURG , Luxembourg (October 12) - For the first time in several years the production of bicycles in the European Union was up in 2003. ...
JJB Sports May Change Hands Soon
LONDON, UK (October 12) - The stock market valuation on the London Stock Exchange of Britain's largest sporting goods retailer jumped by nearly 25 ...
Inflation Grows in China's Rice Paddies
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (August 31) - Chinese factories produce 61% of the world's exported bicycles, 51% of sports shoes and 46% of knives, forks and ...