OLDENBURG, Germany - Cycle Union's sales, marketing and product managing director Frank Aeschbacher has taken up a new position at mother company Prophete Group. Aeschbacher succeeds Dirk Vroomen and is now responsible for all sales, marketing and product management of Prophete Group.
KOBLENZ, Germany - An unexpected change in leadership at online seller Canyon with the announcement that CEO Armin Landgraf will leave his position on short notice. On 1 October current CFO Winfried Rapp will take over Landgraf's management on an interim basis.
SUZHOU, China - E-scooters and e-motorcycles are a common means of transportation in China, with more than 30 million units being sold there last year. But these products have not been popularized in the European market. Chinese e-bike battery manufacturer Phylion, predicts this will change in the next 5-10 years.
POZZOLEONE, Italy - Nicola Rosin is leaving Selle Royal S.p.A. as the company announced Wednesday afternoon. Since 2012, Rosin has been General Manager and a Board Member. Selle Royal saddle brand, Fizik, Brooks England, Crankbrothers, and Pedaled are all part of the Selle Royal Group.
HARD, Austria - In the past five years the Austrian manufacturer Simplon increased its turn-over from €18 million to €44 million at the end of fiscal year in September 2020. For model year 2021, Simplon reports an increased order intake of more than 40% compared with model year 2020.
GENEVA, Switzerland - The members of the World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA) have agreed that the WBIA Secretariat will continue to be managed by CONEBI in 2021. During their annual General Assembly last Wednesday, they also confirmed that current president of CONEBI Erhard Büchel will act as president of WBIA for the next year.
Other news on Accell Group is that it appears to be ending the rejuvenation process of its management. One of the last members of the holding company's 'old' senior management team said 'goodbye' on August 1. The departure of Global Retail Director Wouter Jager was preceded by many of his management colleagues.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Both Accell Group and Canyon appointed experienced executives to strengthen the implementation of their strategic plans. Jasper Sundh started at Accell Nordic and Armin Landgraf at Canyon.
CHICAGO, USA - SRAM announces that Stan Day steps down as CEO of SRAM LLC per January 1, 2019. Ken Lousberg has been appointed as his successor. He was COO of SRAM for the past 18 months. Day will continue to be Chairman of the Board of Directors.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Lithium-ion battery manufacturer BMZ and the Dutch bicycle bags and basket supplier Basil both hired industry insiders to strengthen their organization. Kim Madsen joined BMZ as of February 2019, while Patrick Ebbeling started at Basil at end of 2018.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - When it comes to applications you have surely received tons of advice from various people. And probably many among
ZWOLLE, the Netherlands - Fast Forward Wheels (FFWD) has hired Edwin Koopmans as the new International Sales Manager. Edwin has been in the bicycle
SCHWEINFURT, Germany - The announcement that Felix Puello joined the Pexco GmbH management team earlier this week was not a surprise.
Growing e-bike sales contributed to a growth of bicycles related jobs in the EU. A study of the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI)
Kalkhoff offers consumers the opportunity to have their e-Bikes equipped with a battery that is best suited for their purpose. They have three batteries ...
Other news on Trek Bicycle Corp. is about the management of its European office in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. David Van Dyck, general manager of this ...
A mega merger has joined two of the biggest producers of lithium-ion batteries widely used in e-Bikes. The worlds biggest maker of such batteries will ...
DAVOS, Switzerland - Specialized is expanding its Specialized Concept Store (SCS) concept in Europe. After several SCSs were opened in the UK and ...
NUNSPEET, Netherlands - After taking over Pearl Izumi beginning 2008, Shimano and the worlds leading cycling apparel and upcoming running brand are now ...
NEW DELHI, India - It's boom time in Indias bike industry. Not only because of the Indian rupee dropping to an all-time low level against the US dollar ...
