TAIPEI, Taiwan - Price hikes and big ones are inevitable. That's the main message of Taipei Cycle 2015. After two show days and two still to come it's ...

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.

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.

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.

COLOGNE, Germany - To celebrate its 50th anniversary the German dealer cooperative ZEG hosted a dinner party for over 1,500 guests at the annual members meeting. During the dinner ZEG Managing Director Georg Honkomp announced interesting figures like, "Last year ZEG's dealer turnover passed one billion euro."

BRUSSELS, Belgium - 2014 was a very positive year for the European bicycle industry. EU employment, production and sales in 2014 grew compared to the 2013 figures. This is the outcome of an economic study carried out by CONEBI, the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry.

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.

LE BOURGET, France - Easybike signed a letter of intent with Matra owner Lagardère for the acquisition of the e-bike factory in Romorantin. The Matra ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - After a UCI request to provide scientific information on the development of bicycle saddles from a performance and a medical ...

MADRID, Spain - It is called "UNIBIKE, The Bicycle Trade Show" and its 1st edition is to take place 19 - 21 September 2014. This new event replaces ...

LYON, France - As part of its continuing effort to position itself as the leading financial services firm in the global cycling industry Vélo Capital ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Cheng-Shin Rubber Industries, the world's largest bicycle tire manufacturer and maker of Maxxis tires, recently reported the opening of ...

CLOPPENBURG, Germany - Money wise the country's largest bike maker - Derby Cycle Werke - joined the German industry association ...

TOKYO, Japan - Private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired Y. International, a Tokyo-based bicycle retailer with 29 company-owned stores ...

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Contrary to the expectations of many experts bicycle sales fell only slightly in Holland last year. With only 2.5% ...

LONDON, UK - In the UK an online initiative has been launched which intends to offer bike dealers a platform against webshops like ChainReaction and ...

BERLIN, Germany - A long winter and a rainy summer caused bike shipments in Germany to dealers to drop 5.5% to a total of 3.75 million units in 2013. ...

NEW DEHLI, India - Through acquisitions in Germany and on a longer term in the US, India's Hero Cycles is to grow the brand globally. The goal is to ...

MIJDRECHT, the Netherlands - After nearly 60 years Sturmey-Archer Europe is leaving Amsterdam. The historic component maker that was taken over by ...

ALLENTOWN, USA - Despite the fact that during the first nine months of 2014 the US imports of bicycles increased by almost 11 percent, "The overall ...