Giant has been building Buffalo bicycles for rural communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America for sixteen years, calling the project an excellent example of supply chain collaboration rather than a pure donation program. The millionth unit was made in Tianjin in mainland China.
SponsoredMachontrol is launching updated versions of two of its fork machines: the MCFe-27 fork cutting machine and the PFe-27 fork press. Both run a faster cycle at a lower cost of entry, and both are built to work on the line itself. CTO Ricardo Santos explains what has changed.
Bike Europe's Factory Floor series takes readers inside production environments, showing how bicycle manufacturing is evolving through automation, vertical integration, specialist expertise and investment. This online magazine shows there is no single model for modern bicycle manufacturing: companies are combining technology, in-house capabilities and specialised know-how in different ways to improve efficiency, quality, flexibility and resilience.
SponsoredA newly-commissioned e-bike manufacturing facility in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, has been placed on the market following the insolvency of E-Velox, a company within the Leader 96 Group.
"Establishing production facilities within key markets has become increasingly important due to the growing volatility of global trade," says Tony Karklins, CEO of Cardinal Cycling Group, which also owns Time and Detroit Bike. In a Bike Europe interview, Karklins outlines his vision for carbon product production and explains why the company is now offering OEM manufacturing at its Carboprax factory in Slovakia.
Cycling Sports Group Europe, part of Pon.Bike, has announced the closure of the Cannondale facility in Almelo, the Netherlands. The production of the Cannondale bikes will be relocated to Germany and Lithuania. 'Almelo' no longer fits in Pon.Bike's multi-brand strategy, which includes a flexible production network.
SponsoredA fully operational bicycle manufacturing facility in Jastrowie, Poland, has become available for sale or lease, presenting a potential opportunity for companies looking to establish or expand production capacity in Europe.
Companies with a 100-year history in the bicycle industry are pretty hard to come by. Gazelle in the Netherlands, owned by Pon since 2011, is one such company. The company is so proud of its craftsmanship, which dates back to 1892, that a public walkway hangs over its factory in the Netherlands. This expertise extends across the entire chain, including its relationship with dealers, making it a leading brand in the Benelux. A heritage site with modern, state-of-the-art production — that's what Bike Europe found when it visited the Factory Floor at… Gazelle.
SponsoredCompact and urban e-bikes are experiencing strong expansion, driven by the growing demand for practical urban mobility solutions that integrate easily with public transport and adapt to increasingly dense city environments. It is precisely within this context that OLI eBike Systems' PICO system has found its place.
Chinese drive-system manufacturer Bafang says its products are currently used on more than 20 million e-bikes worldwide. To support that scale, the company has focused on streamlining production and increasing automation at its manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China.
SponsoredTektro Technology Corporation is strategically expanding its global manufacturing network through the construction of a brand-new production facility in Vietnam. The Taiwanese bicycle component manufacturer officially broke ground on this major Southeast Asian project in October 2025. Once fully operational, this state-of-the-art facility will serve as its third global production base, joining the company's established manufacturing hubs in Taiwan and China.
SRAM has announced plans to build a new facility in Coimbra, Portugal, enabling local production of its complete component portfolio—more than 7,500 individual parts—closer to key partners and markets. "The investment will enhance our ability to serve European OEM and AM partners while improving sustainability, flexibility, and supply chain resilience," the company writes in a press statement.
Automated guided vehicles shuttle components between assembly stations while robotic machines operate across three floors of production space. At Ananda's Wuxi facility, manufacturing scale and vertical integration have become central to the company's ambitions in the global e-bike market. The Chinese drive system manufacturer is building what it describes as a "closed-loop" manufacturing ecosystem: one that aims to deliver both volume and reliability. Bike Europe visited the Factory Floor to discover the industrial philosophy behind… Ananda.
Hou Chi becomes the exclusive distributor of Italian bicycle brand Cinelli and of tubing specialist Columbus in Taiwan. It will also distribute Columbus tubing components in the country on a non-exclusive basis. Hou Chi was recently founded to represent cycling brands in Taiwan.
German parts wholesaler Ra-Co GmbH has become the exclusive distributor of Goodyear Bicycle Tires for independent bicycle dealers in Germany and Austria.
The bike care company is expanding its warehouse capacity in the UK and South Carolina. The new UK site has also gained modern production equipment. These two expansions are good for a 20 percent increase in the operational team in the US and UK.
Besides the inventory crisis affecting demand and external markets nipping at export market share, the Taiwanese bicycle industry has also been forced to look inwards at its manufacturing practices following an exposé report on migrant workers' conditions. Now, 15 months later, a new follow-up report has been published, specifically focused on the bicycle industry. It details how at least 10 manufacturers have adopted no-fee policies in 2025, but there is still a long way to go in transforming policy into practice.
Taiwan is future-focused, that much was apparent to attendees of the Taipei Cycle Show 2026. But beneath the optimism, export declines and changing production chains show the nation's bicycle sector is in transition. Production value is increasingly generated beyond Taiwan's borders, as manufacturing shifts to neighbouring markets such as China, Vietnam and Europe through Taiwanese-led supply chains.
Decathlon S.A. reported steady growth in 2025, even as market development across the sporting goods and bicycle sectors remained uneven. The French retailer reports increased revenue and profitability. At the same time, limited disclosure around category-level performance, especially in cycling, leaves open questions about where that growth is coming from and how sustainable it may be.
Pragma Industries, known for its pioneering technology in hydrogen-powered bicycles, has filed for liquidation. This move, while not entirely unpredictable given the company's admitted difficulties last year, brings an abrupt end to more than two decades of work in the fuel-cell mobility sector.
