SHANGHAI, China - For the third time this year, COVID restrictions have forced the organising committee to postpone the 2022 edition of China Cycle. At the moment it is unknown when or where the show is going to take place.
SUZHOU, China - The severe spread and skyrocketing infection of COVID-19 figures in the Shanghai area, including Suzhou, has posed a major challenge for e-bike system manufacturer Bafang. Recent lockdown measures have escalated difficulties like raw material shortages, sluggish logistical efficiency, severe supply delays in Corona-related sealed-off areas and suspension or impediment of battery exports.
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REUTLINGEN, Germany - E-bikes with a Bosch drive that are delivered without battery. It is the talk of the town in the Netherlands, but also applies to other markets. Bike Europe asked Bosch about the reason for these delivery problems and how they are handling the issue.
SHANGHAI, China - The implementation last Monday of China's most extensive lockdown measures in two years in Shanghai has made the China Bicycle Association decide to postpone the China International Bicycle Exhibition, otherwise known as China Cycle.
NEW YORK, USA - An index of global supply chain pressure published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York clearly shows that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is adding a fair amount of 'extra pressure' to an already strained situation. The pressure index is now at an all-time high.
