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TREVIGLIO, Italy (BRAIN) — Bianchi announced Thursday that it will directly distribute in Scandinavia beginning Friday.
Announcing it as "a new phase of the company's growth plan," it will control distribution in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway.
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MADISON, Wis. (BRAIN) — Saris Cycling Group, the maker of indoor trainers, bike infrastructure products and bike racks, is re-organizing under Wisconsin's Chapter 128, a voluntary debt consolidation program run through the state's circuit court system
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(BRAIN) — Shimano trickled down features from its new Dura-Ace and Ultegra groups to the new semi-wireless 105 group, R7100 Di2. The groupset brings the 12-speed shifting and semi-wireless setup from its top-tier groupsets to a lower price point.
Recumbent manufacturer WizWheelz acquires Coyne Publishing, producer of the Recumbent Cycle-Con show
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (BRAIN) — WizWheelz, the parent company of TerraTrike and GreenSpeed, has acquired Coyne Publishing, LLC. Coyne is the producer of the Recumbent Cycle-Con show, which bills itself as North America’s largest gathering of the recumbent cycling industry.
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DENVER (BRAIN) — Lost Paddle Events, which owns the Big Gear Show, is planning a June 2023 e-bike show that may be the first national trade show for the e-bike segment in the U.S.
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BREMBATE, Italy (BRAIN) — Tire insert supplier Deaneasy will integrate into the Vittoria Group and begin production here to develop accessories quicker with research into sustainable materials and processes being a focus.
BERKELEY, Calif. (Outside Business Journal) — Employees of the REI's store here are seeking to unionize, just four months after the company's Manhattan, N.Y., location passed a vote to do the same in March.
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BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Camber Outdoors announced Monday that Tiffany Smith will be the new CEO. Smith recently served as Camber's chief development officer.
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PHILADELPHIA (BRAIN) — A prototype all-wheel-drive bike valued at $100,000 was stolen from a shop here specializing in AWD bikes.
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TORONTO (BRAIN) — When collaborating on a new brand, Michael Yakubowicz and Frank Gairdner didn't just want to build a bike. They wanted to create the entire manufacturing process from pencil to paint under one roof.
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HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (BRAIN) — A consortium headed by investment firm KKR has acquired 96.9% of Accell Group shares during the post acceptance period that ended Thursday.
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DENVER (BRAIN) — FattE-Bikes has started a regulation crowdfunding raise on StartEngine.com. Because of SEC regulations, terms of the investment offer can be communicated only through the crowdfunding platform.