Press release ZWEIRAD-INDUSTRIE-VERBAND E. V.

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23rd International
Bicycle Trade Exhibition
August 27 – 30, 2014
Friedrichshafen, Germany
23. Internationale
Fahrradmesse
27. – 30. August 2014
Friedrichshafen, Bodensee
26/08/2014
Beautiful Weather Boosts the Bicycle Industry An
assessment of the business climate for the first half of 2014
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ZWEIRAD-INDUSTRIE-VERBAND
E. V.
The first half of 2014 demonstrated once again that
cycling is all the rage, and that the German bicycle
industry is to some extent a weather-dependent
sector. In accordance with this, the mild winter and
beautiful spring 2014 have led to an increase in sales
over the previous year.
Zweirad-Industrie-Verband e.V. (Bicycle Industry
Association, ZIV) estimates that in 2014 around 2.8
million bicycles and e-bikes were sold to end users in
Germany from January to June. This represents an
increase of four percent over the first half of 2013.
Due to continued good weather conditions, the ZIV is
looking with confidence at the rest of 2014 and
expects the positive trend to continue.
There was a slight decrease in bicycle and e-bike
production. With some 1.6 million bicycles and e-bikes
produced, German production fell slightly in the first half of
2014. From the perspective of the ZIV, this is mainly due to
the difficult 2013 season. Due to weather conditions at the
end of the year, both in industry and the trade there were
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Wolfgang Köhle
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH
Postfach 2080
88010 Friedrichshafen
Neue Messe 1
88046 Friedrichshafen
Germany
www.messe-friedrichshafen.de
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
Geschäftsführer: Klaus Wellmann
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Press release
Communiqué de presse
Informazione stampa
23rd International
Bicycle Trade Exhibition
August 27 – 30, 2014
Friedrichshafen, Germany
23. Internationale
Fahrradmesse
27. – 30. August 2014
Friedrichshafen, Bodensee
existing inventories which needed to be reduced in 2014.
For this reason, manufacturers were reserved in their
production.
According to estimates of the ZIV, imports to Germany
slightly declined in the first half of 2014. With an estimated
1.8 million bicycles and e-bikes, 2.5 percent less were
imported to Germany than in the same period last year.
In addition to Cambodia and Poland, Taiwan and Bulgaria
were the most important countries supplying imports.
Bicycle exports also fell slightly compared to the previous
year due to weather conditions.
E-bike sales continue to increase!
The upward trend continues for e-bikes, resulting in good
sales figures. According to estimates of the ZIV, 450,000
were sold in Germany this year. In the medium term, the
ZIV estimates that the e-bike market can achieve an annual
share of the total market of around 15 percent in Germany.
This would correspond to a total of around 600,000 e-bikes
annually.
In view of changed usage behavior in everyday mobility,
newly added providers, new model groups, and technical
advancements, the ZIV sees this number as realistic.
There are more than 1.8 million e-bikes currently on the
road in Germany. This means the German e-bike industry
alone has achieved the goal of the federal government of
putting more than one million electric vehicles on the
streets of Germany.
Cycling is still in vogue!
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Presseabteilung
Wolfgang Köhle
Telefon:+49 7541 708 - 307
Telefax:+49 7541 708 - 331
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH
Postfach 2080
88010 Friedrichshafen
Neue Messe 1
88046 Friedrichshafen
Germany
www.messe-friedrichshafen.de
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
Geschäftsführer: Klaus Wellmann
Presseinformation
Press release
Communiqué de presse
Informazione stampa
23rd International
Bicycle Trade Exhibition
August 27 – 30, 2014
Friedrichshafen, Germany
23. Internationale
Fahrradmesse
27. – 30. August 2014
Friedrichshafen, Bodensee
The bicycle and e-bike are developing more and more from
purely recreational vehicles into everyday mobility partners.
That the importance of the bicycle as part of everyday
mobility is further increasing is underscored by the fact that
city and trekking bikes are again the most popular models
among German consumers.
Increased use of the bicycle in everyday life and the high
proportion of bicycle retailers are also leading to increasing
demand for high-quality components, accessories, and
workshop services of dealers.
In the opinion of the ZIV, the bicycle has become an
indispensable part of the mobility of the future. For this
reason the ZIV advocates improvement of the cycling
infrastructure. This is especially true for bike lanes and
secure storage.
For the future issues of health, mobility, sustainability, and
economy, no other means of transportation can offer as
many starting points as the bicycle and e-bike.
The ZIV is promoting this development with its "Pro Bike”
initiative.
With a wide variety of events (including acting as partners
in the "Open Day of the Federal Government”), active
participation in the legal and technical policy framework,
and active communication management, the ZIV as the
advocate for the interests of the German bicycle, e-bike,
components, and accessories industry ensures that "cycling
moves.”
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Presseabteilung
Wolfgang Köhle
Telefon:+49 7541 708 - 307
Telefax:+49 7541 708 - 331
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH
Postfach 2080
88010 Friedrichshafen
Neue Messe 1
88046 Friedrichshafen
Germany
www.messe-friedrichshafen.de
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
Geschäftsführer: Klaus Wellmann
Presseinformation
Press release
Communiqué de presse
Informazione stampa
23rd International
Bicycle Trade Exhibition
August 27 – 30, 2014
Friedrichshafen, Germany
23. Internationale
Fahrradmesse
27. – 30. August 2014
Friedrichshafen, Bodensee
ZIV is also active on the European level through the
associations COLIBI (bicycle industry) and COLIPED (bicycle
parts industry), demonstrating its commitment to improving
bicycle conditions in Europe.
Friedrichshafen, August 26, 2014
Press contact:
Stephan Schreyer
Head of Communications and Marketing
Tel.: +49 (0)6196 5077-13
Cell: +49 (0)160-90136846
E-mail: [email protected]
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Presseabteilung
Wolfgang Köhle
Telefon:+49 7541 708 - 307
Telefax:+49 7541 708 - 331
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH
Postfach 2080
88010 Friedrichshafen
Neue Messe 1
88046 Friedrichshafen
Germany
www.messe-friedrichshafen.de
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
Geschäftsführer: Klaus Wellmann