All ABIMOTA articles
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ArticlePortugal’s two-wheeler export volume grows 38 percent in the first 7 months
According to the Portuguese Bicycle Industry Association ABIMOTA, Portugal has achieved a production growth of 38 percent in the first seven months of the current year 2022 (and compared to the same period in 2021). These figures, which have also been confirmed by the European Union’s statistical office Eurostat, make ...
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News briefsEurobike debuts in Frankfurt with 1,500 exhibitors
From July 13 to 17, the Eurobike 2022 trade show (premiering in Frankfurt, Germany) offers a 140,000 sqm platform for the European bike business. More than 1,500 exhibiting companies from 57 countries present their bike and future mobility product to the trade and public. Some product innovations were introduced during ...
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ArticlePortugal Bike Value achieves double-digit increase in bicycle exports in 2021
During the visit of a delegation from the National Agency for Innovation (ANI) to the headquarters of the Portuguese bicycle industry association ABIMOTA in Borralha, secretary general Gil Nadais revealed some interesting export figures for 2021. The main focus of the visit was the expansion of laboratories at ABIMOTA’s headquarters, ...
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News briefsConebi elects João Miranda as VP of the board
Source: Conebi New vice president of the Conebi board: João Miranda Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s general assembly of Conebi, the European umbrella organization of the national bicycle and bicycle parts industry, took place on Nov. 23 exclusively in digital form. On this occasion, João ...
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ArticleMajor investment in Portuguese bicycle production for the EU market
The Portuguese bicycle industry association ABIMOTA has unveiled a major project with a planned total investment volume of over €258 million, through which Europe’s leading bicycle production intends not only to strengthen but also to expand its role. Plans also call for creating a technology center as a hub for ...
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News briefsPortugal is the largest bicycle producer in the EU for the second consecutive year
According to 2020 data released by Eurostat on July 20, Portugal is the largest bicycle producer in Europe for the second year in a row, with a total production of 2.6 million units. In 2019, the country had risen to the number one position in Europe for the first ...
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ArticlePortugal officially inaugurates Europe’s first large-scale carbon frame factory
Led by Portugal’s minister of state for the economy and digital transformation, Pedro Siza Vieira , Carbon Team ’s new production facilities were officially inaugurated on July 9 in Camoia, in the Portuguese municipality of Vouzela. Carbon Team is the first European automated carbon bicycle frame factory outside Asia. Hardtail ...
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ArticlePortugal Bike Value goes digital
On July 20, the very first digital platform to promote the Portuguese conscious mobility sector will be launched. With this tool, the national bicycle industry association ABIMOTA aims to promote, on behalf of its members, the path taken to internationalize the domestic bicycle production sector. Source: ...
