A total of 964,000 powered two wheelers (PTWs) were registered during the first nine months of 2014 in the EU. This represents an increase of 0.41% compared with the 960,060 units registered between January and September 2013. Registrations in the motorcycle segment grew by 6.3%, whilst moped registrations fell by 11.4%.
The full statistical release in pdf format can be downloaded here.
Intermot Cologne ended on Saturday 5 October, after five action-packed fair days with more than 200,000 visitors from 105 countries.
The 2014 edition of Intermot marked the 50th anniversary of the Cologne motorcycle exhibition. Two-wheeler fans had the opportunity to test the latest machines and models, as well as their riding skills on ten test ride tracks. A total of 960 companies from 37 countries participated in Intermot Cologne 2014.
The fair occupied a gross exhibition space of approximately 118,000 m².
Commenting on the event Reiner Brendicke, Chief Executive Manager of the German motorcycle industry association (IVM) said: “The industry is highly satisfied with the way the fair has gone and with visitor numbers. We assume that INTERMOT Cologne will give a renewed boost to the German market”.
The next Intermot fair will take place in October 2016, in Cologne. For more information on this year’s edition please click here. On 29 September, shortly before the beginning of the Intermot exhibition, the German Institute for Motorcycle Safety (IFZ) organised an international conference on road safety visited by researchers of 20 different countries.
As part of this event, ACEM presented The Shared Ride to the Future, its new road safety strategy to further improve safety levels for motorcyclists in Europe.
ANCMA-EICMA will organise the 72th Esposizione Mondiale del Motoclismo (72th world motorcycle exhibition) between 6 and 9 November 2014, in Milan. The exhibition will mark the 100th anniversary of EICMA.
Over the last 100 years more than 28,700 exhibitors from more than 40 countries participated in the event, and about 25,000,000 attended the exhibition.
Commenting on the upcoming event, EICMA president Antonello Montante said: “Celebrating the first 100 years of EICMA is celebrating an industry that plays a key role in the Italian production system as well as in the development of our country".
Prior to the opening of the exhibition, on 5 November 2014, ANCMA, the Italian National Association for the Motorcycle and Bicycle industries, will hold an international workshop on intellectual property rights and motorcycle design. This seminar will discuss the importance of adequate enforcement of intellectual property rights, as well as the economic value of product design for the motorcycle industry.
The event will be open to the public and will take place in the Sala Acquarius of the Centro Congressi (Stella Polare – Fiera Milano) from 10:30 to 13:30.
The programme of this seminar is available here.For further information on EICMA please visit http://www.eicma.it/en/
Intermot Cologne ended on Saturday 5 October, after five action-packed fair days with more than 200,000 visitors from 105 countries. The 2014 edition of Intermot marked the 50th anniversary of the exhibition fair.
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On 7 October 2014 the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers, ACEM, organised a cocktail reception and a photography exhibition in the European Parliament to commemorate its 20th anniversary.
The event was kindly hosted by Bernd Lange MEP, chair of the Committee on International Trade of the European Parliament. The reception was attended by a host of esteemed guests and friends of ACEM including several recently elected and re-elected members of the Parliament, Commission officials and industry representatives.
The event also marked the launch of the Safe ride to the future, the new road safety strategy of the motorcycling industry. As part of this strategy ACEM members have committed to have at least one of their models available for sale with a cooperative ITS feature by 2020 and will carry out research on an eCall system for motorcycles. Moreover ACEM members will work with the Germany Road Safety Council (DVR) to promote high quality voluntary post-license and will organise thematic workshops in different European countries to identify and measures to improve road safety at national, regional and local levels.
The industry is looking forward to start working on these and other very important issues with the new European Parliament and the new European Commission, as soon as it takes office.
ACEM President Stephan Schaller commented: “ACEM is in an excellent position to provide expertise on motorcycling issues, and over the years we have developed a good working relationship with the EU institutions, and particularly with the European Parliament. We hope we will continue to strengthen this working relationship with you”.
‘The world of motorcycling’ exhibition featured photographs that capture vivid and intense images of the sector. The pictures highlighted the different aspects of motorcycling, from the cultural and historical value of powered-two wheelers to the renewed commitment of the industry towards enhanced road safety, from the development of electromobility to the importance of the sector in terms of European economic growth, employment and social inclusion at large.
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More pictures of the event are available on our Facebook page.
A total of 864,104 powered two wheelers (PTWs) were registered during the first eight months of 2014 in the EU. This represents an increase of 0.86% compared with the 856,727 units registered between January and August 2013. Registrations in the motorcycle segment grew by 6.1%, whilst moped registrations fell by 10.1%.
The full statistical release in pdf format can be downloaded here.
A total of 864,104 PTWs were regsitered during the first eight months of 2014 in the EU. This represents an increase of 0.86% compared to the 856,727 units registered between January and August 2013. The Spanish and the UK market performed positively, with registrations increasing by 15.9% and 11.2% respectively. Registrations increased sligthly in Germany (1.2%), but went down in France and Italy (-1.6% and -1.5%).
Between January and August 2014, the motorcycle segment grew by 6.1% compared to the same period in the previous year. A total of 614,651 motorcycles were registered against 579,119 for the first eight months of 2013.
Between January and August 2014, a total of 249,453 mopeds were registered in the EU, whilst 277,608 had been registered in the same period of 2013.
The full statistical report is available here.
ACEM unveiled yesterday The safe ride to the future, its new road safety strategy to further improve safety levels for motorcyclists in Europe. The document has been presented at the 10th International Motorcycle Conference in Köln (Germany), a well-attended event which brought together policy-makers, industry representatives and academia.
As part of this new strategy, the motorcycle industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). With regard to training of riders, ACEM and the German Road Safety Council (DVR) have joined forces to promote high quality voluntary post-license training schemes across the EU through a DVR-ACEM Quality Seal. ACEM will also organise a series of workshops in different European countries to identify and promote measures to improve road safety at national, regional and local levels.
The full press release is available here. The safe ride to the future can be downloaded here.
A total of 779,588 powered two wheelers (PTWs) were regsitered during the first seven months of 2014 in the EU. This represents an increase of 1.5% compared with the 768,232 units registered between January and July 2013. Between January and July registrations in the motorcycle segment grew by 7.4%, whilst moped registrations fell by 11%.
The full statistical release in pdf format can be downloaded here.
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