First it hit the automotive business, now the lack of chips can also be having an affect on bicycle manufacturers. E-bike manufacturing has slowed. And there are different problems.
The chip scarcity within the business has gripped the bicycle manufacturers. According to the two-wheeler business affiliation, there are actually additionally delays within the manufacturing of electrical bikes.
“With e-bikes, we have a chip problem similar to that in the car industry,” stated Managing Director Burkhard Stork when requested. “It’s not the batteries that are missing, but the chips for controlling the battery charge and for the displays.”
Many e-bikes can’t be delivered
That’s why there may be presently a manufacturing backlog – “and many e-bikes cannot be delivered”. The provide chains within the bicycle business have been disrupted for the reason that starting of the corona pandemic.
“It jerked before the start of the Ukraine war, but it jerked together relatively well,” Stork stated. “We actually assumed that the situation would normalize again within the next 18 months.” But for the reason that starting of the warfare, the supply problems have worsened considerably. “This is also due to the fact that there are no truck drivers.”
Many works stood nonetheless
A big quantity of bicycle components are delivered to Europe from East and Southeast Asia – not solely by Asian manufacturers, but additionally by German manufacturers who’ve vegetation there. “In countries with strict corona restrictions such as China, Malaysia, Singapore or Vietnam, many plants have been shut down at times in the past two years, so that components and parts are missing,” defined Stork.
“The current lockdowns in China are leading to delivery delays again. That’s why production plans have to be changed at short notice. That affects the substance on both sides,” stated the ZIV managing director on the state of affairs amongst bicycle manufacturers and sellers.