Europe

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - As DEKRA concludes its 100th anniversary year, the global testing, inspection and certification (TIC) organization is reporting resilient performance, mid-single digit revenue growth and a clear strategic course focused on Mobility, Digital Trust and Sustainability despite a volatile macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop.

Resilient TIC Performance in a Challenging Environment

In 2025, DEKRA operated against a backdrop of elevated volatility, geopolitical uncertainties and weak economic conditions in several European markets. Even so, the group expects mid-single digit revenue growth for the full year and overall stable results at the level of the previous year. In the first ten months alone, revenue growth in the core TIC business stood at around 4 percent, underscoring the robustness of its service portfolio.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - As urban mobility systems evolve and traffic volumes rise, new data from DEKRA's Road Safety Report 2025 show that "Vision Zero" - the target of eliminating road fatalities and serious injuries - is already a reality in hundreds of cities worldwide, with the German city of Detmold now receiving the DEKRA Vision Zero Award 2025 for its outstanding performance.

Vision Zero Moves from Utopia to Measurable Reality

"Vision Zero" - the goal of zero traffic fatalities or, ultimately, serious injuries - is not unattainable. Hundreds of cities around the world have achieved zero road fatalities in at least one calendar year since 2009, according to official national statistics. Among them are now several with around 300,000 inhabitants. The DEKRA Vision Zero Award for the best performance among cities over 50,000 inhabitants has been presented to the German city of Detmold.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - Farizon New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group is strengthening its position in the European commercial vehicle market with a new spare parts warehouse and a three-way strategic cooperation that aims to boost parts availability, fleet uptime and green logistics performance across the region.

Strategic Partnership Anchored in London

On 24 November 2025 in London, Farizon, Duvenbeck Logistics Group and AGN LEANWAY International Logistics, part of Amass Group, signed a strategic cooperation agreement to support mutually beneficial growth in European logistics operations. The agreement was signed by Cook Xue, CEO of Farizon International Company, Marco Nazzari, Chief Commercial Officer of Duvenbeck, and Peter Wenren, Chairman of AGN Leanway, and witnessed by Farizon Group CEO Mike Fan alongside senior management from all three companies.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - The BMW Group is extending its footprint in sustainable urban mobility by licensing two of its micromobility concepts, "Dynamic Cargo" and "Clever Commute", to Chinese electric two-wheeler specialist LUYUAN Group, opening the door to new lightweight vehicle offerings for city transport worldwide.

Strategic Licensing Deal Targets Global Urban Mobility Demand

Under the new agreement, the BMW Group grants LUYUAN licenses to further develop and industrialize the two concepts and bring them to market under LUYUAN's own brands. The move underscores how automotive and mobility players are broadening their portfolios beyond cars and motorcycles to capture the rapidly growing micromobility segment.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 27, 2025 - The 26th BHB-Baumarktkongress in Bonn has brought together a record number of DIY retail leaders this week, as 509 executives from trade, industry and service providers gather under the former Bundestag's Federal Eagle to discuss how the home improvement sector can navigate prolonged consumer caution and reshape its future.

Full House in Bonn as the "Branchenfamilie" Regroups

The World Conference Center Bonn, long the favorite venue of the "Branchenfamilie", is more than full this year-an indicator of how urgent the need for strategic exchange has become. For the third year in a row, the long-awaited turnaround for the DIY and garden trade has not yet materialized, and the sector is collectively searching for new synergies and concepts to counter hesitant consumer spending.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 27, 2025 - The home improvement and garden retail sector in Germany and the wider European market is still searching for a sustained upswing, as new figures from the Handelsverband Heimwerken, Bauen und Garten e.V. (BHB) reveal a modest decline in sales after the third quarter of 2025 despite a strong second quarter and pockets of category growth.

Cautious Consumers Slow DIY and Garden Spending

Across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, macroeconomic uncertainty and consumer caution continue to weigh on DIY spending. After nine months of 2025, German DIY and home improvement stores generated €16.08 billion in gross sales, down 1.4% year-on-year, or 1.2% on a like-for-like basis. Switzerland also reported a decline, while only Austria managed to end the period with a positive overall result.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 25, 2025 - As Europe's leading trade fair for secure communications opens in Cologne, PMRExpo 2025 is positioning private 5G campus networks as a central driver of digital transformation across aviation, production, mobility, logistics and critical infrastructure. With a dedicated "5G-Hub for Private Networks", a curated conference program and live demonstrations, the event is turning secure, mission- and business-critical 5G into a concrete investment agenda for enterprises and public authorities.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 19, 2025 - Nihon Iyo is advancing the future of rehabilitation and therapeutic care with its comprehensive Physical Therapy Series, a portfolio of next-generation treatment beds designed to meet escalating demands within Europe's care, therapy, and assisted-living sectors. Built around precision engineering, intelligent control systems, and multi-modality treatment capabilities, the series enables providers to deliver more consistent outcomes, reduce manual workload, and operate higher-efficiency therapy workflows.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 19, 2025 - A new generation of advanced physical-therapy systems from Nihon Iryo is entering the European assistive-care market, offering hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and outpatient clinics a more controlled, data-driven approach to therapeutic exercise. The company's latest electro-therapy, traction, and rehabilitation machines integrate modular safety systems, ergonomic patient interfaces, and streamlined operator workflows designed to raise treatment quality while improving throughput in busy physiotherapy environments.

Compact, automated technologies like these are increasingly essential as Europe faces rising rehabilitation demand, staffing shortages, and stricter expectations around device traceability and patient-handling safety.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 19, 2025 - NIHON IYO is advancing its presence in the European care and rehabilitation market with a new generation of thermal-therapy massage beds designed to improve musculoskeletal recovery, support long-term pain management, and streamline operator workflows. The updated systems-including the JKF-3538 Air Wave Thermal Therapy model and the JKF-YS-K8 Jade Massage Bed-introduce programmable deep-tissue treatments, automated elevation controls, and multi-mode thermal cycles built for continuous therapeutic use in clinical and care-facility environments.

The launch reflects heightened demand across Europe for automated care & assistive solutions that reduce manual workload for physiotherapists, extend available treatment capacity, and deliver consistent results across large patient populations.