Tag: Auto supplier
Supply chain problems after floods in Slovenia
Production at VW The company has sent around 100 employees to Slovenia to help the supplier. (Photo: Oliver Killig) Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Vienna Due to the shortage of parts following the…
Industry outlook: Auto suppliers are becoming a two-tier society
Düsseldorf, Stuttgart At the start of the world’s largest electronics trade fair, CES, ZF board member Martin Fischer summed up where the trend in the automotive supplier industry is headed…
Aequita takes over the traditional automotive supplier group IFA
Production at the automotive supplier Ifa In 2018, however, the company came close to bankruptcy. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The IFA Group is one of the traditional brands among German automotive…
Aequita takes over the traditional automotive supplier group IFA
Production at the automotive supplier Ifa In 2018, however, the company came close to bankruptcy. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The IFA Group is one of the traditional brands among German automotive…
Bosch Supervisory Board Chairman Franz Fehrenbach: The Eternal Transformer
Bosch manager Franz Fehrenbach The industrial engineer worked at Bosch for over 46 years. Stuttgart There are still about two weeks before a fabulous career in the best sense of…
Continental is caught between the fronts in China’s dispute with Lithuania
Continental plant in Hanover According to a report, the Dax group has been asked by the People’s Republic to stop the use of components manufactured in the EU country Lithuania.…
Continental participates in start-up Apex.AI
Car software Continental relies on cooperation in the development of car operating systems. (Photo: Elektrobit) Dusseldorf One of the most important tasks for car manufacturers and suppliers at the moment…
Continental makes Katja Dürrfeld the new CFO
Katja Dürrfeld The 49-year-old manager will take over the position of chief financial officer with immediate effect, (Photo: Continental) Hanover Katja Dürrfeld will become the new CFO of the automotive…
Diesel scandal: Continental employees attack Wolfgang Reitzle
Wolfgang Reitzle Reitzle has been chairman of the supervisory board of the automotive supplier Continental since 2009. (Photo: Reuters) Düsseldorf, Frankfurt In the end, everyone actually had to pay: Volkswagen,…
Hella – Second profit warning within a few months
Hella headquarters in Lippstadt The automotive supplier has to lower its annual targets for the second time because of the chip crisis. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The German auto supplier Hella…
Robots and cargo bikes instead of gasoline and diesel
Munich The challenges facing auto suppliers are currently immense. The raw material and energy prices have risen sharply. Due to the shortage of chips, car manufacturers have shut down production…
Infineon boss Ploss warns of a chip crisis until mid-2022
Car production The auto suppliers are preparing for a persistent shortage. (Photo: Siemens) Dusseldorf The auto industry has to be prepared for a longer dry spell when it comes to…
Hackers paralyze the automotive supplier’s IT systems
Eberspächer in Esslingen The exhaust manufacturer fell victim to a cyber attack. The IT systems and telephone connections are impaired. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Baden-Württemberg auto supplier Eberspächer fell victim…
Continental lowers sales and margin outlook due to lack of chips
Continental in Hanover A lack of chips and problems in the supply chain put the Dax group under pressure. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The automotive supplier Continental has to lower its…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Why do many women run businesses in Canada?
Ottawa When Linda Hasenfratz became CEO of the Canadian auto supplier Linamar almost 20 years ago, there were very few women in this position. At that time she succeeded her…