Tag: Automotive parts
Companies need patience and new ideas
Semiconductor factory The chip business is booming and capacities are being used to full capacity worldwide. (Photo: dpa) Munich An ice storm, fire and the virus: the chip industry was…
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…
Which car manufacturers will suffer from the chip shortage in 2022 – and which will not
Dusseldorf Once again all hopes rest on the new year. Twelve months ago, most automakers were betting that the worst time would be behind them and that the corona pandemic…
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…
Bosch boss Volkmar Denner: “Will significantly exceed forecasts”
Volkmar Denner The Bosch boss leaves his post and wants to work scientifically again. (Photo: Reuters) Stuttgart Volkmar Denner will leave Bosch at the end of the year. In the…
Harald Kröger leaves the company
Bosch manager Kröger The proven digital expert recently came away empty-handed when power was redistributed at Bosch. Stuttgart Harald Kröger, 54, is leaving Bosch at the end of the year.…
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,…
Bosch and Continental are increasing the pace for software sovereignty in the car
Software development at Bosch The world’s largest automotive supplier bundles its competencies. Stuttgart The battle for software sovereignty in the car has reached a new level. Suppliers, too, are putting…
E-fuels instead of mass layoffs: Suppliers are sounding the alarm
Worker at ZF Combustion engines and transmissions will hardly be needed in the future if cars are purely electric. (Photo: dpa) Brussels In Brussels there is often talk of a…
Knorr boss Jan Mrosik relies on growth without Hella
Munich It was a very turbulent year at Knorr-Bremse. In March, Heinz Hermann Thiele, the patriarch and major shareholder of the supplier company, died. In July, CEO Jan Mrosik failed…
Bosch wants to become the market leader in chips
Silicon carbide wafers at Bosch The material enables longer ranges and faster charging times when electric. (Photo: Bosch) Stuttgart Bosch is setting the pace with fast charging and range chips.…
How Magna could become the most important automotive supplier in the world
Dusseldorf There are a lot of inquiries at Magna these days. Start-ups from all over the world want their vehicles to be built by the Canadian auto supplier and developer.…
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…
The legal form of the future can be found in the coalition agreement
Robert Bosch GMBH Some of the most successful companies in Germany have been working with the principle of so-called responsible ownership for decades. (Photo: dpa) When 600 entrepreneurs and economic…
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…
Continental Diesel investigation: Karl-Thomas Neumann suspected
Karl-Thomas Neumann The Hanover public prosecutor’s office is investigating the former Conti boss. (Photo: imago / IPON) Dusseldorf The automotive supplier Continental and its top management are apparently more deeply…