Tag: automotive profession
Bosses with a consultant past help the auto suppliers
ZF Friedrichshafen The foundation group promotes a former consultant to the top. This is advantageous because he already knows the company. (Photo: dpa) It may be a coincidence that after…
New advisory groups: the government wants to create a traffic turnaround
Electric car at the charging station The federal government wants to make road traffic more climate-friendly and is setting up advisory bodies for this purpose. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With two…
Reactions to the end of combustion engines from Porsche & Co.
Brussels, Dusseldorf The lobbyists of the internal combustion engine in Brussels had fought for a long time. On Wednesday evening, the Parliament of the European Union probably sealed their defeat.…
BMW restarts production
Munich The BMW Group wants to radically reorganize its production structures. The blueprint for the restart will be the new plant in Hungary, which is scheduled to start production from…
Largest transmission plant in Saarland is to become electric
ZF is on the way to becoming an electrical supplier ZF CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider: Germany’s large transmission specialist must switch to electromobility. (Photo: Reuters) Bochum The southern German automotive supplier…
Let the suppliers live
car industry The auto industry is becoming less profitable. Raw material costs rise and selling prices fall. (Photo: Kostas Koufogiorgos) The ritual is known. The big car manufacturers regularly ask…
Vallourec wants to close German plants – 2400 affected
Nozzle production at Vallourec and Mannesmann The production of seamless steel tubes in Germany is no longer feasible for Vallourec for economic reasons. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Muehlheim The French steel…
Digitization: Automation can save jobs
Autonomous transport vehicle from Fernride A single teleoperator can take care of several trucks at the same time. (Photo: Fernride) Entrepreneurs in Germany only have to put words like robots,…
Digitization: Habeck’s consultants call for a further training system
Berlin In the first electronics stores, the salesperson no longer accompanies the customer through the shelves. Instead, a robot points the way to TV sets and cameras. Instead of going…
MAN restarts truck production
MAN is producing again The loss-making truck manufacturer has found a new supplier for cable harnesses. (Photo: dpa) Munich After six weeks of standstill, the truck manufacturer MAN will start…
Germany prepares ring exchange for arms deliveries
Russian Army T-72 tank The model developed in Soviet times is already being used by Ukraine against Russian troops. (Photo: imago images/SNA) Berlin The federal government is preparing a ring…
Coalition committee to settle dispute over combustion car
Ministers needing clarification Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP, left) in conversation with Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (B90/Greens). (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin The dispute within the government over the end…
How the CDU wants to save the internal combustion engine
Brussels In the battle for the internal combustion engine, the decisive round has begun. In the next few weeks, the EU wants to agree on emission values for cars. So…
Peter Mertens: Rise from the sheet metal league
Series production of the BMW i4 Within the transformation, German automakers are assuming the role of challengers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Peter Mertens knows something about the car industry. For 35…