Tag: Delivery bottlenecks
Würth suffers from weak construction industry – operating profit falls
Würth warehouse The world market leader for assembly and fastening materials is feeling the weaker demand from the construction industry. (Photo: Andreas Lechner/ PR) Stuttgart The weak economy and high…
Würth suffers from weak construction industry – operating profit falls
Würth warehouse The world market leader for assembly and fastening materials is feeling the weaker demand from the construction industry. (Photo: Andreas Lechner/ PR) Stuttgart The weak economy and high…
Start-up helps with chip shortages and overstocks
Frankfurt The timing was ideal when Noureddine Seddiki started his brokerage firm Sand & Silicon in spring 2021. During the corona pandemic, companies around the world scrambled for the scarce…
Corona effect increases productivity by ten percent
Würth The screw manufacturer has recently won numerous new customers. (Photo: dapd) Stuttgart The world’s largest fastening and assembly specialist, Würth, increased its sales by almost three billion euros to…
How the war affected German wastewater
Berlin Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine and German water quality – at first glance, they have little to do with each other. But in fact, the Federal Republic…
Lack of raw materials: construction industry warns of supply bottlenecks
gravel pit in Germany Germany has enough mineral raw materials, such as gravel, sand, gypsum, clay, limestone and natural stone, which are important for the construction industry. But securing raw…
British dockers strike for higher wages
The ranks firmly closed: Striking dockers in Felixtowe Members of the Unite union in the British container port of Felixstowe are on strike for higher wages (Photo: AP) Britain goes…
Retail is already starting Christmas shopping
Dusseldorf Strikes by port workers in Hamburg and in Felixstowe, UK, the threat of labor disputes by transport workers in the USA, possible disruptions in the Taiwan Strait, through which…
Retail is already starting Christmas shopping
Dusseldorf Strikes by port workers in Hamburg and in Felixstowe, UK, the threat of labor disputes by transport workers in the USA, possible disruptions in the Taiwan Strait, through which…
Chip company benefits from the boom in electric cars
Munich The chip manufacturer Infineon expects a long-lasting boom in the important electromobility business. “With some customers, we are now planning the quantities two years and more in advance,” said…
Sales down five percent in the first half of the year
Production of the Porsche Taycan The top-of-the-range electric model has suffered from delivery problems for the chip components. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Porsche’s era of sales records is over for the…
Sales down five percent in the first half of the year
Production of the Porsche Taycan The top-of-the-range electric model has suffered from delivery problems for the chip components. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Porsche’s era of sales records is over for the…
Sales down five percent in the first half of the year
Production of the Porsche Taycan The top-of-the-range electric model has suffered from delivery problems for the chip components. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Porsche’s era of sales records is over for the…
18.4 percent growth: Würth records a record half year
Sales upswing at Würth The retail group grew by almost 20 percent in the first half of the year. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Despite the unstable global economic situation, the Würth…
The lack of chips never ends
Stuttgart, Munich, Dusseldorf Marc Alber has repeatedly had to send a courier service to Stuttgart Airport from one minute to the next for almost two years. If a delivery of…
Confectionery manufacturer Hitschler slips into the red
Philip Hitschler-Becker The entrepreneur sometimes has to stop production because of a lack of raw materials. (Photo: Hitschler) Hurth Philip Hitschler-Becker joined the Hitschler family business four years ago at…
The Future of the World Economy – Morning Briefing Plus
Today I am reporting from the Handelsblatt headquarters in Düsseldorf, in the middle of the final preparations for my trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos. It is a…
Würth boss Robert Friedmann is in demand as a diplomat
Stuttgart For more than 17 years, Robert Friedmann has managed the Würth Group, the world market leader in assembly technology. In the shadow of the powerful company patriarch Reinhold Würth,…
Merchants unite against shipping companies
Container ship “Laila” The Xstaff dealer association has chartered freighters like this several times. Dusseldorf The sluggish supply of goods from overseas means that European importers are increasingly resorting to…
Merchants unite against shipping companies
Container ship “Laila” The Xstaff dealer association has chartered freighters like this several times. Dusseldorf The sluggish supply of goods from overseas means that European importers are increasingly resorting to…