Tag: suppliers
Why the wave of bankruptcies fails among suppliers
auto parts supplier The automotive suppliers can pass on part of their higher costs to the car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In the spring there was once again an alarm…
Price negotiations: Auto suppliers exaggerate their role as victims
auto parts supplier The automotive suppliers can pass on part of their higher costs to the car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In the spring there was once again an alarm…
Suppliers grow strongly in the first half of the year
Wolf Henning Scheider The CEO presents the figures. (Photo: picture alliance/dpa) Stuttgart The second largest German automotive supplier, ZF, is growing despite declining production figures from car manufacturers. In the…
Suppliers grow strongly in the first half of the year
Wolf Henning Scheider The CEO presents the figures. (Photo: picture alliance/dpa) Stuttgart The second largest German automotive supplier, ZF, is growing despite declining production figures from car manufacturers. In the…
Suppliers grow strongly in the first half of the year
Wolf Henning Scheider The CEO presents the figures. (Photo: picture alliance/dpa) Stuttgart The second largest German automotive supplier, ZF, is growing despite declining production figures from car manufacturers. In the…
Suppliers grow strongly in the first half of the year
Wolf Henning Scheider The CEO presents the figures. (Photo: picture alliance/dpa) Stuttgart The second largest German automotive supplier, ZF, is growing despite declining production figures from car manufacturers. In the…
Why Toyota is getting through the chip and Covid crisis better
Tokyo Looking at the world rankings of car manufacturers must hurt Volkswagen. By 2020, the Wolfsburg-based company was able to hold the prestigious title of the largest volume manufacturer for…
Continental is above expectations, but below the prior-year quarter
Continental logo The Hanover-based automotive supplier exceeded analyst forecasts in the second quarter. But the group continues to have problems restructuring its core business. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Dusseldorf The automotive…
New recriminations between Vitesco and Continental
Location in Regensburg Continental and the outsourced Vitesco are arguing about the burden of responsibility in the diesel affair. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The diesel affair could cost the automotive supplier…
Municipalities warn of bankruptcies at gas suppliers
Berlin The German Association of Towns and Municipalities has warned of the consequences of a worsening of the gas crisis and has called for consequences. “It must be prevented, also…
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…
The two faces of Wolfgang Reitzle
Wolfgang Reitzel The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Continental is always well informed about what is happening at the supplier. In the diesel affair, he has inexplicable memory gaps.…
The two faces of Wolfgang Reitzle
Wolfgang Reitzel The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Continental is always well informed about what is happening at the supplier. In the diesel affair, he has inexplicable memory gaps.…
Handelsblatt Innovation Week: The editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, we have difficult months ahead. The turnaround in interest rates is causing turbulence on the financial markets. With rising bond yields in southern Europe, fears of…
Germany in an innovation emergency: The editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, As a subscriber to the Handelsblatt, you know it anyway: Hardly any other topic is as important to our editorial staff as innovations and the question…
ZF, Mahle, Knorr-Bremse, Grammer: automotive suppliers are looking for a boss
Stuttgart When the Munich-based supplier group Knorr- Bremse invites you to its annual general meeting on Tuesday, a CEO will once again be missing. After the short guest appearance of…
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…
Suppliers demand cost sharing from manufacturers
Paint shop at Porsche Unlike the suppliers, the car manufacturers recently reported record margins. (Photo: Porsche AG/Marco Prosch) Dusseldorf, Stuttgart In the automotive industry, the distribution battle between suppliers and…
Gas suppliers are allowed to raise prices – criticism from consumer advocates
Berlin Consumer advocates criticize the amendment to the Energy Security Act (EnSiG) passed by the Bundestag. They are calling for the so-called price adjustment clause to be adjusted and are…
Bosch, Continental, ZF: Automotive suppliers are fighting for future business
Stuttgart, Munich, Dusseldorf In the future business of automated driving, German automotive suppliers are at risk of losing important parts of the development. For decades, Bosch, Continental and ZF were…