Tag: Supply industry
Suppliers want to do business with the “perfect engine”.
Stuttgart, Munich At the beginning of the electric era, automotive suppliers were very happy. They landed a lot of prestigious contracts. For example, ZF equipped the EQC, the first electric…
Suppliers want to do business with the “perfect engine”.
Stuttgart, Munich At the beginning of the electric era, automotive suppliers were very happy. They landed a lot of prestigious contracts. For example, ZF equipped the EQC, the first electric…
That is why Kik, Lidl and Co. are poorly prepared
Dusseldorf Lidl only had to find out just a few weeks ago how explosive the issue of supply chains is: The discounter came under fire for alleged misconduct. The civil…
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…
Car manufacturers’ situation worsens for the fifth month in a row
Production of an electric SUV A Volkswagen employee assembles the side door of a VW ID.4. (Photo: dpa) Munich According to the Ifo Institute, the situation in the German auto…
Car manufacturers’ situation worsens for the fifth month in a row
Production of an electric SUV A Volkswagen employee assembles the side door of a VW ID.4. (Photo: dpa) Munich According to the Ifo Institute, the situation in the German auto…
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…
The first female Porsche board member had a remarkable career
Stuttgart For a long time, Barbara Frenkel never dreamed of ever joining the Porsche Executive Board. Now she is the first woman to have made this leap. “My career was…
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.…
The dark side of globalization
Global supply chains used to be the last thing policymakers worried about. For a long time, it was almost exclusively economists who were concerned with the potential efficiency gains and…
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…
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…
Companies shy away from taking steps
Indian textile factory The supply chain law aims to improve working conditions. (Photo: obs) Berlin It is an unusual dispute: members of the Alliance for Sustainable Textiles have publicly attacked…
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…
Dubai Airshow gives hope to aircraft manufacturers – mega-order for Airbus
For the European aviation group, the deal is a perfect start to the Dubai Airshow, which has been running since Sunday. It is the first major aviation show in two…
Astra-Zeneca makes a billion turnover with corona vaccine – Hapag-Lloyd with profit jump
Deutsche Telekom raises outlook for 2021 again Thanks to good business on both sides of the Atlantic, Deutsche Telekom is even more confident about the year as a whole. It’ll…