Opel development center 2,000 out of 6,500 engineers and skilled workers currently working for Opel are expected to leave the company. (Photo: AP) MünchenMonatelang was around the technological heart from Opel wrestled. Two weeks ago The management and works council then agreed to thathow to reduce the high overcapacity in the ITEZ development center. The… Continue reading Development Center: Opel’s deal with Segula threatens to fail
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Bernd Osterloh: VW works council chairman demands reliable economic concepts from the board
Volkswagen The new company concept leads to great insecurity on the employee side. (Photo: Reuters) Wolfsburg in the dispute over possible further savings Volkswagen has works council chief Bernd Osterloh Reliable economic concepts demanded by the board, Workplace safety comes first, “we reject experiments at the expense of employees,” said Osterloh at the annual works… Continue reading Bernd Osterloh: VW works council chairman demands reliable economic concepts from the board
Car manufacturer: Opel brings the Astra back to Rüsselsheim
MunichThe car maker Opel fight at his headquarters in Rüsselsheim with high overcapacity – in the development as in production. Because the production of the family van Zafira Tourer expires in the summer, the situation threatens to worsen. Because then rolls only in Hesse OpelFlagship Insignia off the line. Rüsselsheim urgently needs a second model… Continue reading Car manufacturer: Opel brings the Astra back to Rüsselsheim
Car manufacturer: Daimler works council warns of unilateral e-car promotion
Mercedes Star The car manufacturer is currently building several battery cell factories. (Photo: AP) Stuttgart The head of works council at Daimler’s headquarters in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim warns of the one-sided focus on electromobility, “The battery is incredibly important to us, but you can not rely on just one pillar,” said Michael Häberle of the German Press… Continue reading Car manufacturer: Daimler works council warns of unilateral e-car promotion
Dieselgate: Ex-VW boss Winterkorn requested a shift from US court date
Martin Winterkorn The US already issued a warrant for arrest in May 2018 against the former VW boss. (Photo: Reuters) San FranciscoThe former Volkswagen-Boss Martin Winterkorn has filed a lawsuit to defer a first court hearing in the “Dieselgate” dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As Winterkorn’s senior attorney was prevented from doing so… Continue reading Dieselgate: Ex-VW boss Winterkorn requested a shift from US court date
Hannover Messe: Networked machines: VW is building a new production alliance
Munich, DusseldorfWith the help of the networking of their machines and factories, carmakers could save billions according to experts. Alone at Volkswagen could the new alliance with Amazon and Siemens for the Internet of things lead to annual cost reductions in the middle three-digit million range, the Handelsblatt learned from group circles. Volkswagen intends to… Continue reading Hannover Messe: Networked machines: VW is building a new production alliance
Car manufacturer: Daimler focuses on austerity program on the administration
Daimler The car manufacturer wants to save money in his administration. (Photo: AP) StuttgartThe car maker Daimler concentrates with its initiated austerity course first on the administration. “We have to apply the existing costs in order to free up funds for the investments of the future,” Daimler’s Chief Human Resources Officer Wilfried Porth told the… Continue reading Car manufacturer: Daimler focuses on austerity program on the administration
Change of boss in small van division: Daimler calls new “Man of the Van”
Marcus Breitschwerdt The new boss of the van division. (Photo: Daimler / Mercedes-Benz) Munich It usually takes just a minute before Volker Mornhinweg takes off his jacket. Under the open shirt collar glitters a golden necklace, the frizzy hair are frayed back and grinning widely tells the manager of “bestsellers”, growth everywhere and customers who… Continue reading Change of boss in small van division: Daimler calls new “Man of the Van”
Cloud: Volkswagen also networks its plants with Siemens technology
Volkswagen The group wants other partners to use the data cloud. (Photo: AP) MunichSiemens should technically for the networking of 122 VolkswagenFactories worry. The Munich-based industrial group will become a technology partner for the “Volkswagen Industrial Cloud”, the Wolfsburg car maker on Wednesday together with Amazon The two companies announced on Friday. This is to… Continue reading Cloud: Volkswagen also networks its plants with Siemens technology
Car industry: Automotive supplier Stabilus brings new boss from ZF Friedrichshafen
Employees of Stabilus The auto parts supplier gets a new boss. (Photo: Getty Images) KoblenzThe car supplier Stabilus has been looking for a new boss. The 44-year-old Michael Büchsner should in the third quarter, but no later than October 1, the post of CEO Stabilus take over, the company listed in the SDax on Tuesday… Continue reading Car industry: Automotive supplier Stabilus brings new boss from ZF Friedrichshafen