German FAZ: Volkswagen and the fear of factory utilization006113

Production on the coast: Fewer cars roll off the assembly line in Emden than management and the works council would like. Image: dpa Many of the Group’s locations are looking to the future with growing concern. Vehicles are missing from the main plant in Wolfsburg to factories in Eastern Europe. The problems go far beyond… Continue reading German FAZ: Volkswagen and the fear of factory utilization006113

German Handelsblatt: Car company: Plants underutilized, dwindling market shares: VW creates space in China for the construction of electric cars007025

VW plant in Anting The automotive group is reorganizing its production capacities in China. (Photo: Volkswagen AG) Volkswagen is reorganizing its production capacities in China. By bundling production, the carmaker wants to create space for the production of electric cars, as a company spokesman explained to the Handelsblatt on Tuesday. Accordingly, both the component and… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car company: Plants underutilized, dwindling market shares: VW creates space in China for the construction of electric cars007025

German Handelsblatt: Car company: Plants underutilized, dwindling market shares: VW creates space in China for the construction of electric cars007025

VW plant in Anting The automotive group is reorganizing its production capacities in China. (Photo: Volkswagen AG) Volkswagen is reorganizing its production capacities in China. By bundling production, the carmaker wants to create space for the production of electric cars, as a company spokesman explained to the Handelsblatt on Tuesday. Accordingly, both the component and… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car company: Plants underutilized, dwindling market shares: VW creates space in China for the construction of electric cars007025

German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Daimler Truck expects rapid growth in electric buses007023

eCitaro with fuel cell The electric city bus business is changing rapidly and is highly competitive. When it comes to tenders, the price is what counts. (Photo: Daimler Truck AG) Daimler Truck is preparing for booming sales of all-electric buses – especially in local public transport. “The business development that we are forecasting is really… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Daimler Truck expects rapid growth in electric buses007023

German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Daimler Truck expects rapid growth in electric buses007023

eCitaro with fuel cell The electric city bus business is changing rapidly and is highly competitive. When it comes to tenders, the price is what counts. (Photo: Daimler Truck AG) Daimler Truck is preparing for booming sales of all-electric buses – especially in local public transport. “The business development that we are forecasting is really… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Daimler Truck expects rapid growth in electric buses007023

German Manager Magazin: Family Business Ranking: These are the largest family businesses worldwide – who leads, who falls behind?002528

Revenue: $125 billion Public: noEmployees: 120,000Family: KochFamily interest: 84 percentHeadquarters: Wichita, Kansas, USAFounded: 1940 Founded in 1940, the mixed company is active in the petroleum, natural gas, chemical, energy, asphalt, fertilizer, food, glass and plastics sectors. For a long time, the two brothers David and Charles Koch (87), who ran the company in the second… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Family Business Ranking: These are the largest family businesses worldwide – who leads, who falls behind?002528

German FAZ: “I want to sit where he sits again”006103

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