German Manager Magazin: Continental: Supervisory Board decides to end the Aachen and Karben000187 plants

The supervisory board of the auto supplierContinentalhas confirmed the Group’s comprehensive closure plans. The tire plant in Aachen will be closed at the end of 2021, the location for automotive electronics in Karben, Hesse, by the end of 2024, as the company announced in Hanover on Wednesday. In addition, the Regensburg site is to be… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Continental: Supervisory Board decides to end the Aachen and Karben000187 plants

German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen AG: Herbert Diess announces conversion of VW at the annual general meeting000187

The auto company VolkswagenThe manager said on Wednesday at the virtual general meeting that it had to “transform itself from a collection of valuable brands”, primarily with combustion engines, to a digital company that reliably operated millions of networked electric vehicles. VW wants to be constantly connected online with these “mobility devices” in order to… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen AG: Herbert Diess announces conversion of VW at the annual general meeting000187

German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Master plan failed – Zetsche renounces Daimler comeback000399

Dieter Zetsche The former Daimler boss will not chair the supervisory body of the automotive group. (Photo: dpa) Munich The timing is maybe just a coincidence. But almost exactly two years ago to the day, Daimler supervisory board chairman Manfred Bischoff and then CEO Dieter Zetsche sealed the succession at the head of the car… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Master plan failed – Zetsche renounces Daimler comeback000399

German FAZ: “I don’t have to prove anything to myself” 000284

Stuttgart, half height, end of September. The landlord opens on the first ring, and Dieter Zetsche steps out; Mustache, blue jacket, jeans, his uniform from the Daimler days. The manager has invited to his home, which is rare. It leads through the house onto the covered garden terrace. The heaters are not needed yet, only… Continue reading German FAZ: “I don’t have to prove anything to myself” 000284

German FAZ: Opel wants to have short-time work for more than a year000284

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German Manager Magazin: Opel wants to extend short-time working until the end of 2021000169

The short-time work as a result of the Corona crisis will be at the car manufacturer Opel Extended until the end of 2021 – subject to the approval of the employment agency. The management and the general works council agreed on this in a key issues paper, as the company announced on Saturday. In addition,… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Opel wants to extend short-time working until the end of 2021000169

German Handelsblatt: Media information: Ex-Daimler CEO Zetsche will not be chairman of the supervisory board000398

Dieter Zetsche According to his own statement, the former Daimler CEO asks himself whether he would really be doing the company a service as chairman of the supervisory board. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Former CEO Dieter Zetsche will not return as planned as head of the supervisory board to the automaker Daimler next year. Zetsche ruled… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Media information: Ex-Daimler CEO Zetsche will not be chairman of the supervisory board000398

German Handelsblatt: Auto supplier: Mahle closes two plants in Germany000380

Automotive supplier Mahle The company pursues a strict austerity course. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The automotive supplier Mahle is beginning to implement its announced workforce reduction: The group no longer sees any prospects for the two German locations in Gaildorf (Baden-Württemberg) and Freiberg (Saxony) and is planning to close them. In the Swabian town of Gaildorf,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto supplier: Mahle closes two plants in Germany000380

German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturers save drastically: Daimler could cut workforce in Berlin engine plant in half 000379

Daimler engine plant in Berlin Munich The car manufacturer Daimler is starting to cut clear in its German engine plants. After it became known on Wednesday that the Mercedes manufacturer wants to cut every fifth position at its headquarters in Stuttgart Untertürkheim, there is likely to be an even worse threat in Berlin Marienfelde. The… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturers save drastically: Daimler could cut workforce in Berlin engine plant in half 000379

German Handelsblatt: Change of leadership: Wayne Griffiths new boss of the Spanish VW subsidiary Seat000374

New Seat boss Wayne Griffiths VW boss Herbert Diess praised the Seat boss as one of the best managers in the entire group. (Photo: dpa) Barcelona Seat manager Wayne Griffiths has been appointed the new president of the Spanish VW subsidiary in the middle of the severe corona crisis. Griffiths will assume the office in… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Change of leadership: Wayne Griffiths new boss of the Spanish VW subsidiary Seat000374