Profit warnings and car dumps: The autumn of the German auto industry

A profit warning chases the next, the sluggish production even drives the German GDP into negative – the showcase industry number one delivers bad news. The overview.

 Der Autozulieferer Continental hat schon zweimal in diesem Jahr seine...

The automotive supplier Continental has already revised its profit forecast down twice this year – and again made it subject to reservations at the beginning of November. The stock value of the long-standing stock exchange has fallen by one third since early summer. The Board sees its own leadership “on the wrong track” – but can refer to external reasons: “For almost ten years, we saw in the past quarter for the first time a substantial decline in global vehicle production,” said CFO Wolfgang Schäfer.

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