As Managing Director of Audi China,Helmut Stettner will also head the new e-car plant in China. Work on the construction of the roughly three-billion-euro factory in Changchun is scheduled to begin as early as April (China.Table reported). The Audi manager with experience in China had taken over as head of the joint venture between Audi […]
Because of the enormous demand for renewable energies and raw materials for the transition to electromobility, the German automotive industry is pressing for alliances with other countries. The volume cannot be produced in Europe alone, said the head of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Hildegard Mueller. Germany, therefore, needs dedicated programs for […]
Arno Kiefer has been responsible for China coordination at Phoenix Contact E-Mobility since the beginning of the year. Kiefer previously worked for the supplier of electronic components as Director Market Development Surge Protection.Martin F. Petersen is the new Head of Production Planning Press Parts PP1 for Volkswagen in Anhui. Before moving to China, Petersen held […]
weltweit vereint die Stellantis Gruppe bekannte Marken wie Jeep, Opel, Fiat, Chrysler, Peugeot und Citroën. Aber ausgerechnet China, der größte Automarkt der Welt, ist für den Auto-Riesen noch Brachland. Keine Marke des Konzerns hatte vor der Fusion einen nennenswerten Marktanteil, schreibt Christian Domke-Seidel schreibt. Auch weil bisher das Geld fehlte, um Bemühungen einer größeren Marktpräsenz voranzutreiben. […]
Mr. Brand, do you watch the broadcasts of the Winter Olympics?I am a sports enthusiast and I like to watch the Olympic Games. But with the decision to award the Olympics to Beijing, the Games have lost their innocence. The IOC is betraying the Olympic idea. I, for one, will not be watching the Chinese […]
In the course of the geopolitical rivalry between China and the USA, there has been talk for four years now of decoupling the two largest economies in the world. The reality, however, is different, as the example of the U.S. chip manufacturer Nvidia, whose products are needed primarily by Chinese electric car manufacturers, shows. The […]
Jürgen Köster moved to the BMW plant in Shenyang at the turn of the year to further expand production there as project manager. Köster comes from Herald International Financial Leasing (China) of the BMW Group in Beijing.Gerald Tropper is the new Co-CFO at Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive in Beijing. Until December, Tropper was CFO for […]
The organizers of the Beijing Winter Olympics have reported 34 more Covid cases among Olympic athletes on Sunday alone. A total of 139 infections have been registered during airport checks and inspections at Olympic facilities since January 22, the start of the so-called Covid bubble. Among others, the chairwoman of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, Emma […]
Jürgen Koester transferred to the BMW plant in Shenyang at the turn of the year to further expand production as project manager. Koester comes from Herald International Financial Leasing (China) of the BMW Group in Beijing.At the turn of the year, Joern Kiepe moved from Frankfurt/Main to Shanghai at the Swiss chemical giant Clariant, where […]
China is heading into difficult waters with its rigid course in the Covid pandemic, according to the President of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service. “China could be facing a real challenge in the Corona pandemic,” BND chief Bruno Kahl said in an interview with Reuters on Friday. “The Chinese also seem to realize that the radical […]