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Carmakers

Skoda starts mass production of electric Citigo - Six months since the world's first fully electric Skoda was introduced

Electric Citigo has already sold out the boot series, but the cars actually started production just yesterday. On November 20, the first electric car of the Czech automobile factory, intended for the end customer, rolled off the production line in Bratislava, Slovakia. Full technical data has been out for a

Bridgestone inaugurates upgrade, capacity expansion in Hungary, creating 100 jobs, with an HUF 826 million grant

Japanese tire maker Bridgestone on Tuesday inaugurated a HUF 9.2 billion technology upgrade and capacity expansion at its plant in Tatabánya (NW of Budapest), state news agency MTI reported. Péter Szijjártó, Foreign Minster said the government supported the investment, which is creating 100 jobs, with an HUF 826 million

eMobility

Volvo Group and Samsung SDI enter strategic alliance for electromobility

The alliance will cover joint development of battery packs specifically developed for Volvo Group’s truck applications. Samsung SDI intends to provide battery cells and modules to meet the demand for the Volvo Group’s electric trucks. The intention is that Volvo Group will utilize Samsung SDI’s battery pack

Carmakers

Draxlmaier - Tier1 components manufacturer opens 30 million-euro plant in Moldova with 5,000 jobs

German automotive components manufacturer Draxlmaier has opened a 30 million-euro plant in the Cahul Free Economic Zone, in southwestern Moldova. It is the company’s third facility in the country; Draxlmaier also operates two auto cable systems plants in the northern town of Bălți. More than 1,500 people will

suppliers

Japan's JTEKT to expand Romanian bearings factory - Koyo Seiko Bearings

Japanese machinery engineering company JTEKT Corporation plans to expand the production activities of its Koyo Seiko bearings factory in Romania, Romania's trade ministry said. JTEKT Corporation plans to start the production of automotive parts to be exported to Toyota Motors Czech Republic, the Romanian trade ministry said in

Carmakers

Audi and Hydro - joint commitment to sustainable aluminium with Audi e-tron

supply chain of the Audi e-tron is becoming more sustainable: Hydro now supplies sustainable aluminium for the battery housing of the first fully electric model of the company. The material is processed and manufactured along the entire value chain in an environmentally conscious manner and under socially acceptable working conditions.

Carmakers

Rimac initiative - New Auto Industry as the direction of strategic development of Croatia

Rimac Automobili and the representatives of the Government of the Republic of Croatia met for a discussion about the potential of the new auto industry development in Croatia. Founder and CEO, Mr. Mate Rimac, hosted Mr. Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, ministers and

suppliers

Visteon receives Investor in Human Capital award for efforts and investment in Bulgaria

Visteon was awarded the prestigious “Investor in Human Capital” award during the national awards ceremony for “Investor of the Year 2018,” organized by the Bulgarian Investment Agency. More than 90 companies were nominated for 13 categories of awards, and Visteon was also nominated in the “Investment in Innovative Business” category.

suppliers

Visteon wins Jaguar Land Rover supplier excellence award for longstanding relationship and innovative technology

Visteon Corporation a global cockpit electronics leader, has been recognized for providing innovative technology to Jaguar Land Rover over the course of a longstanding relationship. Visteon President and CEO Sachin Lawande received the award from JLR’s CEO Prof. Dr. Ralf Speth, and Ian Harnett, director of global purchasing. At

suppliers

Brose collaborates with IPG Photonics on advanced laser-welding technology for automotive seat structures

The Brose Group and IPG Photonics, the world leader in fiber lasers, today announce a project to collaborate on the development of the first direct weld measurement technology for automotive seat rails. In-line coherent imaging (ICI) technology will increase manufacturing efficiency, streamline validation and minimize waste. After piloting the state-of-the-art

Carmakers

AUDI Hungaria invests €127mln into Győr plant: e-motor production capacity, started in 2018, and engine development centre and vehicle manufacturing infrastructure to be expanded

AUDI Hungaria is to launch a comprehensive development at its Győr plant: the e-motor production capacity, started a year ago, as well as the engine development centre and the vehicle manufacturing infrastructure will all be expanded. The complex investment programme worth EUR 127 million is the first step in the

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Brose Group - Ulrich Schrickel is Brose’s new Executive Vice President Door, Hallstadt, Germany

Ulrich Schrickel will head up the global activities in the Door business division of the Brose Group effective 1 August 2019. The division located Hallstadt, Bamberg generated 3.2 billion euros in sales last year – more than half of group turnover and employs more than 11,000 people worldwide. Ulrich

Carmakers

Kia started producing a new XCeed model in Žilina, Slovakia, said Jan Zgravcak

The Kia Motors Slovakia plant launched the production of its new crossover, Kia XCeed, on August 5, after a two-week summer break in the plant, company spokesperson Ján Žgravčák informed. The model was ceremonially launched in late June in the German city of Frankfurt am Main. It is the sixth

Slovakia

Röchling Automotive opens new plant in Slovakia

Röchling Automotive has celebrated the opening of its new production plant in Kočovce in Slovakia. With the new plant, the company serves the increased demand for its technologies while continuing to expand its storage and production capacities. The approximately 80 highly qualified employees at the site will soon be producing

Slovenia

Slovenia's ELES joins forces with Renault in e-mobility project

Slovenian power grid operator ELES is partnering with Renault in an electric mobility project to demonstrate the use of advanced electric vehicle charging infrastructure and technologies. ELES, together with 32 partners, has designed the project "Demonstration of User-Friendly E-Vehicle Charging Solutions for Promoting Mass Use of E-Vehicles in Europe

Germany

Largest EU production centre for lithium-ion batteries - capacity expansion for growing electrical market. 42,000 sqm plant on 240,000 sqm site with 200 jobs in first stage

Comprehensive strategic capital expenditure in cutting-edge lithium-ion technology. Early expansion of production capacity for rapidly-growing electrical market. 42,000 square metre production plant on 240,000 square metre site. Creation of up to 200 jobs in the first stage JT Energy Systems acquires the former Solarworld plant in Freiberg near

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Continental in Brandys nad Labem, Czechia, opens testing labs to external parties, says Ladislav Herc

Continental in Brandys nad Labem, a manufacturer of electronics for the world's leading automakers, has modernized and expanded its laboratories for testing products and their components. This resulted in the creation of an extensive, top-equipped workplace, the capacity of which also enables the use of external candidates. In

Carmakers

The ŠKODA SCALA was awarded five stars in Euro NCAP tests

In the tests of the independent European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), ŠKODA SCALA received the best possible five-star rating. Especially the protection of adult crew members and cyclists was very well evaluated. Thanks to this result, ŠKODA SCALA is one of the safest models in its segment In

investment

PUNCH Powerglide and ChangAn sign a new contract

PUNCH Powerglide Strasbourg signed last week a production contract with the Chinese car manufacturer ChangAn. Our company will equip their next Pick-up, resulting from the cooperation between ChangAn Automobile Co., Ltd. and PSA Groupe, with an 6L50 automatic  gearbox. The signature of this agreement took place on the occasion of

CzechRepublic

AutoSAP, Wojnar, President of Czech Automotive Industry Association - e-Charging stations not enough for mass transition to electric cars

Auto associations from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary, have met in Prague to compare their responses to crucial European proposals for further curbing emissions of key pollutants. The future emission limits are clearly aimed at paving the way for low emission and no emission vehicles, such as electric

suppliers

​​​Varroc Opening a State-Of-The-Art production Hall in Nový Jičín - 7,200 sqm hall brings 350 high value added jobs

Nový Jičín, May 17, 2019 – Varroc Lighting Systems, one of the world leaders in the field of exterior lighting systems production for the automotive industry, celebrates the opening of a new hall for manufacturing rear lamps and fog lamps.  The 7,200 sqm hall brings 350 jobs. The hall'

CzechRepublic

Tatra supplies its chassis around the world. Several hundred will end up in Jordan

Tatra Kopřivnice wins orders all over the world. More than three hundred unique Tatra chassis under a billion-dollar contract will also deliver to Jordan. This is the biggest project of this year for the automaker. Tatra will gradually deliver a total of 328 Tatra Force 4 x 4 chassis to

people

Oliver Zipse appointed new Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG

Oliver Zipse will assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG effective on 16 August 2019. The company’s Supervisory Board made this decision today during its meeting in Spartanburg, South Carolina (USA). Zipse will succeed Harald Krüger, who informed the Chairman of the Supervisory

Poland

Solaris wins 130 articulated ebuses for MZA Warsaw

Today MZA Warsaw, in Poland, signed a contract for the purchase of 130 electric articulated buses Solaris Urbino 18 Electric. The news is reported on the Polish magazine InfoBus. The order will allow Warsaw to eliminate diesel powered buses from the so called “Royal route”, in the center of the

eMobility

Paradigm Shift for Electromobility: ZF Presents New Electric 2-Speed Drive for Passenger Cars

With its new electric 2-speed drive solution, ZF is introducing the next stage of electromobility to the passenger car segment. “For electric vehicles in everyday use, it is important to obtain as much range as possible from each battery charge”, states Bert Hellwig, Head of System House at ZF’s