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GAZ Lowers 2011 LCV Production Forecast by 4.5%

11/18/2011 - 17:14
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GAZ Lowers 2011 LCV Production Forecast by 4.5%

GAZ plans to produce about 105 thousand light commercial vehicles in 2011, 4.5% fewer than its original production plan

Opel Suspends Production for 4 Days at Gliwice Plant

11/18/2011 - 16:36
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Opel Suspends Production for 4 Days at Gliwice Plant

GMMP plans to churn out about 174 thousand units in 2011, which is 8 thousand units less than originally planned

Magna Acquires European Aluminum Castings Operations

11/17/2011 - 18:51
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Magna Acquires European Aluminum Castings Operations

Closing of the transaction is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2012, subject to obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals including anti-trust approvals

Boryszew Bids for German Supplier YMOS

11/17/2011 - 12:40
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Boryszew Bids for German Supplier YMOS

Polish industrial group Boryszew S.A. has been qualified to enter the final stage of tender for purchase the German and Polish plants of Idar-Oberstein-based YMOS GmbH

Huaxiang to Take Over Wech CHEB for €6 Million

11/17/2011 - 11:32
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Huaxiang to Take Over Wech CHEB for €6 Million

NBHX will acquire Sellner GmbH and IPG Industrieplast GmbH in Germany, U.S. Sellner Corp., and Wech CHEB spol. sr.o. in the Czech Republic

Audi Hungaria Marks Production of 10 Millionth Four-Cylinder Petrol Engine

11/16/2011 - 10:57
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Audi Hungaria Marks Production of 10 Millionth Four-Cylinder Petrol Engine

The ten-millionth engine is a 2.0-litre 211 hp Global Engine unit, which will be installed into an Audi Q5 destined for the Indian market

Visteon Supplies the HVAC System for Volkswagen up!

11/16/2011 - 10:52
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Visteon Supplies the HVAC System for Volkswagen up!

Visteon developed the compact HVAC system for the VW up! at its technical center in Kerpen, Germany, and manufactures the product in Ilava, Slovakia

GM Opens Engine Plant in Uzbekistan

11/15/2011 - 17:15
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GM Opens Engine Plant in Uzbekistan

General Motors and its local joint venture partner UzAvtosanoat today opened a new engine plant in Tashkent, 400 kilometers from the company’s vehicle facility in Asaka

Kia Motors Europe Appoints New President

11/15/2011 - 16:32
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Kia Motors Europe Appoints New President

Byung-Tae Yea succeeds Sun-Young Kim as President of Kia Motors Europe. Mr Kim is returning to Korea to take up a new position at the corporation’s headquarters

Hanwha to Expand Czech Components Plant

11/15/2011 - 11:45
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Hanwha to Expand Czech Components Plant

Construction of three new halls will start next year at the existing Chlebovice site