Skoda Decreases Octavia's Production
12 Feb 2010, 08:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Czech automotive producer Skoda Auto AS, which is part of the Volkswagen group, is slowing the pace of its Octavia sedan production starting from March, a decision influenced by a slowdown in sales,...
GM Europe Needs 3.3bn EUR
6 Dec 2009, 17:05 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Following Saturday’s Conference Call with GM Europe President Nick Reilly, assurances were made that GM won’t cut more or fewer jobs in Germany, regardless of how the German government w...
Apprentices Offered Permanent Positions by Rolls Royce
5 Dec 2009, 14:07 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / British carmaker Rolls Royce announced today it has offered nine of the company’s apprentices with permanent positions within the company. All of the apprentices completed a three-year intern...
VW Up Production to Create 8,500 Jobs
26 Nov 2009, 10:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen's new Up small car will be an important addition to the company's product lineup but will also represent a very important move for the auto sector as it is believed to create ar...
PSA Plans to Drop 6,000 Jobs
15 Nov 2009, 11:31 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The French automotive group PSA Peugeot-Citroen announced through the voice of its chairman, Philippe Varin, that the group plans to reduce its number of workers by 6,000 in France until 2012. Th...
Russia Confirms/Denies 21,000 AvtoVAZ Job Cuts
28 Oct 2009, 14:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Russian government denied any decision being taken in favor of AvtoVAZ's plan to cut no less than 21,000 jobs in the following years, as an earlier Vedomosti business daily report claimed. ...
Audi to Hire 100 New Engineers
16 Sep 2009, 13:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Willing to expand its research in the electromobility development process, Audi is creating 100 new jobs which will increase the Company’s investment in future technology, as Rupert Stadler, C...
NUMMI to Close on March 31, 2010
28 Aug 2009, 06:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After several months of uncertainty and conflicting rumors, the fate of the New United Motor Manufacturing plant has been sealed. Toyota Motor Corporation confirmed the plant will close on March 31,...
Toyota Adds New Staff to Cope with US High Demand
3 Aug 2009, 08:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mission accomplished for the US scrapping scheme as it not only improved car and truck sales, but also convinced automakers to hire new staff in order to cope with high demand across the country. Su...
Nissan Adds 100 New Staff in the UK
23 Jul 2009, 07:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are going pretty well for Nissan who is getting increased demand for its vehicles all around the world. The best example comes straight from the UK, a country in which the Japanese manufactur...
Want to Work for Audi?
12 May 2009, 12:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now this is something you don't often see these days...German manufacturer Audi has put 100 apprentice positions out for grabs in the fields of electronics and mechatronics. Go for it and at th...
Klaus Franz: Fiat Empire Built with US and German Money
5 May 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The workers of Germany's Opel now face a choice, one they themselves have no way of making. The options presented to them by those who speak, supposedly, for their interests, are only two: Fiat...
Fiat Chrysler Alliance Is Worth $10 Billion
17 Mar 2009, 13:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The proposed alliance between Italian manufacturer Fiat and American giant Chrysler got a price tag/human cost evaluation today, as Bob Nardelli, Chrysler CEO said the future deal is worth $10 billi...
VW's Union Boss Bernd Osterloh Gets Seat on Porsche Council
16 Feb 2009, 09:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The most outspoken critic of Volkswagen's (VW) takeover by Porsche, Bernd Osterloh, has managed to get a seat on the four person council of Porsche Automobil Holding, the overseer of Porsche�...