BMW Group

Recent Events

News & Analysis

bmw group - All News and Analysis

• Your motoring: Star spangled Bangle quits BMW..

  - 2009-02-08

  THE American car designer Chris Bangle, one of the most influential designers in recent automotive history, has announced that he is to leave his post as Chief of Design for the BMW Group. No details of where he is going are forthcoming but he has confirmed that he is leaving...

  Tags: BMW AG, BMW Group

• IPG Awarded Contract to Supply Fiber Lasers to German Luxury Automaker

  - 2008-07-15

  IPG's YLR-Series of High Power Lasers to be Used in Door Welding Applications OXFORD, Mass. -- IPG Photonics Corporation (Nasdaq: IPGP), the world leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, today announced that its German subsidiary, IPG Laser GmbH, has received a major order for multi-kilowatt, continuous wave Ytterbium...

  Tags: BMW Group, IPG Photonics Corp.

• Magna to build MINI Sports Activity Vehicle for BMW Group.(Assembly Lines)

  - 2008-01-01

  AURORA, Ontario -- Canada-based Magna International Inc. has secured a contract to assemble the new MINI Sports Activity Vehicle SAV for BMW Group (Munich, Germany) at the Magna Steyr plant in Austria. The MINI SAV will be the second new vehicle produced by...

  Tags: BMW AG, BMW Group

• Magna to Build MINI Sports Activity Vehicle for BMW Group.

  - 2007-12-07

  AURORA, Canada, December 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A) (NYSE: MGA) confirmed that, as announced by BMW Group earlier this week, its Magna Steyr unit will be responsible for serial development and production of the MINI Sports Activity Vehicle SAV. At...

  Tags: BMW Group, Magna International Inc.

• Novell Supports Xen Virtualization at BMW Group; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Xen will save money without sacrificing performance.

  - 2007-06-04

  M2 PRESSWIRE-4 June 2007-NOVELL: Novell Supports Xen Virtualization at BMW Group; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Xen will save money without sacrificing performanceC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04062007 WALTHAM, Mass. - Novell today announced that the BMW Group is using SUSER Linux...

  Tags: BMW Group, Novell Inc., SuSE

• Tele Atlas.(BUSINESSNEWS)

  - 2007-05-01

  Tele Atlas will provide digital maps and points of interest for Nokia's smart2go mapping and navigation platform. Also, the company will provide BMW Group with digital map data and local search content for the driver information/navigation systems in BMW vehicles in the United States, Canada, Mexico,...

  Tags: BMW Group, Tele Atlas

• EU endorses hydrogen engine as technology of the future.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)(Brief article)

  - 2007-05-01

  Ten European partners have completed the HyICE project, Optimization of the Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine, three years after the project first began. This initiative, which was promoted by the European Union Commission, has resulted in a combustion engine fueled by hydrogen that offers clear advantages over...

  Tags: BMW Group

• The credibility of continuity at MINI

  - 2007-04-01

  Gert Hildebrand, chief designer for MINI, is somewhat taken aback when asked to talk about the design of the new MINI, the second generation of the product since becoming a part of the BMW Group. "You shouldn't talk about design," he insists. You should look at it. Design should be...

  Tags: BMW Group

• BASF Coatings world innovation successfully integrated in automotive OEM coating.

  - 2007-02-20

  M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2007-BASF: BASF Coatings world innovation successfully integrated in automotive OEM coatingC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20022007 Munster: A BASF Coatings world innovation has just been launched in automotive OEM coating. The company has developed Integrated Process II, a...

  Tags: BASF AG, BMW Group

• BMW Group reports revenue increase in 2006.(DIGEST)(Financial report)

  - 2007-02-12

  The BMW Group said revenue generated from its motorcycle segment rose 3.4 percent in 2006. Overall, the manufacturer reported record sales volume and revenues for all its products. The group revenue increased 5 percent to euro 48.9 billion ($63.4 billion) last year. ...

  Tags: BMW Group