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- Purchasers fear rising material costs; General Motors, Valeo and Bosch plan big increases in component sourcing from countries in the East.(News)
- Byline: Edmund Chew Automotive purchasing executives carried two major challenges into 2007 from 2006: stubbornly high raw materials costs, especially for steel and nickel, and the difficulty of managing an increasingly extended supply chain. At its March 19 close...
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- GM Europe, Suzuki will collaborate on minivans; Decision means Opel Agila won't use GM's Gamma architecture.(General Motors Europe AG, Suzuki Motor Corp.)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Luca Ciferri General Motors Europe and Suzuki Motor Corp. will collaborate on the next-generation Opel Agila and Suzuki Wagon R+ small minivans, a GM executive says. "GM Europe will continue cooperating with Suzuki to replace the Agila in 2008,'' said...
- Research articles 2006-01-16
- GM's U-turn on Opel Sale Angers Germany, Russia
- By Angelika Gruber and Gernot HellerFRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - German and Russian leaders seethed and unions tore up a deal to cut costs in protest at General Motors' "completely unacceptable" decision to keep Opel, its European unit, after months of talks.Labor leader Klaus Franz rescinded hundreds of millions of euros in...
- News items 2009-11-04
- Neil Winton: Worst may be ahead for Europe's carmakers
- Europe's car manufacturers performed pitifully in the second quarter with the exception of Germany's Volkswagen and to a lesser degree Italy's Fiat, but all are banking on the underlying markets rallying and riding to their rescue. Most are likely to be disappointed. Europe's car markets have been propped up in...
- News items 2009-08-11
- Magna says resolves final Opel issues with GM
- By Christiaan Hetzner and Angelika Gruber) FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Magna and its Russian partner Sberbank have reached an agreement in principle with General Motors' management over a contract to buy a stake in GM's European unit Opel, Magna Co-Chief Executive Siegfried Wolf told Reuters on Thursday The boards of directors...
- News items 2009-08-13
- GM's U-turn on Opel Sale Sparks German Backlash
- By Angelika Gruber and Gernot Heller FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - German politicians seethed and unions tore up a deal to cut costs in protest at General Motors' "completely unacceptable" decision not to sell Opel, its European unit, after months of painstaking talks. Labor leader Klaus Franz rescinded hundreds of millions of...
- News items 2009-11-04
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- Departing GM Europe head talks to Tata
- Carl-Peter Forster, the departing head of General Motors in Europe, is in talks with Tata Motors over a senior position at the Indian carmaker's luxury car group Jaguar Land Rover. People close to GM Europe told the Financial Times that Mr Forster was in talks with two companies over a...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Departing GM Europe head talks to Tata
- Carl-Peter Forster, the departing head of General Motors in Europe, is in talks with Tata Motors over a senior position at the Indian carmaker's luxury car group Jaguar Land Rover.People close to GM Europe told the Financial Times that Mr Forster was in talks with two companies over a...
- External links 2009-11-08
- -GM: Michael Burns named president of GM Europe
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 August 1998-GM: Michael Burns named president of GM Europe C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:040898 -- Richard M. Donnelly to head GMIO manufacturing and quality Zurich -- Michael J. Burns, 46, has been named president of General Motors Europe, in charge of the overall...
- Research articles 1998-08-05
- Akzo Nobel receives approval from GM Europe
- Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes has received approval from General Motors Europe GM on the Sikkens brand paint system. The approval extends to GM's collision repair centers as well as collision repair centers doing work on GM products as Chevrolet/Daewoo, Vauxhall and Saab. Based on the long and successful partnership...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Veteran GM exec gets top Europe post; Henderson has experience in making tough tasks work in international markets.(News)(GM Europe)
- Byline: James B. Treece Frederick "Fritz" Henderson is a widely traveled General Motors executive. The new head of GM Europe has been president of GM Asia Pacific since December 2001. He was president of GM Latin America, Africa and ...
- Research articles 2004-02-09
- GM Europe does not completely rule out possible plant closure
- RUESSELSHEIM, Germany AFP — GM Europe, the European arm of General Motors, the world's biggest car maker, said it does not completely rule out possible plant closures as part of a 500-million-euro (610-million-dollar) cost-cutting package unveiled earlier. "We can't rule out anything," GM Europe chief Fritz Henderson said Thursday...
- Research articles 2004-10-14
- GM Europe reportedly aims to catch-up on diesels
- GM Europe Reportedly Aims To Catch-Up On Diesels: According to an interview in Financial Times, GM-Europe aims to boost its diesel car sales by nearly 200,000, in part thanks to four new diesel engines from industrial partners (two from Fiat, two from Isuzu). It's all part of GM's plan to...
- Research articles 2003-10-13
- Sweden's Semcon AB wins project from GM Europe
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-27 August 2007-Sweden's Semcon AB wins project from GM EuropeC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
- Research articles 2007-08-27
- GM Offers Opel Workers Words Instead of Freedom
- By Christiaan Hetzner and Sarah MarshRUESSELSHEIM/BERLIN (Reuters UK) - General Motors Co GM dashed hopes on Tuesday that Opel would play a greater role within its vast empire and only offered vague assurances that Detroit would lengthen the leash on its rebellious European carmaker.Separately, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned GM...
- News items 2009-11-10
- GM Offers Opel Workers Words, Not Freedom
- By Christiaan Hetzner and Sarah MarshRUESSELSHEIM/BERLIN (Reuters UK) - General Motors Co GM dashed hopes on Tuesday that Opel would play a greater role within its vast empire and only offered vague assurances that Detroit would lengthen the leash on its rebellious European carmaker.Separately, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned GM...
- News items 2009-11-10
- GM faces a tough road ahead over Opel
- General Motors' decision to hold on to its European operations may preserve its status as a global company but it could also give the struggling Detroit carmaker a fresh set of headaches. GM's resources – human as well as financial – have focused over the past year on reviving its...
- News items 2009-11-04
- GM Update: Lutz Will Take Reins of Opel
- At the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, then-acting GM Europe CEO Bob Lutz right delivers a press conference with then-GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster to introduce the new Opel Ampera hybrid-electric vehicle. Today Lutz was appointed to head Opel following Forster's resignation last week. (Photograph by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)...
- News items 2009-11-09
- GM CEO Starts Opel Charm Tour at Ruesselsheim HQ
- By Christiaan HetznerFRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors GM Chief Executive Fritz Henderson was due in Germany on Monday to start talks aimed at soothing workers' tempers over the carmaker's plan to reorganize European arm Opel on its own.GM plunged Opel into turmoil last week by reversing its plan to sell...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Opel caught by surprise as GM steers away
- GM's decision to retain Opel caught even senior managers at the European carmaker completely by surprise. Just hours before GM's strategic U-turn, Carl-Peter Forster, head of GM Europe, displayed confidence that the planned sale to Canadian car parts maker Magna would close by the end of the year. "Christmas would...
- News items 2009-11-03
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