Supply Chains in German Mechanical Engineering: Survey Shows Increasing Pressure
VDMA flash survey: better supply of electronic components not expected until mid-2023 Companies prepare for gas shortage Shortage of skilled workers is becoming an ever greater challenge Frankfurt, 27/06/2022 – Production and the ability to deliver of the mechanical and plant…
Protectionism rising worldwide, harming global trade
Protectionism hinders 80 percent of all European machinery exports State-led export promotion for non-European competitors also creates significant disadvantages Free trade agreement with Mercosur and India urgently needed Brussels, 22/06/2022 – Free trade is increasingly hampered by government protectionist measures around…
Genesis Electrified GV70 unveiled
GENESIS ELECTRIFIED GV70 UNVEILED AT GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2022s Electrified GV70 makes its European debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022 All-electric SUV unveiled in Europe for the first time by the Duke of Richmond Electrified GV70 will join…
Lamborghini’s new Huracán Tecnica
Automobili Lamborghini presents the new Huracán Tecnica to its customers In Berlin, London, and Milan, customers from all over Europe get to experience the latest model in Lamborghini’s product range up close Sant’Agata Bolognese, 22 June 2022 – Automobili Lamborghini has…
Robotics and automation with high order intake but disrupted supply chains
Sector forecasts growth of 6 percent in 2022 Sales in 2021 stronger than expected Shortage of skilled workers Munich, 21 June 2022 – The robotics and automation industry in Germany is benefiting from a boom in demand: in the first four…
“Supply all industrial consumers equally!”
Europe’s medium-sized industry needs reliable planning from the EU on how gas will be distributed in the event of a real shortage. What is needed is a uniform supply to all industrial consumers. The German government must amend the Workplace…
Lamborghini: supply chain challenges, future prospects and the exemplary case of the Ukrainian supplier Leoni
An interview with Silvano Michieli, Chief Procurement Officer at Lamborghini Sant’Agata Bolognese, 20 June 2022 – Since 2020, global supply chains have been faced with exceptional political, social and economic circumstances due to the pandemic, the semiconductor shortage and the Russia-Ukraine war….
Muse and Lamborghini: sharing the same adrenaline on stage as on track
The British rock band is guest of the House of Sant’Agata before the Firenze Rocks concert Sant’Agata Bolognese, 17 June 2022 – Is there a difference between giving a concert in front of thousands of spectators and driving a super sports…
VDMA: “India’s protectionist tariffs are among the highest in the world”
Brussels/Frankfurt, 16 June 2022 – The EU is about to enter a new round of free trade talks with India. It’s high time that these talks start in earnest, says Ulrich Ackermann, Head of VDMA’s Foreign Trade Department. Europe’s largest industrial association…
VDMA: “The WTO must be revived”
The upcoming WTO ministerial conference in Geneva must lead to a revival of multilateralism within the World Trade Organization. Otherwise, the WTO is in danger of sinking into irrelevance. Frankfurt, 12/06/2022 – Commenting on the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,…