MAN Poised For Further Growth In Emerging Markets, But Competition From Volvo Will Be Tough

Volvo Plans Will Help It Cut Costs

Industry / China Having reported an operating profit of SEK1.2bn (US$188mn) and a 20.3% year-on-year increase in vehicle sales, to 230,746 units, in H111, Sweden's Volvo Car has unveiled plans to replace three of its older...

Bayer-Chery Deal: More Firms Will Seek Alternative Materials

Industry / China BMI's view that companies will focus more on finding alternative materials for vehicle production to cut costs and improve fuel efficiency has been further supported by a tie-up between German parts and...

MAN Poised For Further Growth In Emerging Markets, But Competition From Volvo Will Be Tough

Industry / China Germany's MAN Group has posted a 22% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in revenue, to EUR14.7bn, in 2010, thanks largely to a better-than-expected rebound in economic activity in Germany and resilient demand...

Has BYD Missed The Boat With Delayed Electric Launch?

Industry / China BYD Automobile has confirmed it will launch its e6 electric car and S6DM plug-in hybrid in Europe by the end of 2012. Although the launch was originally planned for 2011, BMI still lauds the Chinese carmaker's...

VW Joins Lightweight Parts Bandwagon

Industry / Germany Germany?s Volkswagen has acquired an 8.18% stake in SGL Carbon, one of the world?s leading manufacturers of carbon-based products. Although VW has so far not revealed any of its future plans with SGL Carbon,...