Industry Developments

The Ukrainian Eurocar factory this week opened new manufacturing facilities which have raised the company's production capacity from 17,000 to 45,000 units per annum. Eurocar assembles... 2006-05-19

Hungarian automotive and automotive parts companies look set for a brighter year in 2006, following the publication of positive first quarter

Fiat remained Poland's leading automotive manufacturer in April 2006, when Polish vehicle production grew by more than 7% y-o-y to 58,859 units. Just under 81% of production was dedicated... 2006-05-16

Polish new car sales rose 3.3% y-o-y to 19,981 units in April, but were down 7.7% over the previous month, according to figures published by Poland's Automotive Market Research Institute... 2006-05-15

The European Court of Justice is set to start proceedings against Poland on June 15 over the country's controversial car import tax. The current excise tax regime has been criticised... 2006-05-08

Poland and Russia are likely to see the bulk of commercial vehicle investment in Central and Eastern Europe over the next five years, according to the latest research by BMI. In a... 2006-05-03

Export Development Canada (EDC) has set up its Central European headquarters in Poland and has announced that it is prioritising the promotion of Canadian partnerships with Polish... 2006-04-27

Russia's largest truck producer, Kamaz, is aiming to produce and sell 38,000 trucks in 2006, according to company officials this week. This target is higher than the firm's original... 2006-04-27

UzDaewooAvto recorded a 7.6% y-o-y rise in output to 28,296 units in Q1 2006, according to Uzbekistan's government. The modernisation of the plant's paint shop had led to a fall in... 2006-04-26

Volkswagen looks set to move production of its Polo model from Spain to its Bratislava plant in Slovakia. The Polo is already manufactured at Bratislava along with the Touareg and... 2006-04-26