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Interview with PSA Peugeot Citroën’s chief executive, Christian Streiff
8 June 2007
PSA Peugeot Citroën is facing challenging times this year. It may get worse before it gets better. At the end of last year, the company turned to a man with aviation industry and company turnaround experience to become its CEO (where have we heard that before?). Rob Golding sat down with PSA CEO Christian Streiff and heard how he is setting a course for PSA's resurgence. This article first appeared in Lotus Engineering's newsletter, proActive.
Automotive industry R&D and the unseen billions
11 April 2005
Look through the annual accounts of any automotive company, be it carmaker or supplier, and one of the interesting figures to look out for is the research and development spend as a percentage of turnover. Although it varies from company to company, the percentage is generally within a few points of each other, and it adds up to billions of dollars a year. This feature, written by Chris Wright, is extracted from the bi-monthly Lotus Engineering newsletter, proActive.
Global Engineering: Myth or reality?
14 February 2005
Global engineering is discussed today in the same way that, in the 1990s, suppliers talked about “think global, act local” as they chased the vehicle manufacturers to the expanding and low-cost markets of the world. This feature, written by Anthony Lewis and Chris Wright, is extracted from the bi-monthly Lotus Engineering newsletter, proActive.
