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COMMENT: Bochum union factionism a voice from the past
17 May 2013
What are Opel's 3,000 odd workers at its Bochum plant in the heavily-industrialised region of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) thinking today?
CHINA: Dongfeng takes stake in MMC partner Fujian
16 May 2013
Dongfeng Motor has taken a shareholding in MMC's joint venture partner Fujian Motor. The deal gives China's second largest OEM new access to manufacturing capacity in the country's south east.
UK: Western Europe's main dealer count declined in 2012 (but only by 3%)
14 May 2013
Research by the UK-based ICDP shows that the collapse to demand in Western Europe is leading to a decline in the number of main dealer sales networks across the region.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Once more to the toy shop, brothers!
3 May 2013
Those three of you who peruse every bit of just-auto's home page every day will probably already know The Editorial Team had our annual Fun Day Out this week, courtesy of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Test Day. I've been going, on and off, sice 1987 and the agenda follows a refreshingly familar, welll-proven and immensely popular programme which I believe is unique to the UK auto industry. After earlier using other venues, the SMMT nowadays books Millbrook, the former Vauxhall Proving Ground (founded 1968), almost every importer/manufacturer shows up with the allocated six cars, caterers lay out a fine breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea - and we show up and go nuts.
FRANCE: PSA Peugeot Citroen uses Poissy production to boost strike-hit Aulnay
3 May 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen says 340 staff from its Aulnay plant have temporarily transferred to the Poissy factory in a bid to boost daily production hit by strike action at the North-East Paris site.
CHINA: China Automotive Systems wins big contract with SAIC-GM-Wuling
2 May 2013
China Automotive Systems, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Jingzhou Henglong Automotive Parts Co., Ltd., has entered into a multi-year agreement to supply the SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) joint venture with its rack and pinion power steering systems.
FRANCE: CGT union vows to continue Aulnay strike despite High Court PSA ruling
1 May 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen's hardline CGT union says it will continue its strike at the automaker's Aulnay plant near Paris and has promised unspecified further action in its bid to halt the factory's proposed closure.
CHINA: Dongfeng Citroën aims to sell 400,000 vehicles in 2015
1 May 2013
While PSA is experiencing troubled times in Europe, the company is expanding its overseas operations and growing its global footprint. A joint venture in China is one example. Dongfeng Citroën aims to achieve sales of 400,000 vehicles in 2015.
FRANCE: PSA unions approve Aulnay closure
30 April 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen labour unions have voted to back plans to shut the Aulnay plant and axe thousands of jobs.
FRANCE: PSA Peugeot Citroen Q1 revenue down 6.5% as Europe drags
24 April 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen has posted revenue down 6.5% to EUR13bn (US$16.9bn) for the first quarter of this year, with the automotive division sales also falling 10.3% mirroring a 10% contraction in the European market.
FRANCE: CGT union questions government inertia surrounding job cuts
24 April 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen's largest union has criticised what it claims is French government inaction as the automaker insists it will continue with plans to shutter the Aulany plant near Paris in 2014 coupled with the loss of up to 8,000 jobs.
SHANGHAI: PSA China sales rose 31% in Q1
22 April 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen achieved record sales in China in the first quarter of 2013, confirming the faster growth trend seen last year.
COMMENT: Russia comes in from the cold
19 April 2013
All this week's pomp and circumstance of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral has rekindled myriad memories of what it was like growing up in the 1980s in the UK - and just how much the political landscape has changed.
PRODUCT EYE: Peugeot eyes new niche with 'luxury' 208 variant
18 April 2013
The UK launch of Peugeot's 208 'hot hatch' sports variant – the 208 GTi - was accompanied, understandably, by some looking back at the brand's widely respected history in that area of the market.
FRANCE: Yves Bonnefont appointed deputy CEO of Citroën
18 April 2013
Yves Bonnefont has been appointed deputy CEO of Citroën, assisting Frédéric Banzet, from 16 April.
INTERVIEW: PCMA-Rus general manager Jean-Christophe Marchal
12 April 2013
PCMA-Rus is a joint venture between PSA Peugeot Citroen (70%) and Mitsubishi Motors (30%) in the Kaluga region of Russia, some 100 miles south west of the capital. PCMA-Rus general manager, Jean-Christophe Marchal, spoke to Simon Warburton at this week's Russian Automotive Forum in Moscow.
INTERVIEW: Agromash Holdings on PSA partnership in Kazakhstan
26 March 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen recently inked a partnership with Agromash Holding, for the assembly and distribution of the French automaker's passenger cars and LCVs in Kazakhstan. Simon Warburton was in contact with the trailer and agricultural machinery manufacturer based in the huge country on Russia's southern border.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Once more to Munchen...
22 March 2013
Groundhog Day. Once more to Munchen, same day, same flight, same seat even; different venues and host. This time, it was BMW's annual accounts conference, a week after Audi's.
AUSTRALIA: Independent importer to focus on Chinese
21 March 2013
The Ateco Group, Australia and New Zealand’s largest locally based independent car importer, will build a new core business around Chinese brands while developing its link with European and, for the first time, American brands to strengthen its position and boost its profitability in the coming decade.
UK: just-auto's annual survey highlights key trends and winners and losers for 2013
19 March 2013
A survey of the global auto industry undertaken by just-auto suggests that 2013 will be another challenging year for many companies in the automotive industry. However, many participants also expressed optimism over prospects for their own companies.
GERMANY: Mini sees sales rise but also more competition
19 March 2013
Mini continues to break sales records around the world but competition is increasing says global sales chief, Graeme Grieve
COMMENT: Minister backs non-signing renegade Renault union?
15 March 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen must be casting some fairly envious eyes from its exclusive eyrie on the Avenue de la Grande Armee, just down from the Arc de Triomphe and across the City of Light to Boulogne-Billancourt and Renault's HQ.
FRANCE: PSA seeks Works Council restructuring deal as Aulnay strike grinds on
13 March 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen says it will hold a Works Council meeting next Monday (18 March) in Paris in a bid to secure agreement from its many unions on proposed restructuring, despite the bitter continuing strike at the Aulnay plant.
PRODUCT EYE: Vauxhall Adam
12 March 2013
Vauxhall invited just-auto along to the London launch of the Adam, which was based in a pop-up shop at the giant Westfield shopping centre adjacent to the site of the 2012 summer Olympic Games.
KAZAKHSTAN: PSA and Agromash ink passenger-LCV assembly deal
8 March 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen has inked a deal with Agromash Holding for the assembly and distribution of the French automaker's passenger cars and LCVs in Kazakhstan.
GENEVA 2013 PRESS PREVIEW DAYS REVIEW: Part One
7 March 2013
As our list of vehicle and concept world premieres attests, this year’s Geneva motor show media preview days saw a bumper crop of new models revealed. Glenn Brooks, our man at the Palais des Expositions, reports his observations.
EXCLUSIVE: Revised Opel Insignia to be revealed at Frankfurt IAA
7 March 2013
The Opel Insignia will be given new engines to go with its scheduled facelift, a source within GM has told just-auto. The updated car will be launched at the Frankfurt IAA in September.
GOLDING’S TAKE: Volume or profit? Can Vauxhall and Opel magic up both?
6 March 2013
General Motors Europe has changed leadership and the leadership has changed strategy.
BELGIUM: EC wants job emphasis as unemployment smashes through 25m barrier
6 March 2013
More emphasis needs to be placed on job creation warns the European Commission with the Continent's unemployment total having now burst through the 25m barrier.
GENEVA: PSA holds to forecast
5 March 2013
PSA Peugeot Citroen is sticking to its full year market forecast despite a difficult start to the year, while pricing remains under pressure, brands chief Frederic Saint-Geours said.
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