Personnel

Daimler may sell company-owned German dealerships to cut costs

May 22, 2013 13:19 CET
Daimler may sell four company-owned Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Germany to cut costs and help close a profitability gap with rivals BMW and Audi. Daimler owns 98 Mercedes car showrooms that account for about half of its car sales in Germany, the brand's second-biggest market after the United States.... Read More »

 

LUCA CIFERRI

BMW needs to adapt its retirement policy to changing times

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 28, 2013
BMW plans to raise the mandatory retirement age for its top management to 62 from 60 but the company isn't going far enough if it wants to keep the expertise of long-serving executives.... Read More »

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Spanish exec to head Infiniti personnel

March 25, 2013 10:55 CET
Infiniti has promoted Spanish national Antonio Lasaga to the newly-created position of global head for human resources. Lasaga is a former director of human relations and general affairs for Nissan in Spain.... Read More »

 

ZF to reduce size of board

Feb. 5, 2013 06:01 CET
German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen plans to streamline its leadership this year by reducing its management board to six members from eight and giving the remaining executives wider responsibilities.... Read More »

 

Visteon recruits Dura Automotive CEO Stafeil as CFO

Nov. 15, 2012 06:01 CET
Visteon has appointed supplier industry veteran Jeffrey Stafeil as chief financial officer. Stafeil joins Visteon from Dura Automotive, where he was CEO.... Read More »

 

Personnel

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 8, 2012
Companies in this report: DCH Auto Group, J.D. Byrider, Manheim and Search Optics Inc.... Read More »

 

Personnel

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 1, 2012
Companies in this report: Alea Leather Specialist Inc., Cal-Tex Protective Coatings Inc., Manheim and Search Optics Inc,... Read More »

 

Opel will reduce production in two German plants

Aug. 23, 2012 13:58 CET
Opel/Vauxhall, the European unit of U.S. automaker General Motors, said it would halt production for a total of 20 days at its main factory in Ruesselsheim and its engine plant in Kaiserslautern between September and the end of the year.... Read More »

 

DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC

Webasto CEO's career marked by tough decisions

9:45 am U.S. ET | July 19, 2012
Webasto CEO Franz-Josef Kortuem considers a pair of tough decisions made within the last decade among his proudest professional accomplishments. Kortuem, who was Audi CEO before taking charge of the German supplier 18 years ago, will transition to Webasto's supervisory board.... Read More »

 

Personnel

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 18, 2012
Information about changes at Manheim.... Read More »

 

Bentley hires VW recruitment specialist as new personnel chief

June 8, 2012 12:49 CET
Bentley has appointed Ariane Reinhart as its new board member for personnel. The 42-year-old German national has spent the last four years helping to recruit and develop sales and marketing managers for all of Volkswagen Group's brands around the world.... Read More »