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Witte Automotive (manufacturer of vehicle latch, locking, safety systems with 6,000 employees in Germany, Czechia, Bulgaria, China, USA, Sweden, India, Japan; customers, projects: Aston Martin, BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce, BrightDrop, Chery, Hengchi, FAW, Ferrari, Ford, Lincoln, GAC, Geely, LEVC, Lotus, Smart, Volvo, General Motors, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, SAIC, Sokon/Seres, SsangYong, Stellantis, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS, Fiat, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Vauxhall, Tesla, TOGG, Toyota, Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda, DAF, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Freightliner, Volvo Trucks, Mack, Renault Trucks, VW Commercial Vehicles, MAN, Scania, Adient, ALPS, BCS, Benteler, Bosch, Brose, Brose Sitech, Delphi, Denso, Dura, Erae, Faurecia, Grammer, Hella, Kirchhoff, Karsit, KM&I, Lear, Magna, Magneti Marelli, Multimatic, Toyota Boshoku, U-Shin, Valeo, Visteon, Webasto) won large contract for BMW, to build second plant (65,000 sqm) in Ostrov near Karlovy Vary, Czechia in 2024-2025, creating 300-800 jobs. It will be 3rd factory (Nejdek, 1,500 employees; Ostrov, 600 employees, Witte Access Technology/Witte Paint Application, production of door handles for BMW G3x; clients, projects: BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Audi, Škoda, Porsche, Volvo) and 5th facility (development center Pilsen, at ZČU; R&D office Prague, shared for IMA, Witte Automotive and Witte:Digital) in Czechia (2,200 employees). Simultaneously there will be reorganization, when company to move high-pitched projects from Nejdek to Ostrov, and spare parts center for entire Witte Automotive group to be created in Nejdek. In 2nd stage, Witte also plans to open development and innovation center in Accolade Ostrov South industrial zone (on 140,000 sqm land of Mahle Behr, which abandoned plan to build factory here), Hornák said

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Hyundai increased starting, basic salary along with transport allowance in its Czech plant

August 20, 2018 | 04:24pm CEToriginal
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August 20, 2018 | 04:14pm CEToriginal
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Dieselgate: Porsche recalls 60,000 cars due to illegal emission measurement software

June 5, 2018 | 07:38pm CEToriginal
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China to reduce duty on imports of cars, auto parts

May 28, 2018 | 11:53pm CEToriginal
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Union of Czech plant of Automotive Lighting announced strike alert

May 9, 2018 | 11:02pm CEToriginal
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Bosch extended pre-retirement program in one plant in Czechia

May 6, 2018 | 10:09pm CEToriginal
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April 24, 2018 | 01:02am CEToriginal
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April 24, 2018 | 12:53am CEToriginal
Timing for passenger and commercial vehicles, electric cars and plug-in hybrids, comments...
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Dura Automotive acquired new orders, plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in Czechia

April 19, 2018 | 11:21pm CEToriginal
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Magna to invest EUR 40 million in Czechia

April 19, 2018 | 12:36am CEToriginal
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US aluminum, steel duty should not affect Czech auto parts makers

March 26, 2018 | 01:08am CEToriginal
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Hrkal: Mitsubishi plans to build tire factory, considering Czechia

March 26, 2018 | 12:45am CEToriginal
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Maier: Škoda Auto considering new plant outside Czechia

March 9, 2018 | 01:53am CEToriginal
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Supreme Administrative Court: Federal states can ban drive of diesel cars in German cities

March 8, 2018 | 03:17pm CEToriginal
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Czech plant of Federal-Mogul hit by fire

March 6, 2018 | 12:21am CEToriginal
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Unions rejected another offer by Škoda Auto to increase wages

February 26, 2018 | 11:57pm CEToriginal
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Court in Leipzig to decide on driving ban for diesel cars in German cities

February 26, 2018 | 11:47pm CEToriginal
Excessive concentrations of NO2, postponement of decisions, possible exceptions, threat of moving large quantities of older diesel vehicles to Eastern Europe...
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Škoda Auto improved its offer for wage growth

February 22, 2018 | 11:33pm CEToriginal
Details of the carmaker’s first and second proposal, an increase in tariffs in four phases, conditional agreement on the extension of atypical shift models...
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Borgers to make changes in logistics in Czechia

February 22, 2018 | 01:09am CEToriginal
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Audi to establish R&D centre in Hungary

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Details of the functions, carmaker engineers' doubts about the legality of the functions, investigations in the US and Germany...
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February 15, 2018 | 11:37pm CEToriginal
The Ford Credit finance division apparently intends to move a large part of the UK branch to continental Europe and is already looking for employees for a future German bank...
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Docter Optics expands production in Czechia

February 13, 2018 | 11:30pm CEToriginal
The company has built a new hall where new lines are being installed now. The amount of investment, size of the premises, HR, positions, offered wages and benefits...
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EC: Six countries not yet implemented Vehicle Technical Qualification Directive

February 13, 2018 | 10:58pm CEToriginal
The delay has been 8 months now. The countries concerned, including Czechia and Slovakia, legislation related to all road vehicles, the deadline for a response...
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