European truckmakers on a roll
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A strong performance from the truckmaking sector helped European equity markets drive higher by late-morning on Tuesday while Getronics jumped sharply after the Dutch computer services company received a potential takeover approach.
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Thousands of embittered car workers rallied across Europe against mass job cuts planned by General Motors, the world&#39;s biggest automaker, as labor unrest disrupted output at more GM plants Tuesday.
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TRNAVA, Slovakia  - As Europe's car manufacturing has shifted from west to east in the past decade, Slovakia has earned a reputation as a Detroit in the heart of Europe.
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The Texas Pacific Group is demonstrating how private equity financiers have become catalysts in reshaping business in Europe.
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Before any law has been passed, carmakers are putting on stability control systems. They like their buyers alive. Rollovers are the safety curse of sport utility vehicles.
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The German heavy truck maker MAN is close to closing on a contract to supply the British army with 8,000 vehicles for a total of about three billion euros (2.04 billion pounds).
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Two of Europe's biggest car-makers, Volkswagen and Opel, will this week open the latest front in German industry's battle to slash costs, secure longer working hours and impose more flexible conditions -- or ...
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German industrial conglomerate MAN has sent signals that it might be looking to tie the knot with Swedish group Scania with a view to becoming Europe's biggest truck maker ahead of DaimlerChrysler and Volvo.
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Like moths to a nightlight, the European Uniona s 10 new member countries are attracting new manufacturing companies from across Europe.
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Some of the biggest names in European aviation team up with the EU to develop cleaner aircraft.
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Champions Citroen and fellow French manufacturer Peugeot have dominated rallying in the last five years winning five constructors&#39; champiopnships and three drivers&#39; championships between them.
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BusinessWeek Online - Outsiders haven't been allowed a glimpse yet. But rivals are already feeling uneasy. Deep in the Czech Republic, in a town called Kolin, Europe's newest auto plant is being put through its final paces before a March debut. The ultra-low-cost manufacturing joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp.  and PSA Peugeot Citroen (peugy.pk.PK) -- combining Japanese production expertise with French parts-purchasing might in Europe -- is sure to up the ante for volume auto makers, who already have to worry about surviving on razor-thin margins. ...
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Following a year that saw their U.S. sales drop 4 percent overall, many European automakers are introducing a slew of new models in 2005 as part of an effort to reverse the slide and revive their brands.
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Every 60 seconds, a shiny new pickup truck rolls off the assembly line at Toyota&#039;s factory outside of Bangkok, a third of them bound overseas for places like Australia, Europe and the Mideast.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets rose Thursday with the automaking sector in the driving seat after healthy gains to share prices overnight in New York and earlier in Asia.
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The Polish government on Monday tried to defuse a crisis on the country's eastern EU border, where truckers are facing days of jams amid a wage protest by customs officers.
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Sports: 17 October 2004, Sunday. Pulling buses and trucks claims on more and more popularity among tough men who are regular participants of respective sports event.