• Zurich plans further job cuts

    • February 11, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Zurich has announced plans to withdraw 8,000 roles by the end of 2018 after announcing a 37% reduction in profits for 2015. The roles include the 440 job cuts made last year in the UK and hundreds of roles being made redundant in Germany. Speaking to Post, Zurich’s interim CEO, Tom de Swaan, said, ‘We [...]
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  • Addressing the automotive skills shortage

    • February 11, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    We’ve all been there – by the time we’ve got to grips with one technology five more have emerged. This is especially true in the automotive industry, which is going through arguably its greatest technological revolution. These days no one person can be expected to cover all bases – the skills required to repair a [...]
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  • BMI: 2016 could be turning point for industry

    • February 9, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    The automotive industry has been warned to brace itself for another difficult trading year, although it’s expected to bottom out and 2016 could eventually be a turning point. That is the forecast of Anna-Marie Baisden, head of autos analysis at Business Monitor International (BMI), who was talking to nearly 200 delegates at the third IBIS [...]
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  • Ford sales spike in China

    • February 9, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Ford has reported record sales in China for the first month of 2016, with sales jumping 36% compared to January 2015. It sold 130,832 vehicles last month, with strong sales in Escorts, Mondeos and Ford’s sport utility fleet driving the increase. Changan Ford Automobile, Ford’s passenger car joint venture, also achieved records figures with 111,856 [...]
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  • India: all change for ARAI

    • February 8, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The Times of India reports that the Pune based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) intends to foray into other business sectors once all the centres under the centrally-funded National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) become fully operational. A total of seven centres will be set up across the country under NATRiP. Some [...]
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