World news about “Industry”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Euro zone industrial production surprises More signs have emerged that the economic recovery is on course as industrial output in the euro zone soared in… 12/03/2010 - Tags: Eurozone, Industry, Economy
The space business … the space industry? What’s … of the space industry demands a huge … is vital to an industry that is … 25/06/2009 - Tags: Space, Industry, Business
Russia starts car scrappage schemeA scrappage scheme has started in Russia to try to boost new car sales. The government is offering 200,000 vouchers… 08/03/2010 - Tags: Cars, Russia, Industry
Sweden back in recessionSweden’s economy unexpectedly slid back into recession in the fourth quarter. The figures caused the Swedish… 01/03/2010 - Tags: Industry, Crisis, Gross domestic product
Euro zone factory growth risesManufacturing activity in the euro zone grew slightly faster than previously thought in February according to a survey… 01/03/2010 - Tags: Eurozone, Growth, Industry
Euro zone manufacturing boostThe euro zone’s manufacturing sector enjoyed its best month in two and a half years in February. The survey of… 19/02/2010 - Tags: Eurozone, Industry, Euro crisis
Michelin vigilant as profits slumpFrench tyre manufacturer Michelin said it was extremely vigilant because of low market visibility and rising raw… 12/02/2010 - Tags: Cars, France, Industry
ArcelorMittal performance warningArcelorMittal has warned investors that it will not perform as well as had been expected in the first quarter of this… 10/02/2010 - tag: Industry
Turkish industrial production surgesThe recovery is starting to pick up in Turkey. Industrial production there increased by just over 25 percent in… 08/02/2010 - Tags: Turkey, Industry
Toy industry descends on Nuremberg… The toy industry fared better … “The toy industry had a very … 03/02/2010 - Tags: Industry, Economy, Children
Rusal shares fall on launchShares in Russian Aluminium group Rusal have fallen heavily on their launch on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The 2.2… 27/01/2010 - Tags: Russia, Industry, Economy
Car sale distortion continuesGovernment subsidised scrapping schemes continued to distort the European new car market. The industry association… 15/01/2010 - Tags: Cars, Markets, Industry
Japan’s industrial output risesJapanese industrial output rose for the ninth consecutive month in November, driven by strong exports and government… 28/12/2009 - Tags: Japan, Industry
Airlines to lose billions more in 2010… forecast from industry group IATA. … loss for the industry this … 15/12/2009 - Tags: Airlines, Industry, Crisis
Euro zone figures underscore fragile recoveryEuro zone industrial output fell in October. It was down 0.6 percent from the previous month and 11.1 percent… 14/12/2009 - Tags: Eurozone, Industry
Russian aluminium giant secures debt restructuringRussian aluminium giant UC Rusal has reached agreement with creditors in Russia’s biggest ever debt… 02/12/2009 - Tags: Russia, Industry
Cadbury shares hit record high after rival bidsShares in the British confectioner Cadburys have hit a record high due to expectations that Kraft will raise its bid… 23/11/2009 - Tags: Food, Industry, United Kingdom
ArcelorMittal profits upSteel giant ArcelorMittal has reported a profit for the July to September quarter, ending a run of three consecutive… 28/10/2009 - Tags: Industry, Profits, economic growth
Volvo’s losses slowSwedish lorry maker Volvo has announced a smaller third-quarter loss than expected at 322 million euros. That eased… 23/10/2009 - Tags: Industry, Sweden
Cadbury posts strong salesBritish confectionery group Cadbury saw its sales rise seven percent in the third-quarter. That was better than… 21/10/2009 - Tags: Food, Industry, United Kingdom
Peugeot and Fiat reveal less worse figuresCar sales are improving, but the question remains can that continue without government scrappage schemes? … 21/10/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry
ABB cuts fine provisions boosting profitSwiss engineering group ABB has said it expects its third-quarter net income to be boosted to around 670 million… 19/10/2009 - Tags: Switzerland, Industry
Emden in shock at shipyard sell offThe traditional German seaport city of Emden is in a state of shock as its North Sea Dockyards closed a day after… 29/09/2009 - Tags: Germany, Industry
Polish docks on the rocks after sale collapsesThe fate of two troubled Polish shipyards and thousands of jobs looks increasingly dire after the government in Warsaw… 18/08/2009 - Tags: Poland, Industry, Jobs
ArcelorMittal sees gradual pick-upArcelorMittal is forecasting only a gradual pick-up in business in the second-half of 2009 as global demand for steel… 29/07/2009 - tag: Industry
Gdansk shipyards fight another dayA restructuring plan for the Gdansk shipyards has finally been agreed with the European Commission meaning disputed… 22/07/2009 - Tags: EU Commission, Poland, Industry
Mixed news from Volvo trucksThe world’s second largest truck maker Volvo has posted a worse than expected second-quarter loss and said it… 21/07/2009 - Tags: Industry, Sweden
French workers threaten to blow up factoryFrench workers at a bankrupt car-parts company are threatening to blow up their factory if they do not receive… 13/07/2009 - Tags: France, Industry, Financial Crisis
GM considers improved RHJ bid of OpelBelgian-based holding company RHJ is reported to be buying a stake in Opel. It comes after talks between parent… 30/06/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry
PorscheTroubled luxury carmaker Porsche has turned down the advances of its humbler German cousin Volkswagen. It is rejected… 29/06/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry, Economy
GM to talk to regulators over Chinese Hummer bidGeneral Motors says it and Tengzhong will begin talking with regulators this week in a bid to obtain government… 29/06/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry
Euro zone industrial orders plungeNew industrial orders in the euro zone plunging more than a third in April compared with the same month last year… 25/06/2009 - Tags: Eurozone, Industry
Toyota facing rough timeThe new boss at Toyota has sketched out his plans for returning it to profit. Akio Toyoda promised a back to basics… 25/06/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry, Economy
Michelin reportedly to cut jobsFrench newspapers are reporting that Michelin is to cut between 1,000 and 1,500 hundred jobs in France. The tyre… 16/06/2009 - Tags: France, Industry, Crisis
Koenigsegg buying SaabA consortium headed by Sweden’s Koenigsegg has struck a deal to buy loss-making Saab from General Motors. Few… 16/06/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry
UK bankers criticise tougher regulationsBritain’s banks have said that they are not happy with proposed changes in banking regulations aimed at… 15/06/2009 - Tags: Banking, Industry, United Kingdom
Gloomy Paris Airshow opens… the aviation industry with earnings … The industry has also been … 15/06/2009 - Tags: Airlines, France, Industry
Holcim acquires Cemex’s Aussie divisionSwiss cement maker Holcim is buying the Australian business of its debt-laden Mexican rival Cemex. It will pay… 15/06/2009 - Tags: Switzerland, Industry
Fiat sticking with ChryslerFiat says it will not walk away from its deal to link up with bankrupt car maker Chrysler after it was temporarily… 09/06/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry
Qatar may take Porsche stakePorsche has confirmed that it is in exclusive talks to strike a deal with the Gulf state of Qatar that could ease its… 09/06/2009 - Tags: Cars, Qatar, Industry
German govt in more talks on Opel saviourSenior German ministers are preparing to decide which of the three bidders for the struggling car-maker Opel will get… 25/05/2009 - Tags: Cars, Germany, Industry
Fiat boss confident on Opel dealFiat’s chief executive reportedly believes it has a better than 50 percent chance of succeeding in its bid for… 21/05/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry
Volvo truck sales slumpVolvo is having increasing difficulty in finding customers in the global downturn. The world’s second… 20/05/2009 - Tags: Industry, Sweden
Continental to keep Stoecken openContinental has settled a dispute with unions over the closure of its tyre making plant at Hannover Stoecken. It… 19/05/2009 - Tags: France, Industry
Intel challenges EU fine, will appealThe EU’s one billion-euro fine on Intel, the US chipmaker, will not end the giant’s dominance, but the… 14/05/2009 - Tags: European Union, Industry, Technology
Euro zone industrial output tumblesIndustrial output in the euro zone dived again in March. It fell by 20.2 percent compared with the same month last… 13/05/2009 - Tags: Eurozone, Industry
Painful cost of FIAT’s world visionFiat and General Motors are manouevring into position to become the world’s second largest carmaker. Those are… 07/05/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry
VW and Porsche to merge as Saab awaits Fiat’s callVolkswagen and Porsche are to merge. That follows an agreement reached between the controlling shareholders, the… 06/05/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry
Polish shipyarders cry foulThe workers at Europe’s most famous shipyard are sending out a last SOS. Gdansk – Solidarity’s… 05/05/2009 - Tags: Poland, Industry
Chinese economic green shootsA new survey of Chinese manufacturing seems to show the country’s economy is on the road to recovery helped by… 04/05/2009 - Tags: China, Industry, Crisis
Fiat lobbies over Opel mergerA radical overhaul of the European car industry could be closer after the boss of Italy’s Fiat met top German… 04/05/2009 - Tags: Cars, Industry, Economy
REACH outs chemical risk potentialSo this chemical is safe is it? Thanks to EU law, industry has to prove it. REACH legislation says the producers or… 01/05/2009 - Tags: European Union, Industry
Aubry aims smack at MolexThe French Socialist Secretary-General Martine Aubry and the President of the PES Poul Nyrup Rasmussen conferred with… 27/04/2009 - Tags: European Union, France, Industry
GE profit fall not as bad as fearedGeneral Electric has reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit. The largest US conglomerate is seen as a… 17/04/2009 - Tags: Industry, USA
Euro zone inflation and industrial output fallThe recession continues to effect both purchasers and producers. Inflation in the euro zone halved to an all-time… 16/04/2009 - Tags: Eurozone, Inflation, Industry
Hundreds pack Italian court for asbestos hearingHundreds of people packed a courthouse in Turin on Monday to hear whether a Swiss billionaire and a Belgian Baron will… 07/04/2009 - Tags: Health, Industry, Justice
Continental to reconsider factory closuresWith unrest growing in several European countries over swingeing job cuts and business collapses – workers… 27/03/2009 - Tags: France, Industry, Crisis
Euro zone industrial output slumpsIndustrial output in the 16 countries of the euro zone plunged by a record amount in January. It was down by 3.5… 20/03/2009 - Tags: Eurozone, Industry
Trial opens on French factory blast that killed 31Victims of a chemicals factory explosion in the southern French town of Toulouse eight years ago have welcomed the… 23/02/2009 - Tags: France, Industry, Justice, Accident
Gas restrictions hit manufacturing output in EUCurbs on gas use due to the ongoing dispute between Russia and Ukraine have forced many companies in Eastern Europe… 08/01/2009 - Tags: Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Industry, Gas
Output slumps across EuropeIndustrial output sank in several European economies in October as the slowing economy and falling sales forced… 10/12/2008 - Tags: Europe, Industry, Economy, Financial Crisis
No immediate state aid for US auto industryStruggling US carmakers have been told there will be no immediate government rescue plan. Democratic congressional… 21/11/2008 - Tags: Industry, USA, Financial Crisis
Uncertainty over bailout plan for US auto industry… ailing auto industry appears … the car-making industry on Monday, … auto industry is an … 18/11/2008 - Tags: Cars, Industry, USA, Economy, Financial Crisis
