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Johnson Controls Announces Global Workforce Reductions

Johnson Controls Announces Global Workforce Reductions

Targeting $250 million in annual cost savings Johnson Controls, , announced today it is planning to reduce its global salaried workforce by as many as 3,000 people, or 2.5% of total employees, through comprehensive initiatives designed to ultimately deliver up to $250 million in annual cost savings. These actions will ... Continue reading

GM CEO Addresses Employees in Town Hall Meeting

GM CEO Addresses Employees in Town Hall Meeting

– General Motors CEO Mary Barra addressed employees in a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday at the GM Vehicle Engineering Center. Her prepared remarks are below. As always, the speaker’s words are definitive. ### Good afternoon. ... Continue reading

Mark Reuss Addresses Employees in GM Town Hall Meeting

Mark Reuss Addresses Employees in GM Town Hall Meeting

General Motors Executive Vice President of Global Product Development and Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Mark Reuss addressed employees in a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday at the GM Vehicle Engineering Center. His prepared remarks are below. As always, the speaker’s words are definitive. ### Thanks, Mary, and g ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz USA Announces Appointment Of Christian Treiber To Vice President, Customer Services

Mercedes-Benz USA Announces Appointment Of Christian Treiber To Vice President, Customer Services

Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today announced the appointment of Christian Treiber to vice president of customer services, effective January 1, 2016. Reporting directly to Stephen Cannon, president and CEO of MBUSA, Treiber will be a member of MBUSA's executive management team with responsibility for all customer service o ... Continue reading

Nominate a Candidate For The Goodyear Highway Hero Award

Nominate a Candidate For The Goodyear Highway Hero Award

Goodyear Highway Hero Award Honors Truck Drivers Who Put Themselves In Harm's Way to Help Others AKRON, OH -- Sept. 14, 2015: Do you know a truck driving hero? The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company wants to hear the story! Goodyear is accepting nominations for its 33rd Highway Hero Award at this web page through Nov. 29, ... Continue reading

ATA Celebrates Start of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

ATA Celebrates Start of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

Weeklong Celebration of America's Truck Drivers to Highlight Importance of Industry Today, American Trucking Associations – along with thousands of its members and partners – is commemorating National Truck Driver Appreciation Week: a weeklong celebration of the country's 3.4 million professional truck driver ... Continue reading

GM Celebrates Service with "TeamGM Cares Week"

GM Celebrates Service with "TeamGM Cares Week"

From packing boxes at food banks to delivering gifts to children’s hospitals and cleaning up neighborhoods, more than 1,900 General Motors’ employee volunteers will participate in nearly 100 community service projects across the U.S. as part of the company’s fourth annual “teamGM Cares Week” beginning Monday. “Ou ... Continue reading

Managment Change at BMW North America

Managment Change at BMW North America

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – September 11, 2015…. Ludwig Willisch President and Chief Executive Officer, BMW of North America is pleased to announce the following changes to his management team. Peter Miles, currently Vice President Sales Channel Development and Customer Relations has assumed the new role of Vice Pre ... Continue reading

A World of Opportunity for Latinas: FCA US Named a Top Employer by LATINA Style Magazine

A World of Opportunity for Latinas: FCA US Named a Top Employer by LATINA Style Magazine

FCA US ranked ninth and highest-rated automaker on the annual “LATINA Style 50” report out of more than 800 corporations evaluated Company recognized 12 times in the Top 50 since report was established in 1997 AUBURN HILLS, MI -- September 9, 2015: The most influential publication reaching the contemporary Hi ... Continue reading

Julien Montousse Named Mazda North American Operations Design Director

Julien Montousse Named Mazda North American Operations Design Director

Montousse increased the value of the Mazda brand through the interior design development of its award-winning lineup - IRVINE, CA -- Sept. 8, 2015: Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced the appointment of Julien Montousse as Director of Design at its Irvine, California-based design studio. Montousse jo ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Recap W/O August 31-September 6, 2015 - Dick Guldstrand Hot Rod and Corvette Daddy, 1997 Winner Of The Auto Channel's Car Guy Of The Year Passes At 87

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Recap W/O August 31-September 6, 2015 - Dick Guldstrand Hot Rod and Corvette Daddy, 1997 Winner Of The Auto Channel's Car Guy Of The Year Passes At 87

* It was hot August new vehicle sales. Everyone was surprised with total sales of 1.5 million, down a bit from a year ago but with a seasonally adjusted rate (SAAR) of 17.8 million units. The sales pace was the highest in ten years and the best August since 2003. And yes, car sales are still suffering with the populari ... Continue reading

Jaguar Director of Design, Ian Callum Inducted to the Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame +VIDEO

Jaguar Director of Design, Ian Callum Inducted to the Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame +VIDEO

Ian Callum joins Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame Inaugural year also honours Sir Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark Presented by Association of Scottish Motoring Writers EDINBURGH -- September 3, 2015: Jaguar Director of Design Ian Callum has been named among the first inductees to the Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame at a pres ... Continue reading

Hans Dieter Pötsch be Elected to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG

Hans Dieter Pötsch be Elected to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG

The Executive and Nomination Committees of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG decided in a meeting today to support the proposal made by the shareholder representatives of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE that Mr Hans Dieter Pötsch be elected to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG at an Ext ... Continue reading

Next Generation Nissan Juke to be Built in Britain

Next Generation Nissan Juke to be Built in Britain

Second generation Juke to strengthen Nissan’s crossover leadership Further £100m investment in future of UK’s biggest car plant UK Chancellor welcomes outlook for 34,000 automotive jobs SUNDERLAND, UK -- September 3rd, 2015: Five years after inventing the small crossover, Nissan today announces a new gener ... Continue reading

Lincoln Tech and Audi Announce Automotive Career Training Partnership

Lincoln Tech and Audi Announce Automotive Career Training Partnership

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation , a national leader in specialized technical training, has been selected by Audi of America, Inc. as a Premium Plus Level partner in the Audi Education Partnership Program. Lincoln Tech will provide manufacturer-specific career training to students at its Mahwah, NJ, Nashville, ... Continue reading

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