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Electric vehicle manufacturer takes over 79% of the European market Tesla was particularly expressive for the field of electromobility in 2019. This is because Matthias Schmidt, automotive analyst, predicts that 2019 would be named “the year of Tesla” in the history books. Last year, the number of pure electric car registrations in Europe rose by 78.9 percent. Tesla, which is under the leadership of Elon Musk, was most involved in this. If, for example, the registrations of the Model 3 are removed from the European market, the figure falls from around 79 percent to just under 31 percent. With a…
EU-funded project on an application of artificial intelligence Many seaports are not using yet all the possibilities of digitalization. For example, loading and unloading is only carried out automatically at less than three percent of the world’s terminals. A large amount of data is generated at a port. Bringing it together and using it is very costly in organizational and technical terms. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), this process could possibly be made easier in the future. Project DataPorts For better use of the data and further automation of the work at the terminals, there is now an…
German automotive industry is too dependent on the Asian market The German automotive industry is more and more struggling with supply bottlenecks. Electrical engineers are affected by the problem. In addition to Daimler, Audi has now also been affected. A spokesperson announced on Monday: “There are supply bottlenecks in the production of the e-tron in Brussels”. There are currently 3,000 employees in Brussels. Audi cites the difficult coordination of all 300 suppliers as the reason for the current problem. Industry circles declare supply bottlenecks of battery cells guilty. Workers do not have to fear a stop of production, but short-time…
Uwe W. Klenk about the retail industry Another year, another decade. Given the current rate of global warming, what will the state of the world be in 2029? Will electric canoes have replaced the motor car on flooded streets – much to the glee of Greta Thunberg, the new president of the EU Commission? Brexit Britain will have either sunk into the North Sea or have confounded its detractors by transforming London into a Singapore-upon-Thames. And what of today’s strongmen? Will Trump, Putin, Erdogan & Co. be revered as national heroes in white marble monuments or will a new female…
Press release Kloepfel Corporate Finance exclusively advised WITTENSTEIN SE on the disposal of its med-tech business to medical device specialist Orthofix Munich, February 2020 – Kloepfel Corporate Finance has acted as exclusive financial adviser to WITTENSTEIN SE (WITTENSTEIN) on the sale of its med-tech business to US based stock listed Orthofix Medical Inc. (Orthofix). The acquisition is anticipated to close by the end of the first quarter of 2020 subject to customary closing conditions. Orthofix will take over the portfolio of medical devices – comprised of FITBONE® and FITSPINE® – from WITTENSTEIN subsidiary WITTENSTEIN intens GmbH. WITTENSTEIN believes that the…
HWWI commodity price index fell in January HWWI overall index fell by 3.3 % (US dollar base) Crude oil prices declined by 2.4 % Index for industrial raw materials rose by 1.5 % (Hamburg, February 13, 2020) In January, the HWWI commodity price index fell by an average of 3.3 % (Euro base: -3.2 %) compared with the previous month and showed a value of 112.1 points (Euro base: 112 points). The decline in the price index was due to falling crude oil and natural gas prices. The sub-index for energy raw materials fell by 4.0 % (Euro base: -3.9…
365 days in one picture: Our yearly review 2019 in figures. What 21 companies with over 250 employees worldwide have achieved in one year! We would like to thank all those who have contributed to this success and look forward to 365 new days full of exciting projects, challenges and experiences.
Does it make sense for medium-sized companies to question or benchmark their long-term broker? How do broker tenders help to improve insurance coverage and save money at the same time? And how do broker tenders work? In an interview, Richard Mayer, spokesman for the Blumenbecker Group’s management since the beginning of 2019, explains how he improved his company’s insurance cover with little effort by issuing a broker tender. The international service provider for trade and industry, with around 1,300 employees in nine countries, generates annual sales of over 200 million euros. What was the occasion for Blumenbecker to take…
Düsseldorf, 23.01.2019 – Last year, the order intake of many companies collapsed, in some cases completely unexpected. As a result, production capacities were freed up on the supplier side and raw material prices fell. In many industries, the sellers’ market turned into a buyers’ market within a short period of time. Buyers will continue to have great potential in 2020 to optimize their procurement costs. Considering the more turbulent times as well as the opportunities offered by digitization, purchasing should basically see itself as a permanent innovation motor in order to be able to adapt to major changes faster than…
Car company could sell more cars in 2019 The BMW group has sold 2.52 million BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce cars in 2019. This represents an increase of 1.2 percent compared to 2018, when the number was at 2.49 million cars. Across all brands, BMW Sales Director Pieter Nota continues to see the Group as the world’s leading manufacturer of premium brands. But since 2016, BMW’s core brand has lagged behind Mercedes-Benz in terms of worldwide sales. However, Nota did not provide figures for the BMW brand alone this time. Success in the top luxury segment with Rolls-Royce Last year Rolls-Royce…
HWWI commodity price index rises in December HWWI overall index rose by 2.4 % (US dollar basis) Crude oil price increase of 4.1 % Index for food and beverages rose by 3.9 % (Hamburg, January 10, 2020) The HWWI commodity price index rose by an average of 2.4% (euro basis: 1.8%) in December 2019 compared with the previous month and stood at 115.9 points (euro basis: 115.7 points). All subindices included in the HWWI commodity price index also rose on average in December. The index for energy raw materials rose by 2.2 % (euro basis: +1.6 %) to 116.6 points…
New-Year-Interview with Marc Kloepfel and Duran Sarikaya Which factors have particularly affected the year 2019 for the Kloepfel Group? First of all, we would like to say a big thank you to 116 companies who have placed their trust in us in 2019. In total, we were able to achieve savings of 138 million euros for our customers. We are very proud of this and look forward to working on exciting projects with our existing and new customers in the new year. As far as purchasing is concerned, we can look back on an unusual year. The companies started with…
The Group increases its independence Amazon seems to be developing further and further in the USA. According to an estimate by Morgan Stanley, soon half of all Amazon packages will be delivered by the company itself. Compared to the previous year, when it was only 20 percent, this is an enormous change. This gives reason for various analysts to believe that Amazon Logistics will soon deliver more of its products itself than UPS and FedEX combined. Amazon Logistics is designed for cities The more Amazon expands this process, the more independent the Group is from logistic partners. Amazon itself currently…
“Largest IPO” for the Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco received proceeds of 25.6 billion dollars from the IPO, although only 1.5 percent of the shares are traded. Until recently, the titles “Biggest IPO” and “Biggest IPO of the Year” were defended by the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba. Because of the IPO of the oil company Aramco, both titles had to be passed on to the Arabian Peninsula. After a considerable jump in the share price, Aramco is worth a total of 1.88 trillion dollars and thus higher than Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft. IPO was thought through for four years…
The Swiss Interroll Group is the world’s leading supplier of material flow solutions. The company’s end users include leading brands such as Amazon, Bosch, Coca-Cola, DHL, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Walmart and Zalando. Interroll offers its customers a wide range of platform-based products and services such as rollers (conveyor rollers), drives (motors and drives for conveyor systems), conveyors & sorters and pallet and carton flow (flow storage systems). The company was founded in 1959 and has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1997. Headquartered in Switzerland, Interroll has a global network of 32 companies with revenue of…
Interview with Julius Kley, Lead Consultant for supplier conventions “In purchasing is the profit” It is well known that most companies have enormous saving potentials in purchasing. Nevertheless, these potentials often remain largely unused, as buyers simply lack the time for strategic tasks. This is where the Return on Investment Tool Supplier Convention comes into play – savings up to seven percent are possible. The aim is to establish a basis of trust with suppliers and negotiate new conditions at the same time. In an interview, Julius Kley, Lead Consultant for Supplier Conventions at Kloepfel Consulting, talks about his experiences…
The year 2020 has just started. That is why the Kloepfel Magazine wants to record the top ten articles from 2019. Because a good advice never comes too late: Supplier conventions: A million euros in a day Seize your opportunity now: Demands and commodity prices are falling, and it is your turn to capitalize on expiring contracts with renegotiations. Find out how our strongest methods, supplier conventions, direct negotiations and supplier sourcing, can grant you access to a million euros in savings. www.kloepfel-magazin.com Economic shock strengthens your negotiating position Now or never: Managing directors should use the…
This year, the BME Symposium took place for the 54th time in Berlin from 13th to the 15th November. Under the motto “#pacesetter” around 1,800 buyers, logistics experts and supply-chain-managers discussed the opportunities and risks associated with industry 4.0. This year, the Kloepfel Group once again presented itself as an exclusive partner in the Foyer Potsdam. The Kloepfel Group presented parts of its portfolio at the trade fair, divided into three areas: purchasing and product optimization, services and human resources. Fair visitors had the opportunity to obtain comprehensive information from the experts of the Kloepfel Group about the range of…