Month: July 2021
Chip manufacturers changed production to meet demand The automotive industry faces semiconductor shortages through 2022. Alan Priestley of the analysis…
Paris/Düsseldorf/Brussels, June 2021 – The French EPSA Group has acquired four companies of the Düsseldorf-based Kloepfel Group as well as…
June 2021 Author Thanh Duy Tran, Senior Partner at Kloepfel Consulting The importance of purchasing for functioning companies is currently…
Interview with Arnd Bläsing, Purchasing Manager Sternenbäck In more than 170 Sternenbäck bakeries in 5 German federal states, fresh bread…
Interview with Gerrit de Graaf from the SV group in The Netherlands SV group supplies machines and services to the…
HWWI Commodity Price Index continues to increase in June HWWI overall index rose by 6.7 % (US dollar basis) Crude…
European Union’s ESI business sentiment index rises sharply In June of this year, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) rose sharply…
Need for action in digitalization There is apparently a growing concern among German transport companies that they are losing out…
Increased demand and supply bottlenecks for raw materials Producer prices for building materials such as wood, steel or insulation materials…