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European manufacturing

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Inside BusinessRichard Milne
    Costs of the green transition loom large for European companies

    Business leaders say Europe’s policymakers are ill prepared for just how expensive the shift is likely to be

    Workers walk at the snow-covered site of the Northvolt Ett factory in Skelleftea, north Sweden
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    EU countries set to greenlight tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: European governments ramp up evacuations from Lebanon

    An aerial photo of BYD electric cars awaiting export
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Northvolt AB
    Northvolt to cut more than 20% of jobs in battle for survival

    Europe’s leading battery maker is downsizing as it struggles to build up production amid slowing shift to electric vehicles

    Workers at Northvolt’s gigafactory in Skellefteå, northern Sweden
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    European steelmakers plead with Brussels to tackle flood of Chinese exports

    European prices drop below cost of production as world market is deluged

    Bundles of steel tubes at a trading market on the outskirts of Shanghai
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    LexSweden
    Sweden’s industrial companies are sending up a flare on global growth Premium content

    Limp purchasing managers’ indices in July and poor figures for new orders hint that Europe is heading for broader slowdown

    A flag outside the Riksbank headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Industrials
    The four-wheel cargo bike makers seeking to oust vans from cities

    A five-year-old sector is seeking to overcome reliability challenges to transform deliveries

    EAV chief Chris Temple with a four-wheel cargo bike
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Industrials
    German cruise ship builder Meyer Werft nears government rescue

    Group needs €2.7bn to manufacture vessels whose prices were negotiated when costs were lower

    The Disney Treasure cruise ship is docked at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The large vessel features distinctive Disney branding, including a red funnel with a Mickey Mouse emblem. A person can be seen taking a photo of the ship from a nearby tent
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Eurozone economy
    Fall in German business activity drags down Eurozone economy

    Purchasing managers’ poll hits 5-month low on weak growth in services and steep falls in manufacturing

    Man works on car production line
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Hydrogen power
    European groups urge action to stop threat of cheap Chinese imports

    They want ‘made in Europe’ requirements to protect region’s hydrogen equipment manufacturing industry

    Employees bind hydrogen gas cylinders at the Calvera Hydrogen SA plant in Zaragoza, Spain
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Stellantis to shift some Chinese electric vehicle production to Europe

    Tariff announcement from Brussels prompts Citroën and Fiat brand owner to move part of Leapmotor output

    A white Leapmotor C10 model car is displayed at a showroom in its headquarter in Hangzhou, China
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    UK manufacturing
    Number of UK grads opting for professional services is policy ‘failure’, says ex-Shell CEO

    Peter Voser says university leavers let down by education system and governments that have neglected manufacturing

    Peter Voser
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone business activity rises to 11-month high

    Data expected to reassure ECB officials that eurozone still on track for ‘soft landing’

    A production hall in Augsburg, Germany
  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    German economy
    German industry unlikely to fully recover from energy crisis, warns RWE boss

    Markus Krebber says there will be ‘significant structural demand destruction’ in energy-intensive sectors

    An LNG floating storage unit in Lubmin, Germany
  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    German economy
    German factory production expands at fastest rate for a year

    Construction and carmaking drive stronger-than-expected performance in February

    Workers at a BMW car factory in Germany
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Special ReportFT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Made in Europe faces mixed fortunes

    Inflation and higher interest rates have hit manufacturers but some are bucking the trend

    The image features a man in the foreground speaking and gesturing with his hands. He is wearing a dark blue t-shirt, has short, dark hair, a trimmed beard, and a tattoo on his left arm.
  • Sunday, 24 March, 2024
    Martin Sandbu
    Europe is making trade conditional on production methods

    Businesses are upset by the extra regulation resulting from the restrictions

    An employee fits doors on an electric VW vehicle on an assembly line
  • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
    European economy
    Rising services activity points to pick-up in Europe’s economy

    PMI indices continue to rise across the UK and eurozone while downturn in manufacturing eases

    Staff spraying the street in front of a restaurant with a water hose in Rome, Italy
  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
    LexSolar power
    Europe’s solar crisis will cast a long shadow

    Brussels is under pressure to intervene with strict tariffs or measures to support the domestic industry

    Two workers in red inspect the panels
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone downturn eases despite German factory decline, survey finds

    S&P Global’s flash eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index rises to 8-month high

    A BMW assembly line in Munich
  • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
    Automobiles
    Why Giorgia Meloni is picking a fight with Stellantis’ John Elkann

    Agnelli family heir caught in Rome’s crosshairs as prime minister demands automaker increases domestic production

    Giorgia Meloni and John Elkann
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    Eurozone economy
    Ireland’s volatile industry data weighs on eurozone output

    Economists see weak industrial production figures as sign that bloc is likely to keep contracting in final quarter

    A worker at a factory in Monaghan, Ireland
  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
    Special ReportCircular Economy
    Campaigners push to give repair shops new lease of life

    The old philosophy of ‘make do and mend’ is making a comeback in Europe

    Dermot Jones, project manager at the Fixing Factory, sits at his workbench
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Inclusive culture at Stora Enso bolsters the safety factor

    Swedish-Finnish pulp and paper giant tops ranking of Europe Diversity Leaders

    A woman in her work clothes and safety gear poses for the camera inside a pulp and paper mill
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    German economy
    Germany agrees tax subsidies for industry worth up to €28bn by 2028

    Deal to help shield country’s manufacturers from high energy costs likely to draw criticism from Brussels

    A worker stands near a blast furnace at a German metals plant
  • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
    News in-depthSemiconductors
    Taiwanese semiconductor suppliers target Europe’s next-generation factories

    Chemical companies in Asia have cornered cutting-edge chipmaking market as EU supply chain atrophied

    An employee of German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon holds a 300mm test wafer at the company’s plant in Dresden, Germany
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