German court rules in favour of Prevent over VW dispute
A court in Dusseldorf, Germany, is reported to have ruled in favour of the Bosnia based automotive seating and components supplier.
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Prevent files new lawsuit against Volkswagen
Bosnia based automotive seating and components supplier, Prevent Group, claims that Volkswagen has used its power over suppliers to extract anticompetitive agreements and harm competition in the segment.
Read More...Prevent to increase production capacity in Bosnia
The Germany headquartered car parts manufacturer plans to increase production capacity at its unit located in the Central Bosnian Canton.
Read More...Conflict between VW and Prevent halts production in Brazil
Financial losses and product shortages are leading the German car manufacturer to lay off factory workers in Brazil.
Read More...Volkswagen to review supplier strategy
Following the dispute with its leather seats and parts supplier, Volkswagen has announced it will review its current supplier and procurement strategy.
Read More...Volkswagen to compensate leather seat supplier
After shutting down production for its Golf and Passat models for about a week, Volkswagen has agreed to compensate the supplier, what further complicates the automaker’s objective of cutting costs down.
Read More...VW production hurt over dispute with leather seat supplier
Volkswagen has announced a production disruption at its German based manufacturing plants following a halt in deliveries by a major European leather seats and components supplier.
Read More...UGG trademark challenged in U.S court
Manufacturer of UGG boots, Australian Leather, is facing an uphill battle in a U.S. court against an American footwear company, which is seeking to prevent the Sydney based boot maker from describing its sheepskin footwear as "UGG" boots.
Read More...Officials destroy animal feed equipment using tannery waste
The Bangladesh Department of Environment (DoE) in a drive on December 22 destroyed 28 cauldrons and chimneys, and seven feed processing machines for producing poultry and fish feed using tannery waste in the city’s Hazaribagh area. The steps were taking to prevent poorly treated or toxic waste entering the food chain via animal feed.
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Old tanneries are not just polluters but also dangerous
I read Su Chaoying’s summary of what is happening in Wuji and Xinji with interest. Mr Su has made an excellent summary and identified the very positive approach being taken with regard to the pollution emanating from these poorly performing tanneries. Making them larger so that the investment/capacity ratio can be effective (it is worthwhile to invest in tanneries of a certain size), clarifying what will be done to prevent the discharge of untreated or poorly treated effluent with larger tanneries treating their own water or the reconstruction of the common effluent treatment plant.
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