Ticker Archive
AUGUST 2007
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- Jena-Optronik is Boeing's first German "Supplier of the Year"
(GIS News)
Jubilation at Jena-Optronik. The Boeing Company selected the Jena-based company yesterday as one of only 11 chosen from a field of more than 27,000 suppliers in nearly 100 countries around the world. This award from Boeing, the world's leading aerospace company, is the company's premier supplier award, presented annually to its top suppliers for their commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction.
The winning suppliers were chosen based on statistical measurements of quality, on-time delivery, post-delivery support and cost for performance in 2006.
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- Michigan Governor Traveling to Sweden, Germany to Bring New Investment Back
(Michigan State Website)
Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to Sweden and Germany next month to meet with company leaders looking to expand in North America. The trip, scheduled for August 19-25, will be Granholm's fifth overseas investment mission. Her investment missions to Germany in 2004 and 2007 resulted in several companies investing approximately $102 million and creating more than 1,400 new Michigan jobs, including Behr America, Eberspacher, Bosch, Karmann, Mahle, FACTON, Kostal, MBTech Autodie, and AVL. Michigan Economic Development Corporation President and CEO James C. Epolito will accompany Granholm on the trip.
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- Google loses court battle to German upstart
(Corporate Website)
Young German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch won a legal battle against internet behemoth Google on the use of its "Gmail" brand for free electronic mail service. The hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg ruled that Google may not use the name in Germany, upholding 33-year-old businessman Daniel Giersch's claim to have a copyright on it. Giersch says he has used the name "G-Mail" since 2000, four years before the US giant launched its "Gmail" product.
Google regrets the decision by court but said the ruling will not affect its ability to offer the Web-based mail service in Germany, Google Senior Legal Counsel Arnd Haller said in a statement. As in the U.K., here it likewise doesn't own the Gmail trademark, Google provides the service under the name "Google Mail" in Germany.
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- New CEO at Volkswagen of America
(Corporate Website)
The Volkswagen Group Board of Management has appointed Stefan Jacoby (49) as President & CEO of Volkswagen of America, Inc. effective September 1, 2007. Jacoby will assume overall responsibility for the Group’s automotive business in the USA. He succeeds Frank Witter (48), who is moving to Volkswagen Credit, Inc., where he will become Co-President, sharing the post with the present incumbent Kevin Kelly (60).
Jacoby will restructure automotive business in the USA in close coordination with the Group Board of Management. The objective is to achieve further significant expansion in the position of Volkswagen and Audi on the US market through attractive and competitive products.
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- T-Mobile to Sell Apple's iPhone in Germany
(Rheinische Post)
Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile division has won a deal to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in Germany starting on Nov. 1. T-Mobile won the bid at the last minute from Europe's largest mobile operator, Vodafone Group PLC, according to a report in the Rheinische Post newspaper. Apple launched the iPhone in the U.S. on Friday to largely positive reviews, although its mobile partner there, AT&T Corp., experienced delays in activating some people's phones over the weekend.
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- Germany's Solon establishes U.S. operations in Tucson
(InsideGreenTech.com)
Solon AG, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of solar energy systems for commercial and government facilities, today announced a new U.S. subsidiary in Tucson, Arizona. Manufacturing operations are scheduled to begin in late 2007.
The company is finalizing agreements to acquire a 100,000+ square foot facility in Tucson, where it will produce high efficiency solar modules and provide design and installation services to large-scale commercial, municipal and utility customers throughout the United States, it said. Production during the next few months is to focus on preliminary operations as the plant ramps up toward full production in early 2008.
