
Christoph Steitz
Chief Company News Correspondent, Germany at Reuters
Chief Company News Correspondent, Germany, Reuters. At the intersection of energy, industry and cars. (Comments are my own, not those of Thomson Reuters)
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6 days ago |
jp.reuters.com | Michael Kahn |Christoph Steitz |Dominique Patton
チェコで働くパベル・チェシャル氏は、勤め先であるミサイルやドローンのエンジンを扱う企業がビジネスを倍に増やすことは十分に可能だと考えている。しかし、それは人材を確保できればの話だ。チェコ・ベルカビテシュのPBS社の工場で6日撮影(2025年 ロイター/Eva Korinkova) [ベルカビテシュ(チェコ)/フランクフルト/パリ 27日 ロイター] - チェコで働くパベル・チェシャル氏は、勤め先であるミサイルやドローンのエンジンを扱う企業がビジネスを倍に増やすことは十分に可能だと考えている。しかし、それは人材を確保できればの話だ。 欧州の多くの防衛関連企業も同じ悩みを抱えている。トランプ米大統領が欧州に対し、米国に過度に依存しないよう警告したことを受け、欧州各国の政府は弾薬、戦車、その他の兵器への支出を増額している。 チェシャル氏はチェコのPBSグループの事業担当副社長だ。プラハから車で2時間のベルカビテシュにある同社の生産施設では、約800人が勤務している。同氏はさらなる人材を探している。 「市場に人材さえいればすぐに雇うだろう。受け入れるためのビジネスはあるのだから」...
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1 week ago |
businesslive.co.za | Friederike Heine |Christoph Steitz
Berlin/Frankfurt — Volkswagen is holding “fair” and “constructive” talks with the US government on tariffs and wants to make further investments in the country, CEO Oliver Blume told German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Several foreign companies have announced new US investments in response to President Donald Trump's import tariffs, but German carmakers have been more cautious about committing more resources to what is their biggest export market.
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1 week ago |
reuters.com | Christoph Steitz |Ilona Wissenbach
A general view of Heidelberg Materials cement plant at Kattameya district in Cairo, Egypt September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Shokry Hussien/File Photo FRANKFURT, May 28 (Reuters) - Heidelberg Materials, the world's second-biggest cement maker, said on Wednesday it expects operating profit growth in the medium-term to 2030 to be driven by five megatrends, including higher defence spending and a growing demand for data centres.
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1 week ago |
japantimes.co.jp | Michael Kahn |Christoph Steitz |Dominique Patton
Pavel Cechal reckons the Czech company he works for could easily generate more business for its missile and drone engines to double its workforce, if only he could find the staff. His dilemma is shared by many defense companies in the European Union, where governments are ramping up spending on ammunition, tanks and other arms in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's warnings that they should not rely so much on Washington.
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1 week ago |
money.usnews.com | Michael Kahn |Christoph Steitz |Dominique Patton
ReutersFILE PHOTO: A worker produces a turbine engine component at PBS company, in Velka Bites, Czech Republic, May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Eva Korinkova/ File PhotoBy Michael Kahn, Christoph Steitz, Dominique PattonVELKA BITES, Czech Republic/FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) -Pavel Cechal reckons the Czech company he works for could easily generate more business for its missile and drone engines to double its workforce, if only he could find the staff.
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