SPECIAL REPORTS

The Volvo Group has appointed Heléne Mellquist as the new President for Volvo Penta as well as a new member of the Volvo Group Management. Mellquist, who is currently the President for the European Division at Volvo Trucks. will replace Björn Ingemanson, who after a long and successful career, will retire. ...

  • Perfects Partnership Plans for Nigeria, Zambia,  Kenya, South Africa     Zimbabwe has joined the league of a few African countries currently embracing the adoption of electric vehicles for public transportation. Last week in Harare, the country’s capital, VAYA Africa, a transportation company owned by  Zimbabwean entrepreneur, Strive Masiyiwa, ...

Around the globe, the take-up of electric cars is expected to accelerate rapidly in future, driven by consumer demand and government policies aimed at tackling climate change. The future of mobility is clearly electric, but the transition will lead to a fundamental change in risk for manufacturers, suppliers and insurers ...

  Paris-based public infrastructure developer, Meridiam,  and its partner, Munich Airport, Germany, have finally been confirmed as the concessionaire for Sofia Airport, by the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport. The confirmation came as the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria  upheld the decision of the Commission for Protection of Competition of 14 November 2019 ...

  A new report titled, Opportunities of Autonomous Delivery Robots in Warehouse Management, released by Frost & Sullivan, says the global warehouse automation market is expected to witness a boom and  nearly double its size, expanding from $14 billion in 2019 to $27.2 billion by 2025. According to the analysis, ...

BRALO AUTOMOBILE, a leading name for premium cars as well as provision of logistics services in the auto industry, has unfolded its plans for the growing African automotive market. Operating from the German city of Hamburg, BRALO, which is also a trusted name for clean and brand new premium automobiles, ...

LIQUI MOLY Managing Director Ernst Prost on being content In today’s newsletter, Ernst Prost, Managing Director of the oil and additive specialist, LIQUI MOLY, examines the connection between health and contentment as he explains why one can exist without the other. Enjoy it here. “Ladies and gentlemen, “Dear Companions! “I can ...

The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa [NAAMSA) has expressed satisfaction that the industry was pressing ahead with its commitment towards the transformation agenda of the automotive sector in the country. This affirmation came after Billy Tom was appointed as the CEO and Managing Director of Isuzu Motors ...

  Survey of the automobile trade in Germany by the trade journal, Markt Intern, puts Ernst Prost at the top LIQUI MOLY Managing Director, Ernst Prost, has been named Germany’s Best Car Market Manager for 2019/2020. This was the result of a survey conducted on the country’s specialist automobile trade ...

  The Commonwealth Secretary-General is urging governments to ensure their countries’ post-COVID economic recoveries are environmentally sustainable and safe for the ocean. Forty-seven of the Commonwealth’s 54 member countries have a coastline while 25 are either small island developing states or ‘big ocean states’ relying heavily on the ocean for food ...