Widespread E-Procurement Usage
Six out of ten German enterprises (60 percent) order supplies, components and goods for production on the Internet. Read more
Merry Christmas 2008
The team of All about Sourcing wishes all readers a wonderful Christmas and relaxing holidays!
Red Gold in Hamburg
Europe’s biggest copper producer is to be renamed. With their new name, Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (NA), Hamburg, and Cumerio show their combination to the public. Read more
Bosch Expands Solar Production
Bosch Group invests around 530 million euros in a large production site for solar cells and modules. About 1,100 new jobs are to be created at ersol Solar Energy AG in Arnstadt, Germany. Read more
Daimler and Evonik Establish Strategic Alliance
Evonik Industries AG, Essen and Daimler AG, Stuttgart are developing the energy storage of the future. Daimler AG takes over 49.9 percent of Li-Tec Vermögensverwaltung GmbH. In the near future, Li-Tec cells will appear in electric vehicles of Mercedes-Benz Cars. Read more
Management Training in China
Executives from EU-based small and medium-sized enterprises and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have the opportunity to apply for a fully-funded training scheme that will qualify them as China experts in 2009. Applications for the EU-China Managers Exchange and Training Programme (METP) can be submitted until January 4, 2009. Read more
Lack of Qualified Employees in Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic it has become almost impossible for companies of certain industries to find enough qualified employees. Salaries have continued to rise. Read more
Long-term Growth in Maritime Traffic
The Federation of German Seaport Operations (ZDS) expects German turnover of sea goods “only” to be dented. Read more
Bisnode Acquires WLW
Bisnode AB from Stockholm acquires the Hamburg-based Wer Liefert Was GmbH (WLW). The Italian Group Seat Pagine Gialle is the seller of the B2B supplier search engine. The purchase price is around 40 million euros. The acquisition is pending approval by the German anti-trust and competition authorities. Read more
New Lederer Full Catalogue 2008/2009
Lederer GmbH from Ennepetal (Germany) has updated its reference book on stainless steel fasteners. In the full catalogue 2008/2009 thousands of articles, services as well as material information are neatly arranged.
Throughout this reference work all information is provided in German and English. Catalogue size has increased by 20 percent, containing now 628 pages. More than 30 new product lines with several hundred individual articles have been included. Product listings are classified according to DIN, ISO and standardized articles. In case of same or similar articles, appropriate references are made. The Lederer presentation of e-business offers is rather comprehensive, including shop, tracking and EDI. Now, the subject index has 650 entries, up from 400.
You can download the catalogue as a Pdf file under lederer-online.com. Any printed catalogue content is also available online.
