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PSA's small car platforms should be favored in FCA merger: executive

Small car platforms developed by France’s Peugeot should be favored if plans to merge PSA and FiatChrysler go ahead, PSA executive Gaetano Thorel told Reuters on Wednesday. “On smaller segments PSA has the platforms which allowed the group to make the highest margins in Europe among all the automakers, so I find it reasonable that these platforms might be used in the future on some FCA models too,” Thorel said. “On the other hand FCA has got RAM and Jeep, and I find it reasonable that the new group might use those platforms in that segment,” …read more […]

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Thyssenkrupp to cut 640 jobs at System Engineering business

Thyssenkrupp on Wednesday said it planned to cut 640 jobs at its struggling System Engineering unit, which it put under review earlier this year. System Engineering, which makes assembly lines for the car, aerospace and battery industries, was one of three underperforming divisions the group has said needed major restructuring. “Overall we believe in the future of our automotive engineering business,” Karsten Kroos, head of Thyssenkrupp’s automotive supply business, said. …read more […]