Expats

Kia to boost output in Slovakia by 40 pct in 2010 (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) [Feb 26, 2010] BRATISLAVA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - South Korean carmaker Kia Motors Corp will boost car production in Slovakia by 40 percent this year, driven mainly by rising demand in the SUV market, the company's Slovak unit said on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Kia to boost output in Slovakia by 40 pct in 2010 (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) [Feb 24, 2010] BRATISLAVA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - South Korean carmaker Kia Motors Corp will boost car production in Slovakia by 40 percent this year, driven mainly by rising demand in the SUV market, the company's Slovak unit said on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Kia to boost output in Slovakia by 40 pct in 2010 (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) [Feb 24, 2010] BRATISLAVA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - South Korean carmaker Kia Motors Corp will boost car production in Slovakia by 40 percent this year, driven mainly by rising demand in the SUV market, the company's Slovak unit said on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Car output crashes, weighs on Slovak industry data (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) [Dec 08, 2008] BRATISLAVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A steep dive in Slovakia's car production outweighed growth in other industrial output in October, bringing home with a vengeance the impact of global economic slowdown. [via YahooNews] More >>

Car output crashes, weighs on Slovak industry data (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) [Dec 08, 2008] BRATISLAVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A steep dive in Slovakia's car production outweighed growth in other industrial output in October, bringing home with a vengeance the impact of global economic slowdown. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-08 09:40 Car output crashes, weighs on Slovak industry data (Interactive Investor) [Dec 08, 2008] BRATISLAVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A steep dive in Slovakia's car production outweighed growth in other industrial output in October, bringing home with a vengeance the impact of global economic slowdown. Slovakia's industrial production was flat on the year in October, the Slovak Statistics Office said, the worst performance since March 2005 and below market forecast of a 4.7 percent rise "The drop ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Car output crashes, weighs on Slovak industry data (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) [Dec 08, 2008] BRATISLAVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A steep dive in Slovakia's car production outweighed growth in other industrial output in October, bringing home with a vengeance the impact of global economic slowdown. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak industry beats forecast in May due to cars (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) [Jul 09, 2007] BRATISLAVA, July 9 (Reuters) - Slovak industrial output accelerated beyond market expectations in May as key car production picked up speed, data showed on Monday, and pointed to sustained strong economic growth in the second quarter. [via YahooNews] More >>

There's Detroit and there's Trnava (International Herald Tribune) [Nov 25, 2006] Car production in Eastern Europe is surging as foreign car companies rush to acquire local carmakers or build factories in the former Soviet republics. Left, Peugeot officially opened a new factory last month in Trnava, Slovakia. The plant is expected to employ up to 3,500 and churn out as many as 300,000 compact cars a year. [via YahooNews] More >>

No EU funds involved in Peugeot’s UK closure (EU Politix) [Apr 21, 2006] EU funding was not a factor in the decision by French firm Peugeot to relocate car production from the UK to Slovakia. [via YahooNews] More >>

SMALL SLOVAKIA BECOMES GLOBAL PLAYER FOR CAR PRODUCTION (The Tocqueville Connection) [Dec 11, 2005] BRATISLAVA, Dec 11 (AFP) - Slovakia, a small ex-communist country in central Europe, is becoming a car production powerhouse, with planned production by three large manufacturers of more than a million units a year from 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>