Featured White Papers
- Aug. 28th: Delivering Online Presentations That Result in Higher Sales (Citrix Online)
- 9 critical reasons to automate performance management (SuccessFactors, Inc.)
- The missing link: Driving business results through pay-for-performance (SuccessFactors, Inc.)
Automotive Industry
Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedBMW chooses Leipzig for speed; Selection of plant site hinged on worker training, not wages.(News)
Automotive News Europe, October, 2003
 | Content provided in partnership with |  |
BMW AG chose local culture ahead of low wages for the company's new [euro]1 billion assembly plant in east Germany.
The German luxury carmaker will bring the plant for manufacturing 3-series models on line in Leipzig in early 2005.
BMW preferred the location to sites in Arras, France, and Kolin, Czech Republic, where wages are 50 percent and 75 percent lower, respectively, than in Leipzig.
Ernst Baumann, BMW's board member for human resources, said the decisive factor was being able to train unskilled workers quickly.
"Of course, low salary rates were interesting ...
Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.Find Research Guides for:
Find Featured Titles for: Reference
- Academe
- African American Review
- African Arts
- African Studies Review
- Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
- Alabama Heritage
- Alabama Review
- American Mathematical Monthly, The
- Anglican Theological Review
- Annals of Dyslexia
- Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
- Auk, The
- Australian Journal of Anthropology, The
- Christian Century
- Natural History
Most Popular Articles in Autos
- Service Slants
- 2007 utility vehicle buyer's guide: Side-By-Sides are popular; here's who ...
- Transmission considerations: beyond the manual gearbox
- Buell Motorcycle engineering, innovation, & dedication: in an industry ...
- 100 + 10: America's oldest automotive magazine celebrates its 110th year ...
- More »