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A sweeping global financial crisis, roaring, the most the most economically developed regions, Europe and the United States affected the most significant areas. At present, including the automotive industry, machinery and other industries, including the real economy, key industries have been severely affected, and this is also a crisis management to the automotive spare parts, iron and steel, raw materials, such as the spread of the upstream industry. In response, the German parliament as early as in November will be by the German Government's 32 billion euros economic stimulus plan, the French government subsequently launched 26 billion euros of the stimulus program. The European Commission is promoting a total of up to 2,000 million euros in the economic stimulus program.

Nevertheless, in the manufacturing industry, the enterprises are still experiencing severe challenges. Many enterprises have adopted their own internal restructuring, a change in the development of dilated state, in its own organizational structure, while tightening, tightening capacity, or temporary closure of factories, or reduction of working hours, in order to deal with the economic crisis.

Overseas Aihong voice everywhere
December 10, the Swiss machine tool manufacturer Tornos announced in January to reduce its production base in the state of Bern, Switzerland working hours for workers. This is mainly to reduce too much inventory there is a possibility. The company said that if demand continued at current levels, then the next year in April and in October will continue to take the same action.

SKF Group is the number of layoffs worldwide has reached 2,500 people. In the third quarter, the company has taken a series of measures, including temporary lay off 1300 employees, minus overtime and so on, but the advent of the fourth quarter, the company said: "Although they came from such as air, rail, energy, the needs of these industries are still strong, but much higher than our previous expectations are lower. "Thus, in the United States and Europe has conducted a new round of job cuts, primarily associated with automotive applications.

Hardinge (Hardinge) is this year's U.S. manufacturing plants to its employees who put a two-week Christmas holiday. Meanwhile, in Taiwan and the mainland of employee working hours have been reduced. "The economic crisis has affected our customers ability to pay, as well as their final orders of the decision." The company president, Mr. Richard L. Simons, said: "The paralysis of the market makes the Hardinge and other companies are facing enormous challenges . in 2008 the remaining days, and soon to come in 2009, what are we to take the extent of the market business activities are currently unknown. "

China market: the importance of highlighting the
However, Ai Hong voice everywhere, there are a blur of bright spots should not be overlooked. China National Technical Import and Export Corporation vice president of European operations Ngai interview In an interview with Xinhua, said: "Germany's manufacturing industry is going through 15 years of the most significant adjustment, especially in the automotive industry-related major parts, machinery, machine tools and other industries. Many in the past refused to carry out technical cooperation with Chinese enterprises, but now showing great interest in cooperating with China, which for Chinese enterprises to expand in Germany, provided a rare opportunity for mergers and acquisitions. "
Under such circumstances, some companies pay more attention to the Chinese market began to consolidate the base for a clear-cut intensified. Sweden's Sandvik Group's production base is located in Zhenjiang New Area, a project has been successfully completed two projects about to start. According to "People's Network" reported that recently, Liu Handong Acting Mayor of Zhenjiang City with the Swedish Sandvik Group (Global) (Sandvik AB) CEO pull phase Peterson (Lars Pettersson) meeting, Peterson said, settled in this Zhenjiang Sandvik a project is the largest one in China's investment in building, which is not only taking into account the lower labor costs, more attention to China's huge space for development.

A total investment of 346 million U.S. dollars in this project is mainly used for production of new alloy material, in the first half of last year, started the building is divided into three phases. As a long-term development planning is one of Sandvik in a large number of staff wishes to send to Canada, Sweden and other countries for training.

Incidentally, recently, Kennametal (Kennametal) a total investment of 6.2 million U.S. dollars in Xuzhou production base has been opened is also built. The base is located in Xuzhou Economic Development Zone, covers an area of 40 acres, specializing in the production of coal mining machinery, rotary cutter drill bit bending engineering products such as mine, is expected to achieve annual output value of 300 million yuan. It is reported that, upon completion, or may become Kennametal Co., Ltd. in the U.S. market, the main production base in Southeast Asia.

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