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...Manufacturing problems in China and the uncertain economic outlook in the US have also raised concerns about Tesla’s prospects....
...Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson is spinning off its electric bikes division and listing it on the stock market through a merger with a blank cheque company, taking a similar route as other electric vehicle...
...Harley-Davidson set up manufacturing and sales operations in India a decade ago....
...Qiagen has increased production and moved to 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operations at two manufacturing sites in response to the pandemic, its chief Thierry Bernard said in March....
...He climbed the corporate ladder, gaining experience at the Renault-Nissan Purchasing Organization, a single purchasing organisation for both companies....
...During the pandemic it has increased production and moved to 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operations at two manufacturing sites....
...But in the case of Harley-Davidson, maker of the motorcycle brand, changing millennial tastes may actually be the issue....
...But when pressed, their immediate worries inevitably feature insecure employment and an inability to get on to the housing ladder....
...Marginson, of Oxford university, points out that, unlike Germany and South Korea, the UK is a services economy, rather than a manufacturing one....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on January 22, 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...US President Donald Trump attacked Harley-Davidson over its announcement that it would move some manufacturing out of the US to avoid EU tariffs...
...Harley-Davidson cut its profit margin forecast for the year as the motorcycle maker, caught in the crossfire of the US-EU trade war, said it expected tariffs to hit its business harder than previously thought...
...When testing Harley-Davidson’s first electric bike, he nearly flew off the course after misjudging his speed going over the top of a hill....
...Harley-Davidson said on Monday that it maintained a “strong commitment to US-based manufacturing”, but that its facilities in India, Brazil and Thailand would increase production to avoid paying the EU tariffs...
...“A Harley-Davidson should never be built in another country — never! Their employees and customers are already very angry at them....
...But while Mr Trump helps Foxconn celebrate in Racine county, Wisconsin — a key swing district that helped him win the presidency in 2016 — just up the road at Harley-Davidson, executives will be figuring...
...The Trump administration’s trade war with Europe widened on Monday after Harley-Davidson announced it would move some manufacturing out of the US to avoid EU tariffs and Brussels prepared further retaliatory...
...It stuck with its forecasts for operating margin, manufacturing optimisation costs, capital expenditures and effective tax rates, but added it expected operating income for its financial services division...
...When Michael Priem went to Harley-Davidson 18 years ago to help with its digital strategy, the motorcycle maker’s chief executive asked him a question: can you show me any other brand that has been tattooed...
...The US has also complained about $7bn worth of Indian export subsidies, which are part of Mr Modi’s plans to boost domestic manufacturing but which Washington says violate WTO rules....
...The escalating trade tensions have prompted responses from high-profile US companies including Harley-Davidson and General Motors, but are having much wider effects across the country’s manufacturing sector...
...Harley-Davidson similarly cited trade barriers as its motive for opening a plant there....
...During a 2015 strike, the bar, whose walls are covered with Pittsburgh Steelers and Harley-Davidson paraphernalia, provided support for the picketing steelworkers....
...Jorge Mesquita, chairman of Johnson & Johnson’s consumer division, last year noted how barriers to entry in the form of access to manufacturing, logistics and marketing were coming down across the world....
...They have struggled to make small-volume manufacturing work financially. Another rumoured buyer is Harley-Davidson, the US maker of throbbing cruisers....
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