A year after exploit this scandal also known as “diéselgate”, some 1,400 claims for compensation of investors expect to be dealt with before the Provincial court of Braunschweig, competent, in the case of the manipulation of the emissions of gases of diesel vehicles Volkswagen (VW).
Of these claims, amounting to a total of 8.200 million euros, approximately 750 were filed mostly by private investors, through a firm of lawyers this same Monday, 19 September, when closing deadline for orders of compensation. However, at least two of these claims also belong to institutional investors and up to the amount set of 2,000 million euros, reported the Landgericht Braunschweig.
in Addition, the pension fund of bavarian demands a compensation of 700,000 euros, the federal state Baden-Württemberg calls for 1.1 million euros and the reserves of the special fund of Hesse demanded 4 million euros.
South Korea
Meanwhile, in South Korea, the person in charge of the certification process of Volkswagen became the first executive of the central office of the German mark in testifying before the Prosecutor’s office of South Korea in relation to the case of alleged manipulation of emissions data.
the identity of The executive has not been revealed already that you do not appear in quality of the suspect. Before entering the courthouse for the Central District of Seoul, the man said to the press that he came to South Korea as an employee of Volkswagen to cooperate with the investigation of local authorities and to clarify the facts is very important for the company, according to statements collected by the local agency Yonhap.
This appearance is joined to the several officers referred to above, including the executive director of the unit, south Korean, Thomas Kuehl, the director of Audi Volkswagen in Korea, Johannes Thammer. According to the investigation, the Ministry of Environment had already asked in 2011 to the company to explain the excessive emissions of nitrogen oxide from their vehicles. Prosecutors want to know why Volkswagen did not provide the necessary information then, and if the headquarters participated in the fraud, which affected the local unit.
The case of alleged manipulation came in 2015, when it was discovered that the German manufacturer had used a fraudulent software to distort the emissions of their vehicles in several countries, among them South Korea. The south Korean Government has imposed several fines to Volkswagen in relation to the case, the most recent last August 2-17.800 million won (14.3 million euros/ $ 16 million-, when in addition to revoked certificates and banned the sales of 80 models of Volkswagen in the country.
united States
the united States has also sued Volkswagen for a compensation of 30 million euros. Volkswagen, which last year had a loss of almost 1,600 million euros, is facing the demands of numerous shareholders who consider that reported to the market too late and has caused losses. These demands of institutional investors and individuals, has joined recently the asset manager Blackrock.
The Environment Agency of EE. UU. (EPA) publicly accused VW of handling the 18 of September of last year, but until the 22nd of September, VW is not revised down its profit targets for 2015. Shares of Volkswagen were the 18 of September 2015 162,40 euros, at the closing of the deal, hours before it was released, the manipulation. On the 2nd of October had already fallen to 92,56 euros, a 43 % less, although have been recovered, and now cost about 120 euros.
RML (efe, Reuters, afp)
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Volkswagen
The largest manufacturer of cars in Europe is also a family business. Behind the company of Wolfsburg hide Porsche and Piëch. Despite the famous scandal of exhaust emissions, in the last year VW, with its 610,000 were employees, achieved a sales volume worldwide of about 213.000 million.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
BMW
quite A distance follows another car manufacturer. BMW generated 92.000 million euros in the last year. The brothers Stefan Quandt and Susanne Klatten treasure the 46.7 per cent of the shares of the company munich.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Lidl & Co
Germany is still the country of supermarkets of discount. The group Worked in the city, based in neckarsulm, which belong to Lidl and Kaufland, has increased by more than 5,000 million euros of sales volume until the 79.300 million euros. Thanks to it already occupies the third place of the list. It is assumed that in 2018 the first stores Lidl will open in the united States.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Bosch
last year, the German company purchased the business of electrodométicos BSH and supplier of the industrial ZF and, with it, raised its sales volume by 44 percent. In absolute figures this equates to more than 70,000 million euros. Because of her involvement in the scandal of VW, the company will now book more than 500 million euros to cover possible costs of the process.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Metro
the giants trade is not going so well. But, despite the fact that the volume of sales of the company declined, Metro still managed to enter the top 5. Has its headquarters in Düsseldorf and employs more than 200,000 people around the world. Among the more profitable brands of the group Metro include Media Markt, Real and Kaufhof.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Aldi
Another discount supermarket between family businesses more and more powerful. In 2015, the two companies of the group, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd, with a turnover of nearly 28,000 million euros, reached a new record high in the domestic market. The figures of the total volume of sales at the global level are unknown.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Continental
Another supplier of cars: with 39.200 million euros in the tyre manufacturer Continental has increased its profits by 14 percent with respect to the 2014. 46 per cent of the shares of the company with headquarters in Hanover belong to the Schaeffler Group, specifically to Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler and her son Georg.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Fresenius
In the eighth position, the company appears dedicated to the healthcare Fresenius, with a sales volume of 27,600 in millions of euros. Comparing with the year 2014, this equates to a growth of 18 percent. The group Fresenius, based in Bad Homburg, features companies that operate independently in 4 business sectors different. The most famous is Fresenius Medical Care.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Phoenix Pharmahandel
This company also belongs to the healthcare sector. Phoenix Pharmahandel, with headquarters in Mannheim, is the company’s largest pharmaceutical Germany. With 22.600 million euros turnover), the company, which belongs to the group Merckle, occupies the ninth place of the list.
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The top 10 family businesses in German
Henkel
The most well-known product of the company of the consumer goods Henkel is the detergent Persil. In the year 1907, the first ad of Persil appeared in the newspaper Düsseldorfer Stadtanzeiger. With a volume of sales in the year 2015 18,000 million euros, the company, of which the family Henkel owns 61 per cent of the shares, closes this list in tenth place.
Author: Zhang Danhong (NM/MO)
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