Tom Chackalackal takes over global manufacturing engineering at Ford Tom Scaria Chackalackal has been promoted at Ford to executive director global manufacturing engineering. In his new role, he is to strengthen technical excellence and align the manufacturing organisation with safety, quality, cost and capital efficiency. Timo Gilgen
Volkswagen consolidates production, development and procurement across brands From January 2026, Volkswagen will jointly manage central functions of the volume brands. A new brand group board is set to accelerate decisions, reduce costs by €1 billion by 2030, and reorganise the industrial base of the Brand Group Core. Timo Gilgen
