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REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsFRANKFURT/MUNICH, Oct 26 (Reuters) - German technology groups have warned they are being hit by delays in getting China-bound exports through customs, following the introduction of a German government strategy to reduce economic dependence on demand from China. German chip-making kit supplier Suess MicroTec (SMHNn.DE) late on Wednesday cut its sales forecasts for the second time in three months, blaming tightened controls for exports to China. German customs and the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lobby group Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business (APA) told Reuters the BAFA office was appearing to scrutinise export requests more closely or escalate requests to the economy ministry more often. Still, the German chamber of commerce said the political environment was hobbling exports to China.

Persons: Phil Noble, Suess, Friedolin Strack, Burkhardt Frick, Martin Wansleben, Alexander Huebner, Rene Wagner, Christian Kraemer, Thomas Escritt, Anneli, Ludwig Burger, David Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Federal Office, Economic Affairs, Export Control, Pacific Committee, German Business, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Hamburg, Germany, FRANKFURT, MUNICH, China, Asia, Munich, Berlin, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt

DUESSELDORF, Jan 28 (Reuters) - German arms maker Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE) had a record year in 2022 and is approaching an order backlog of 30 billion euros, CEO Armin Papperger told Reuters in an interview. "We are approaching an order backlog of 30 billion euros, and I expect to see an order backlog of 40 billion euros next year," said the CEO of the company, which sells a whole range of defence products but is probably most famous for supplying the 120mm gun of the Leopard 2 tank. Rheinmetall expects sales to grow to 11 billion-12 billion euros ($12 billion -$13 billion) in 2025, he told German magazine Stern. The projection is higher than the 10 billion-11 billion euro range Rheinmetall gave during its capital markets day in November. For 2022, the company expects 6.5 billion euros in sales.

In 2022, Rheinmetall made some 60,000 to 70,000 rounds each of tank and artillery shells, according to Papperger, who said production could be boosted immediately. A few days before the meeting with the new defence minister, Papperger pushed for an increase of Germany's defence budget. "The 51 billion euros in the defence budget will not suffice to purchase everything that is needed. Even before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Germany was 20 billion euros short of reaching NATO's target for ammunitions stockpiling, according to a defence source. To plug the munitions gap alone, Papperger estimates the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) would need to invest three to four billion euros per year.

☆ Thunberg joins march on German village in protest against coal mine expansion
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins the activists protesting against the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine of Germany's utility RWE to Luetzerath, in Keyenberg, Germany, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Thilo SchmuelgenLUTZERATH, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Around 6,000 protesters - including climate activist Greta Thunberg - marched through mud and rain to the German village of Luetzerath on Saturday, according to a police estimate, demonstrating against the expansion of an opencast lignite mine. As the protesters neared the village, they were confronted by police in riot gear, and some used batons to push the protesters back. "It is the last place where brown coal will be mined - not a symbol for more-of-the-same, but for the final frontier." But activists have said Germany should not be mining any more lignite and focus on expanding renewable energy instead.

☆ Uniper CEO: complete repayment of billions in state aid 'ambitious'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Uniper SE FollowBERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Uniper (UN01.DE) Chief Executive Klaus-Dieter Maubach is sceptical that the embattled German utility will be able to repay billions of euros in state aid in full, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper. This would be "a very ambitious goal," Maubach told the paper in comments set to be published on Sunday. He said that since the beginning of December, daily losses have been close to 70 million euros ($74 million), with the last few days coming in slightly below that figure. Germany completed the nationalization of Uniper earlier this week after the European Commission approved a 34.5 billion euro recapitalisation plan and Uniper shareholders also gave the green light. ($1 = 0.9432 euros)Reporting by Anneli Palmen Writing by Miranda MurrayOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Germany pauses purchases of Puma tanks after operational problems
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Rachel More | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Shares in Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE), which manufactures the tanks together with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), were down 7% after the minister's announcement. A statement from the German defence ministry said the goal was to make the Puma tanks operational as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the German Bundeswehr military would use Marder tanks, the predecessor model to the Puma, from Jan. 1, in what a ministry spokesperson called a "fall-back solution". Neither Rheinmetall nor KMW would comment on the issues with the Puma model. The Spiegel magazine reported over the weekend that 18 Puma tanks intended for NATO's very high readiness joint task force next year were not operational after problems arose during a firing exercise.

☆ Participă online la lansarea de carte „Pe contrasens” de Oleg Serebrian
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

Marți, 29 iunie, ora 19.00, vă invităm la lansarea online a romanului Pe contrasens, de Oleg Serebrian, apărut la Editura Cartier, colecția Rotonda. Evenimentul este organizat de Librăriile Cărturești, Editura Cartier și ICR Berlin. În 2010-2015 a fost Ambasador al Republicii Moldova în Franța și pe lângă UNESCO, iar din 2015 este Ambasador al Republicii Moldova în Germania. Cartier, 2011), a fost distins cu premiul special al Uniunii Scriitorilor din Republica Moldova. Preț: 49 RON/ 199 MDLCartea poate fi cumpărată în toate librăriile bune din România și Republica Moldova.

Persons: Oleg Serebrian, Claudiu Florian, ., . dr . Otilia Hedeșan, Ute, Emilian, Păun, Oleg, Oleg SEREBRIAN, Ion Creangă, Emil Constantinescu, francez François Hollande Organizations: Facebook, ICR, ICR Berlin, Universitatea de Vest, Cartier, YouTube, Universității Pedagogice, Administrație, MAE, Universității Libere, UNESCO, Uniunii Scriitorilor, Steaua, I, Scriitorilor Locations: ICR Berlin, Timișoara, Berlin, Sachsenhausen, Chișinău, Nisa, Paris, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Republicii Moldova, Moldova, Europa de Vest, SUA, Franța, Germania, Republica Moldova, francez, Cluj, Rusia, răspântie, România

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