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TRATON to Gather Brands' R&D Departments Under One Umbrella, Headed by Niklas Klingenberg

Summary by Sustainable Truck&Van
Since the beginning of July, approximately 9,000 employees from the R&D departments of Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus have come together under one Group R&D umbrella, headed by Niklas Klingenberg, the TRATON Executive Board member responsible for Research & Development in the TRATON GROUP. More into details, the 9,000 Group R&D employees will be joining forces with around 3,000 colleagues in R&D teams at the TRATON brands…

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The Volkswagen Group is separated from personnel manager Kilian.

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Surprisingly, the VW Supervisory Board has decided on the immediate separation of Kilian, the head of staff, and the employee side sees a clear reason for this.

Gunnar Kilian is the oldest member of the board of the largest car company in Europe. Now he goes abruptly – apparently in dispute. There is no successor yet.

·Munich, Germany
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In 2018, he was one of the youngest managers of a Dax group. Soon, a contract extension for Gunnar Kilian was to be negotiated.

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Volkswagen's head of the Group's staff has to go. He obviously lacked the support for a contract extension. But that doesn't seem to be the only reason for his departure.

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The manager had been with Volkswagen for more than 20 years and now apparently stumbled upon the collective bargaining agreement. What role did the works council play in this?

·Berlin, Germany
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volkswagen-group.com broke the news in on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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