Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Man arrested after incident on Deutsche Bahn ICE train headed from Cologne to Berlin I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a German train after a knifeman threatened staff on the journey from Cologne to Berlin Germany’s national railway Deutsche Bahn stopped and evacuated an ICE train in the northern town of Gifhorn at around 9.40am local time on Tuesday A man threatened staff with a knife and another dangerous object, a police spokesman said. A 44 year-old suspect was then arrested by police when the train stopped at Gifhorn The train is said to have been evacuated because of the possibility that a dangerous object still on board, German tabloid Bild reported Police safely escorted around 340 passengers off the train to the station and later on to Wolfsburg city about 20 kilometres to the east of Gifhorn Federal police and two dog handlers searched the train and soon confirmed that there was no danger No information about potential injuries and the number of passengers affected has yet been disclosed he had allegedly insulted staff on another train in Hanover Central station after he was not allowed to take a bike on the train It comes as Olaf Scholz in late February dismissed the suggestion of privatising the country’s rail system during a snap election debate The chancellor said it would “end as badly as in England Analysis of railway data by the Financial Times found that Deutsche Bahn delivers one of the least reliable services in central Europe, even when compared to the state of the UK’s rail services. Deutsche Bahn runs around 95 per cent of all long-distance trains in the country. govt and politics"},{"score":0.623861,"label":"/society/crime/personal offense/assault"},{"score":0.573693,"label":"/business and industrial/construction"},{"score":0.56786,"label":"/law In our press portal you can find current press releases information about fairs and events as well as studies and other publications Overview Press Contacts Find out what drives our employees and what exactly makes Continental a great employer Job Portal Application Process Contact & FAQ On these pages we present our investor related news and information Overview Contact About us Services Here you find more information about sustainability at Continental Overview Contact On these pages we present information about our products and innovations Overview Contact Since 1871 we develop pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods Find out more about our company on these pages Overview Contact EmailContinental GifhornBefore the Supervisory Board decides on its required approval of the Executive Board’s resolution to exit the business in Gifhorn at its meeting in December 2023 it has asked the Executive Board to continue the steps it has initiated to develop job opportunities for employees on the internal and external job markets The Executive Board’s resolution includes provisions in this respect to place as many employees as possible in new jobs (“from work to work”) Continental is also using all transformation tools at its disposal such as its internal job market and the Continental Institute for Technology and Transformation (CITT) which offers employees an extensive range of training programs to strengthen their chances on the internal and external job markets Continental has also entered into talks with companies based in the region that are looking for qualified personnel and is examining future external uses for the site Executive Board member for Human Relations and Sustainability emphasized: “We take the fears and concerns of the employees affected very seriously and will fulfill our responsibility as an employer We are determined to move as many employees as possible from work to work thus ensuring a seamless transition to a new job within Continental or on the external job market We are making full use of our tried-and-tested transformation toolbox and are exploring new avenues – in close cooperation with social partners.” Continental has taken numerous measures together with employee representatives to improve competitiveness in Gifhorn The Executive Board’s decision was taken because the profitability of Continental’s activities at the location cannot be ensured against the backdrop of the sharp rise in cost pressure and declining automotive markets The measures are therefore not part of Continental’s ongoing structural program which was initiated in 2019 to facilitate the company’s transformation in the face of structural changes in the automotive industry. The Gifhorn location was founded in 1951 by Alfred Teves as a brake production site Since being taken over by Continental in 1998 it has specialized in the production of components for brake The production site currently forms part of Continental’s Safety and Motion business area in the Automotive group sector Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker German police detained a man who allegedly threatened passengers with a knife aboard a train travelling from Cologne to Berlin The incident occurred near Gifhorn in Lower Saxony, where the train was forced to make an emergency stop, Caliber.Az reports per German media reportedly threatened fellow passengers with a knife prompting the evacuation of 340 individuals from the train Authorities confirmed that the man was taken into custody by arriving officers No information regarding any injuries has been reported There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Hanover/Gifhorn, September 26, 2023. Continental has opened its own training center for employees in Gifhorn. It is the 13th training location the company has set up across Germany since launching its CITT training institute (Continental Institute for Technology and Transformation) in 2019. The opening ceremony on September 25, 2023, was attended, among others, by labor minister Hubertus Heil and the Second Chairperson of IG Metall, Christiane Benner. EmailDr. Ariane Reinhart, Continental Executive Board member for Human Relations and Sustainability“It remains our firm intention to move as many of our employees as possible from work to work,” said Dr. Ariane Reinhart, Continental Executive Board member for Human Relations and Sustainability. “The training offered through the CITT is an important part of creating opportunities for employees in Gifhorn.” The agreement with Stiebel Eltron is the first major result of Continental’s “from work to work” initiative, which, through appropriate training, aims to ensure a seamless transition to a new job within Continental or on the external job market for employees. To achieve this, Continental is currently in talks with several companies. EmailChristiane Benner, Second Chairperson of IG Metall and Vice Chairperson of Continental’s Supervisory BoardChristiane Benner, Second Chairperson of IG Metall and Vice Chairperson of Continental’s Supervisory Board: “Training, qualification and future prospects in local regions are a key issue for us as a labor union. That’s why we’ve worked hard to show employees in Gifhorn that transformation through training is a real opportunity. We are laying the foundation for this with the CITT.” Executive Board member for Human Relations and Sustainability at Continental Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Second Chairperson of IG Metall and Vice Chairperson of Continental’s Supervisory BoardFurther information on the planned end of business activities in Gifhorn: Executive Board Informs Supervisory Board of Measures at the Gifhorn Location Stiebel Eltron and Continental Start Negotiations on Possible Uses for the Gifhorn Location by UMSL Daily | Feb 7 Senior swimmer Franziska Hauptmann suffered a concussion and a fracture in her lower back after getting hit by a car while riding her bike to practice in October She’s back competing and will race this week in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships in Evansville (Photo by Patrick Clark/Athlete’s Eye Photography) Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations Perseverance is defined as being persistent in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. For University of Missouri–St. Louis women’s swimming senior Franziska Hauptmann perseverance and resilience have shaped her final season as a Triton After earning All-America honors as part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team last spring had several goals heading into her final season at UMSL Not only did she want to make it back to the national meet as part of a relay but she also had visions of qualifying in individual events as well Hauptmann’s season got off to a great start as she won three races in her first two competitions before her season was sidetracked after she was involved in a hit-and-run accident while riding her bicycle on the way to practice at the Mark Twain Athletic Center on the morning of Oct and it was going really well,” Hauptmann said “I was close to my dual meet best times that I swam last year it’s going to be a great season.’ Then two days later I was in the accident and everything went down I started to think about if I should try to swim again “Those were the types of conversations I had with my friends I still have back pain and don’t know if it will ever go away.” “Everything was going according to plan,” UMSL men’s and women’s swimming head coach Tony Hernandez said “After the accident happened it was in the back of my mind that she’s never going to swim again and that was a heartbreaking loss for her and that was hard for her initially because that’s what she kept asking about when she was in the hospital was ‘Was she going to be able to swim again?’” Her road back to swimming has been a difficult one She said her first week after the accident she could barely walk was on morphine and found it painful to do anything but then by the second week she got back in the water She was able to start swimming by the end of that week and found that swimming helped Everyone was surprised by that as the doctors in the hospital originally gave her three to six months to recover from the injuries While the physical part of her comeback was hard Hauptmann found the mental aspect of it to be even harder you have to fight your own body,” she said “You’re not sure if the pain you’re experiencing is muscular or nerve pain and then the adjusted timeline was she would be able to start training again in December,” Hernandez said and I showed up to Mark Twain and she’s walking in the pool Being in the water helped because it was zero gravity and she was able to walk more normally and didn’t have to worry about slipping she said she could start swimming a little bit because just being prone in the water relieved her back a lot Her fitness level was one of the reasons she bounced back so quick Franziska Hauptmann returned to competition in the University of Chicago Phoenix Fall Invitational before Thanksgiving and turned in three season-best performances including helping UMSL place first in the 200-yard freestyle relay During her recovery and rehab, Hauptmann only missed one dual meet. She made her return to the pool the weekend before Thanksgiving, swimming in the University of Chicago Phoenix Fall Invitational swam the lead-off leg – the backstroke – in the 200 medley relay and swam the third leg of the 200 free relay She also finished 10th in the 100 back and 14th in the 200 back at that meet “My head coach put me in the “A” relay there though we had talked about me not swimming the relays so we decided against our original plan,” she said “I ended up swimming my third fastest 50 free split and that was just six weeks after the accident “I was really hesitant about putting her in the meet,” Hernandez said “She was a game-time decision all that week seeing if she was going to be healthy enough to swim “We put her in a full slate of events under the impression that she was going to swim the individual events just to say we’re back to it and build momentum for her return she raced her fourth fastest time in the event and then we were evaluating her back and pain levels because we didn’t want to push it just for the relay cut but I knew I wasn’t done yet,” Hauptmann said “I knew I would have some setbacks because I wasn’t doing my main events It meant a lot considering I typically don’t swim the freestyle events but it would’ve meant more if it was for the backstroke and IM events.” her classmates who were able to assist her with keeping with her course work and with some athletes who helped her getting to and from class She would ride over with some baseball guys and come back with someone from the basketball team It was great to see how helpful the other athletes were “I didn’t touch anything that first week and then I opened my laptop and saw a bunch of emails from my professors,” she said “Lindsay reached out to the engineering department here at UMSL and then they reached out to the engineering department at Washington University as did a lot of students that traveled over to Wash U I would ride over with some of the baseball guys and come back with the basketball guys I didn’t have a problem with my concussion and one of my professors was always laughing.” As she heads into the GLVC Swimming and Diving Championships, beginning today and continuing through Saturday at the Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville Hauptmann’s goals have changed a little but aren’t far off from what they were at the beginning of the season “My main goal is not to get hurt,” she said “We’re still working on getting that relay cut time for nationals and I think we’re pretty close I just want to have fun and enjoy swimming for the last time it won’t be my last time with nationals coming in March but it will be the last time with the entire team.” There is no doubt that Hauptmann will have the perseverance to fight through Students from more than 20 colleges and universities across the Midwest attended the conference April 26-27 at the UMSL Science Complex Brown spent three days in the nation’s capital participating in policy training touring the National Mall and the White House and speaking with politicians such as Sen More than 50 students participated in the annual symposium and shared research on topics ranging from biology and chemistry to history and music University Marketing and CommunicationsUniversity of Missouri–St Penney Building/Conference Center1 University Blvd.St News and Media Relations UMSL Experts Guide Office Number: (314) 516-5000Admissions Toll-Free: 1-888-GO-2-UMSL Log in | Designed by UMSL Web and Digital Communications Against the backdrop of an upturn in the defense industry Continental and Rheinmetall have signed a letter of intent to cooperate The aim of the agreement is to partly cover Rheinmetall’s fast-growing personnel requirements in the coming years with Continental employees affected by the transformation Rheinmetall expects sales growth of up to 40 percent in the current fiscal year alone compared to the previous year with correspondingly high personnel requirements in the longer term Continental and Rheinmetall will begin the cooperation as soon as possible Up to 100 employees from Continental’s Gifhorn location will find new job opportunities at Rheinmetall in Unterlüß Events will also be organized at other German locations where employees can find out about career opportunities at Rheinmetall Executive Board member for Human Relations and Sustainability: “The profound changes in all industries can only be tackled together I am therefore delighted that Rheinmetall is now the third company we have enlisted as part of our ‘from work to work’ initiative to provide new job opportunities for employees affected by the transformation.” In addition to Rheinmetall Continental has already concluded cooperation agreements with Stiebel Eltron and Siemens Mobility responsible for human resources on the Executive Board of Rheinmetall AG: “We look forward to working with Continental which like Rheinmetall is a long-established company a technological driver and an industrial heavyweight We are confident that Continental’s employees will bring outstanding qualities that can be highly valuable to us at Rheinmetall Not many companies in Germany are growing as strongly as Rheinmetall we are keen to find people interested in working for us and who we can add to our team – provided it is the right fit for both sides.” Peter Sebastian Krause: “We offer applicants excellent career opportunities in many fields Our company and our products play an essential role in the security industry we give security forces the means to protect free democratic values and secure peace We are also a major player in the civilian sector where we see great potential for our innovative developments both in automotive and in the use of hydrogen power We welcome anyone with suitable talents who would like to work with us We are currently working on similar cooperations that we also want to set up with other well-known industrial partners from a wide range of sectors.” In order to be best prepared for a new job employees will continue to have the opportunity to gain qualifications at the Continental Institute for Technology and Transformation (CITT) The CITT was founded back in 2019 and currently has 14 training locations throughout Germany more than 10,000 participants have obtained qualifications for other activities on the internal and external job markets here “We are shaping the transformation in a fair and socially responsible way and are transferring as many of our employees as possible from work into work we are making full use of our tried-and-tested transformation toolbox and exploring new avenues – in close cooperation with social partners This is transformation with opportunities,” said Reinhart a careers company for training and employment Its primary goal is to offer employees attractive opportunities on both the internal and external job market Another tool the technology company is using successfully is its internal job market well over 300 employees have already been placed in vacant positions at other affiliates and thus retained within the Continental Group Rheinmetall AG is an integrated technology group is a leading international systems supplier in the defense industry and at the same time a driver of forward-looking technological and industrial innovations in civilian markets Focusing on sustainability is an integral part of Rheinmetall’s strategy With around 30,000 employees at 174 locations worldwide which has been listed on the DAX40 since March 2023 Contact us Hanover, December 13, 2023. At today’s meeting of the Supervisory Board of Continental AG, Prof. Wolfgang Reitzle informed members that he will be available to chair the board for a further two years. All shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board will stand for re-election at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 26, 2024. “After a number of challenging years, we’re now entering a phase of increased value creation. I’m delighted that Prof. Reitzle is willing to contribute his many years of industry experience at Continental to this decisive phase and support the Executive Board for a further two years,” said Nikolai Setzer, chairman of Continental’s Executive Board. Staggered board: shareholder representatives to have staggered terms of office In the future, the shareholder representatives on Continental’s Supervisory Board will be proposed to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting for a four-year term as part of a staggered board. The terms of office of the shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board will not run in parallel, but will be staggered with different start and end dates. Initially the plan is that half of the shareholder representatives will be proposed for election at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting for a two-year term and the other half for a four-year term. The change to a staggered board will involve reducing the term of office for shareholder representatives to a maximum of four years. This means that half of the shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board will be newly elected every two years. The employee representatives are exempt from this measure and will continue to have a five-year term of office. Gifhorn: Supervisory Board approves gradual exit from business by end of 2027 Executive Board member for Human Relations and Sustainability“It remains our firm intention to move as many of our employees as possible from work to work,” said Dr Continental Executive Board member for Human Relations and Sustainability “The training offered through the CITT is an important part of creating opportunities for employees in Gifhorn.” Stiebel Eltron and Siemens Mobility offer job opportunities Continental employees at the Gifhorn location will be trained to meet the needs of Stiebel Eltron as well as those of the regional job market Stiebel Eltron is planning to set up a stainless steel cylinder production facility for heat pump heating systems at Continental’s location in Gifhorn Around 300 jobs are expected to be created there by the time the final expansion stage is completed A corresponding agreement was signed on December 11 Continental and Siemens Mobility have signed a letter of intent to offer up to 100 employees from Continental’s Gifhorn location job opportunities at Siemens Mobility in Braunschweig if they are suitable Continental is currently in talks with other companies Alliance of opportunities: building bridges to employment Continental is also using its membership of the Allianz der Chancen (alliance of opportunities) association to build bridges to employment for employees The Allianz der Chancen was founded in 2021 and today represents over 60 companies and institutions as well as over 2.6 million employees worldwide “We’re making full use of our tried-and-tested transformation toolbox and exploring new avenues – in close cooperation with social partners Supplier to shutter the plant by the end of 2027 Stiebel Eltron will install a stainless steel cylinder production facility for heat pump heating systems at Continental’s Gifhorn factory Please check your inbox to download the Whitepaper By downloading this Whitepaper, you acknowledge that GlobalData may share your information with Alleima StripTech and that your personal data will be used as described in their Privacy Policy Tick here to opt out of curated industry news Visit our Privacy Policy for more information about our services including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications Our services are intended for corporate subscribers and you warrant that the email address submitted is your corporate email address the auto supplier said it would shutter the plant by the end of 2027 Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis It subsequently signed a letter of intent for Stiebel Eltron to take over the site Continental said the deal would ensure long term employment opportunities for as many suitably qualified employees as possible The company’s ‘from work to work’ programme finds new jobs elsewhere in the company or at other firms for workers axed from its own facilities present the first potential opportunities for our workforce’s future,” Conti HR chief Ariane Reinhart said in a statement It was also talking with “several” other companies Continental would offer training through its Institute for Technology and Transformation (CITT) It said 8,500 workers had qualified for various posts either within the company or at outside employers by the end of 2022 “Binding contracts must now be drawn up based on the letter of intent which we will support however we can,” a Continental works council representative said Nominations are now open for the prestigious Just Auto Excellence Awards - one of the industry's most recognised programmes celebrating innovation This is your chance to showcase your achievements Don't miss the opportunity to be honoured among the best - submit your nomination today Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network By clicking here, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and consent to us collection your details for the purposes of your enquiry This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Sign In Subscribe Now Germany and passed away suddenly on February 5th She will be lovingly remembered by her parents; 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