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Operation cheetah

September 22, 2011 in News

TTELA (Original article here):

Saab might have to decrease the amount of employees at the company now that the reconstruction work has started under the code-name cheetah. The aim is to decrease costs swiftly and make the company much more efficient.

Saab has named its project after the worlds fastest animal “cheetah”. The project is described as a temporary measure and shall be finished at the end of october. At that time a project-team shall give its opinion about means of making the company more efficient, these measures shall then be implemented before the end of the year. Read the rest of this entry →

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October Fest: Dinner Tickets deadline!

September 22, 2011 in SaabsUnited Related

If you are thinking about ordering a dinner ticket for the October Fest in Trollhättan, you need to have made up your mind on monday 23:00 Central European Time, because that is when the final count will be performed and the order-book closed. There are about 30 tickets left so hurry up if you want to take part of this fantastic evening!

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October Fest: 9-4x’s & 9-5 SportsCombi

September 22, 2011 in SAAB Automobile AB, SaabsUnited Related

Peter Dörrich

Peter Dörrich, Vehicle Chief Engineer Engineer – Midsize Vehicles – SAAB Automoible AB will come to the october fest and present the car and development work that went into creating both the 9-4x and the 9-5 SportsCombi.

There will be no less than three 9-4x’s available at ANA, all of them on static display so there will be plenty to go around.

Peter is also bringing a 9-5 SportsCombi straight from technical development for us to look, touch and marvel at.

The 9-5 SportsCombi will also be on static display inside ANA.

Some of you might remember this video that steven filmed for SU some time ago:

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Press Release: Saab Automobile To Improve Efficiency As Part Of Business Plan Review

September 22, 2011 in Uncategorized

Trollhättan, Sweden: Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announces that Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) has launched an efficiency improvement initiative as part of a broader review of the company’s business plan for 2012 and beyond, aiming at creating a more flexible and more competitive cost structure for the company. This initiative also reflects the effects of the prolonged production stoppage since April of this year and is an important element of the voluntary reorganization plan that will be presented at a forthcoming creditors meeting.
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Thank You !!!

September 21, 2011 in Editorial

No, I don’t want to thank you the management of Saab. I think I can congratulate them for achieving this, but now is the time for other people.

I want to thank you every single Saab employee that has decided to stay at Saab till the last minute. I want to thank you all of those that made the fight during the last five months worth while.

The Saab brand is not only the cars, but all the people related to it, us Saabnuts included, the Saab Automobile company is all of you, without you staying by your company I wouldn’t have waited, and will wait as long as needed, that long for my new car, and I think many here wouldn’t had either.

I’m an engineer, and that’s why there is also a special thank you to all those engineers at Saab that stayed there and kept on working and developing the products that will make us proud in the future.

Today, I feel like the guy from the first sketch.


Thank You !!!

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October Fest: SAAB 9-3 Tri-Fuel!

September 21, 2011 in SaabsUnited Related

ANA has decided to add some more fun stuff to the festivities of the October Fest.

Several of their award winning SAAB 9-3 Tri-fuel will be available for test-drive and some guys from the development team will be there to give a presentation of the car as well as answer questions that anyone might have!

This car is fairly amazing in that it runs on three different fuels, which two of are considered to be environmental friendly ones.

More information here: - click here -

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Guy Lofalk

September 21, 2011 in Uncategorized

Lawyer Guy Lofalk has been appointed administrator of the reconstruction.

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Reactions…

September 21, 2011 in News

I had a nice talk with Victor Muller and he of course was happy and “clearly relieved”
- “I am clearly relieved” said Victor on the phone.
- “We are now starting on a plan about re-starting the production”

Everyone in the management team but also around Saab are very happy today:

Overall reactions from employees I’ve talked to were: Read the rest of this entry →

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The Court of Appeals says… YES *Updated

September 21, 2011 in News

The ruling of the court of appeals has cast it’s ruling on whether Saab should be granted reconstruction and thus protection from bankruptcy demands. The ruling is YES :D

THE COURTS RULING: Read the rest of this entry →

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Ruling could come today at 13:00 *UPDATED

September 21, 2011 in News

According to TTELA and some other newspapers a decision from the courts could be expected at 13:00. We are staying tuned as events unfold…

UPDATE: In an interview with one of the courts representatives this morning TTELA found out that a decision had been reached and the court is right now working on defining the reasons for it’s decision…

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Court ruling on Thursday or Friday!

September 21, 2011 in News

(Reuters) – A decision on whether struggling carmaker Saab will be granted protection from its creditors will come on Thursday or Friday, a Swedish court official said on Wednesday.

Saab, owing August wages to workers and 150 million euros ($207 million) to suppliers, sought protection from creditors this month, but was turned down by a lower court. It got the go ahead to appeal and is now waiting a ruling on that.

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Vladimir plans for Jensen says Autoweek

September 21, 2011 in News, Rumors

Our Saab friend Vladimir Antonov is having new plans for CPP the plant where they make Spyker.

This is what AutoWeeks writes. Read the rest of this entry →

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October Fest: Swedish Poster ready

September 21, 2011 in SaabsUnited Related

A big thanx to the guys at ANA for making this poster for us. This is the official swedish poster that will be printed and placed at ANA, the main dealership in Trollhättan. If you can and think that people around you would be interested to attend, please spread it around as much as possible!

Swedish:
Ett stort tack till killarna på ANA för att ha skapat den här affischen åt oss. Detta är den officiella svenska affisch som kommer att skrivas ut och placeras hos ANA, huvud återförsäljaren av Saab i Trollhättan. Om du känner till människor som skulle vara intresserad av att komma på detta event, vänligen försök sprida runt den här så mycket som möjligt.

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Pang Da plans to raise funds

September 20, 2011 in News, Uncategorized

While checking the news about Saab today I ran into a Reuters article from last week. It states that Pang Da plans to raise up to $594 million through a bond issue. The money shall be used to pay off loans and strengthen the cash flow. Of course the issue has to be approved by the respective authorities.

Sure the money we’re talking about here is not directly to be used for the partnership with Saab. But I would dare to say that this is to some degree a move to prepare for the planned investments.

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SAAB Press-release

September 20, 2011 in SAAB Automobile AB

Trollhättan, Sweden: Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announces that Saab Automobile AB and Saab Automobile Powertrain AB (collectively Saab Automobile) have officially disputed the bankruptcy filings by two Swedish unions with the District Court in Vänersborg, Sweden.
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