TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER TO HELP SHAPE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR GOING FORWARD

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has been clear that whilst Government supports interventions in industrial sectors where severe job losses are being experienced, business should not have the impression that things can simply continue as before.

"There will be an expectation to see changes in behaviour leading to more sustainable development of sectors and firms that may receive support," Davies said recently. He also indicated that it was important to preserve the capacity of related business, including the engineering and steel industry, which supplied the automotive industry.

Minister Davies will address the AIDC's Automotive Industry Conference 2009, which is being held in Port Elizabeth on 7 and 8 October as part of the South African Automotive Week.
The conference programme is packed with government and industry heavyweights, who will focus on the theme of Navigating the Storm: a roadmap to vision 2020.

Registrations for the conference are still open, register online today!