As part of the company’s strategic realignment, the BMW Group will create two new divisions as of October 1, 2007. The new division Corporate and Brand Development, will be headed by our former director of corporate planning, Dr. Friedrich Eichiner. The move underlines the importance of corporate planning, brand management and strategic implementation at the BMW Group.

General Motors (GM) received the Corporate Energy Management of the Year Award from the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) yesterday at the association’s annual conference in Atlanta.