Translation of "Hoher wettbewerbsdruck" in English

Consequently, fierce competition triggered a protracted price war.

This involves challenges such as dwindling transport volumes, liberalisation, consolidation and intensive competitive pressure.

Increasing complexity in the national and international tax systems as well as intense competitive pressure increase companies' need for consulting.

Consequently, imports from other third countries did not exert a competitive pressure on the Community industry to the extent that imports from Russia and the PRC did.

Strong competitive pressure provides powerful incentives for companies to continuously engage in innovation and research and development (R & D).

This finding is based on the high market shares of the parties, the low market shares of the remaining competitors, and the lack of competitive pressure from outside the UK due to high transport costs.

Increasingly cautious consumer behavior of customers as well as high competitive pressure among suppliers characterized the development on the European cartonboard market in the first six months of the current year.

High competitive pressure, sinking margins, senseless “discount battles,” success-related purchase discounts and bonuses, plus high costs resulting from prescribed minimum standards for buildings, staff, warehouse and business equipment are increasingly forcing you to cut costs in administration, to increase your sales figures and to respond quickly when budgets are exceeded.

As in the previous year, short-term visibility resulting from continuing cautious customers planning and high competitive pressure characterized the development of demand in the European cartonboard markets.

High competitive pressure results in pressure on prices, margins, and hence, on profitability for every single company in the industry.

The implementation of new far-reaching regulatory requirements, dealing with the persistently low interest rates, and high competitive pressure – in part caused by new market players such as FinTechs – continuously creates new demands upon CFOs and CROs in the banking industry.

New technologies, increasing internationalization, and high competitive pressure are some of the manifold challenges companies are confronted with.

The implementation of new far-reaching regulatory requirements, dealing with the persistently low interest rates, and high competitive pressure continuously creates new demands upon CFOs and CROs in the insurance industry.

The high competitive pressure has already led to a strong consolidation of the market.

Sufficiently available capacity within the industry continued to keep high competitive pressure on prices in both divisions.

Due to the enormous competitive pressure, banks have to position their services on rapidly changing markets.

Each and every year retailing companies are continuously faced with pressure from their competitors.

As a Swiss start-up, how do you stand up to high competition?

This was mainly due to increased competitive pressure in a number of regions.

Some enterprises in the existing EU Member States are also being exposed to a higher level of pressure of competition as a result of the enlargement of the single market.

Despite satisfactory capacity utilization, the strip steel and plate product segments were also impacted by fierce competitive pressure.

The sustained, huge competitive pressure in Europe's steel industry resulted in unsatisfactory selling prices that were in decline in a year-on-year comparison.

The market for foamed PVC sheets for applications in the printing and advertising industry remained highly competitive.

The persistently high competitive pressure had a curbing effect, particularly in the area of ophthalmic diagnostics.

Companies must adapt quicker and quicker to changing market conditions and are subject to ever increasing competitive pressures.

The global financial crisis and the intense global competitive pressures from the economic tigers of China and India show us that the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will have to be set up in such a way that it corresponds to the main objectives of the 2020 agenda.

It is to be noted that these clothing producers are small and medium sized enterprises. They are under huge pressure because of the imports of finished products which strongly increased, inter alia, as a result of the abolition of textile quota on 1 January 2005.

The market for services is highly dispersed, highly competitive and in a permanent state of restructuring, but in the medium to long term it will expand more rapidly than the market for products.

Once these adjustments have been made, the European travel industry will be able to compete on fair and even terms in the highly competitive world travel market, inaugurating a state of affairs which can only have favourable repercussions for our consumers.

The very high competitive pressure from low-cost airlines on routes between the major European cities poses a very serious threat to international rail services.

The EESC welcomes the European Commission's Proposal for a Directive, which is particularly timely in a global economic context which is highly competitive and at a time of economic slowdown in Europe.

Moreover, in the age of globalisation, companies face strong global competition in both their home and export markets.