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Feature大众Neubauer退休，全球格局大洗牌
Thomas Schmall（左）要从大众总裁兼首席执行官的职务上离去，到巴西任职理事会成员，负责零部件业务。 Schmall是要接替Werner Neubauer教授（博士）的职位，教授即将退休但仍保留集团顾问的身份。 接替Schmall在巴西位置的是David Powels，他目前担任大众南非公司常务董事。目前担任沃尔夫斯堡大众集团海外制造公司总裁的Thomas Schäfer，将从Powels手里接管南非常务董事一职。 所有职务变动都将于2015年1月1日起正式生效。 Neubauer教授（博士）于1965年加入大众集团，自1972年担任管理职务。此后，他担任过许多职务，包括非洲地区海外生产总监，海外生产中心主管，以及大众品牌物流总监。2006年，他被任命为大众集团零部件总代表，自2007年还担任大众品牌理事会成员，负责零部件业务。 Schmall于1991年加入大众集团，在沃尔夫斯堡工业工程部担任数个职务之后，于1999年来到大众巴西，在2000年成为库里蒂巴经理。2003年，他加入大众斯洛伐克，成为董事会成员，负责工程部门；并于2005年成为董事会长。在2007年回到巴西之前，他还担任过分公司的总裁兼首席执行官一职。
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FeatureNeubauer retirement at VW leads to global reshuffle
Thomas Schmall (left) is moving from his position as president and CEO of Volkswagen do Brasil to take up a new role as Board of Management member responsible for Components.Schmall is replacing Prof. Dr Werner Neubauer who is retiring but will continue at the Group in an advisory capacity.Schmall in ...
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FeatureThe unexpected rise of Hambantota port
While it may seem an unlikely destination, the Sri Lankan port is a growing automotive hub for transhipments from Asia to global markets. The right mix of incentives, capacity and shipping links have been catching OEMs' attention.Sri Lanka, the island nation off the southeast coast of southern India doesn’t manufacture ...
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Feature华轮威尔森物流全力掌控泰国的销售和客户服务业务
华轮威尔森物流（WWL）透露，该公司在泰国正致力于销售和客户服务业务，目的是“在不断增长的市场更好地协调其业务。”在过去的二十年，这些业务由威尔森船舶服务公司（WSS）经营。华轮威尔森物流表示，由于处理这些业务的团队将保持不变，因此此项举措应该不会影响到该公司与客户的日常关系。 威尔森船舶服务公司销售负责人Sunee Phansatitwong，现在已经加入华轮威尔森物流，并担任泰国地区的商业总经理一职 Phansatitwong 说：“我和我的团队现在已经成为更庞大的物流团队中的一部分，从厂家到经销商提供各个方面的物流服务。我们当然很高兴能继续为我们在该地区的客户提供服务。” 华轮威尔森物流表示，改变业务结构的决定是受该国家市场变化的影响，其中包括汽车制造商大量涌向泰国以及国内生产商扩大生产的形势。 东南亚华轮威尔森物流公司副总裁兼负责人Trond Tønjum指出，有两个主要因素影响物流业务在国内的发展。首先是更好的贸易关系，其中部分是受新亚洲经济共同体（AEC）协议的影响，期望此项协议能够缓解东南亚市场的出口状况；第二个是汽车生产能力的增长。该公司表示，汽车出口有望在未来三到四年翻一番，从120万辆的汽车出口量增长到220万。 Tønjum说：“随着AEC将在2016年1月起生效，我们期望增加跨境贸易。泰国将成为包括缅甸、老挝、柬埔寨和越南在内的大部分东南亚国家的一个自然生产枢纽和中转国。” 业务结构的变化预计将带来效率的提高，以及发展华轮威尔森物流海洋物流之外业务的空间。 Tønjum还说：“泰国现在正以汽车制造商主要出口国的身份，加入全球生产中心的行列，如同墨西哥，南非和其他一些国家一样。与此同时，现在我们希望泰国的商品能够从泰国跨过东南亚出口到欧洲，澳洲和北美，并且我们已经准备好向这些地区提供我们优质的服务，专业技术和支持。”
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FeatureWWL takes full control of Thai sales and customer service functions
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has revealed that it is bringing its sales and customer service operations in Thailand in house to “better coordinate its business in a growing market”. Those functions have been handled by Wilhelmsen Ship Service (WSS) for the past two decades. WWL said that the move should ...
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FeatureFord reorganises Africa and Middle East business
Ford will combine its African and Middle East divisions into one business unit from the beginning of January next year. Ford Middle East and Africa will be managed in two sub-regions – South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa. The carmaker said that while regional ...
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FeatureMercedes-Benz deepens global procurement footprint
Mercedes-Benz Cars has announced it is expanding the international reach of its procurement organisation in an effort to safeguard its 2020 growth strategy. The move will see a closer integration of procurement and supplier quality functions, with locations in China, North America and South Africa playing a more important role ...
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FeatureMoving into an up-and-coming neighbourhood
While comparisons have been made between Australia and South Africa’s automotive industry, and concerns are growing, experts in the country believe the country has to take advantage of logistics and proximity to potential markets such as Nigeria.South Africa’s automotive industry could share a similar fate to Australia, where OEMs are ...
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FeatureHunter appointed head of DHL Industrial Projects for Europe
DHL’s air and ocean freight division, Global Forwarding, has appointed Graham Hunter as the new head of its Industrial Projects division in Europe. He moves over from his role as vice-president of Industrial Projects in the Middle East.DHL Industrial Projects delivers a broad range of services for heavyweight and regular ...
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FeatureRenault opens Algerian SKD assembly plant for Symbol production
Renault has inaugurated a new €50m ($62m) plant near Oran in Algeria, Africa’s second-largest automotive market. It is the company’s first assembly plant in the country. The facility will make the new Renault Symbol for the local market and will begin with a production capacity of 25,000 vehicles a year, ...
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FeatureEmirates SkyCargo expands to Budapest
Emirates’ freight division, Emirates SkyCargo, has recently launched cargo services to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.Budapest has one of the largest economies in Central and Eastern Europe, and Emirates SkyCargo is hoping to strengthen its operations in central Europe with the new service. The company has a network of more ...
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FeatureTelematics4u to expand into 150 countries
Telematics4u, an India-based IT and telematics-enabled solution and service provider, is planning on expanding its operations to 150 countries over the next four to five years, Pratap Hegde, the company’s chairman and managing director has said. The company is responsible for providing automotive logistics solutions to Mahindra Logistics, which this ...
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FeatureAgility appoints Mohammed Esa to CCO for Europe
Integrated logistics provider Agility has appointed Mohammed Esa as its chief commercial officer (CCO) for Europe. Esa assumes responsibility for leading all the commercial activities of Agility across Europe, including sales, marketing and product management.Esa has more than 23 years of experience in the transport and logistics industry. He joined ...
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FeatureFCA reported to be planning Jeep exports from India
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is planning to introduce the Jeep brand to India next year, starting with the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee models, and in 2016 will produce a third Jeep brand SUV. According to a report in India’s Economic Times the latter model will also be exported to overseas ...
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FeatureAfrica potential and material cost key to South African survival
South Africa’s automotive industry could face significant declines should the market fail to address issues including a lack of supply chain localisation, high costs and logistics disadvantages. Despite close access to fast-growing African markets, speakers at the recent South African Automotive Week warned that the country could share a similar ...
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FeatureLufthansa Cargo expands in Africa
Lufthansa Cargo, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, has recently added Tunisia and Nigeria to its cargo network.With increased demand coming from Tunisia, the freight airline is increasing its presence on the continent for its 2014-2015 winter flight plan. In September, Lufthansa Cargo began flying to Lagos, Nigeria twice a week, and ...
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FeatureCutting logistics costs key to GM profit targets
General Motors has revealed details about how it plans to increase its margin to 10% in 2016, with cuts in material and logistics costs making up a large part of the company’s savings in regions including North America and South America.During an investor meetings last week in Michigan, the company’s ...
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FeatureSouth Africa may lack truck scale for CKD switch
Truck assemblers in South Africa have been told that they have two years in which to increase local content or lose tariff breaks. However, industry players have questioned whether the policy will be able to encourage manufacturers to invest in more local stamping and production operations given the country’s relatively ...
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FeatureGaz teams up with Mersa for LCV assembly in Turkey
Russian OEM, Gaz Group, and Turkish car manufacturer, Mersa Otomotiv, have begun manufacturing the Gazelle Next light commercial vehicle (LCV) in Turkey. This is the first series assembly operation of Russian Euro V-compliant LCVs outside of the country. Assembly from semi-knocked down (SKD) kits will take place in Sakarya, and ...
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FeatureGeneral Motors: waste not, want not
GM’s executive director of global logistics, Edgard Pezzo, left, talks to Christopher Ludwig about cutting waste and cost in a multi-billion dollar supply chain.When Edgard Pezzo took over as executive director of global logistics and containerisation at General Motors, in May 2013, the top logistics purchasing management job came with ...