All Europe articles – Page 118

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    Krathwohl leaves GM amid reshuffle

    2013-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Christine Krathwohl has left her role as the executive director for global logistics and supplier diversity at General Motors as the company made changes to its senior executive staff. Edgard Pezzo, who was previously GM South America’s vice-president of global purchasing and supply chain, has already taken over as ...

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    Global round up: BLG volumes in 2012; San Antonio carriers divert; Chrysler drives ePOD; Toyota exports from US to Russia; Yusen inbound for Jaguar; Geodis buys into Spanish rail

    2013-05-08T00:00:00Z

    BLG handles more vehicles in 2012BLG Logistics Group has reported earnings before tax of €49.1m ($64.4m) for 2012, a slight increase over the €48.5m recorded in 2011, with gains in the Automobile Logistics and Contract Logistics sectors. The strongest division with earnings of €419m was Automobile Logistics, followed by ...

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    Micra production in France will mean logistics savings

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Renault-Nissan has announced it will produce the next generation Nissan Micra at its Renault Flins plant in France. Production will begin in 2016 with an estimated annual output of 82,000 vehicles. The vehicle is currently produced at the Renault Nissan Alliance plant in Orangadam, near Chennai, in southern India. ...

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    Russia could extend recycling fee to Customs Union

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Russian Ministry of Industry and Commerce is proposing to extend the country’s recycling charge for imported vehicles to include Belarus and Kazakhstan, which joined a Customs Union with the Russian Federation in 2010. If the bill proposing the tax is passed it will become effective from the beginning ...

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    Daimler invests in extra capacity in Romania

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Daimler is setting up transmission assembly at a second site affiliated with its Romanian subsidiary, Star Transmission, from the middle of this year. The new facility in Sebes will mean an eventual total investment of €300m. The decision has been made because the Stuttgart transmission facility in Germany ...

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    Executives on the move: Martha Garcia-Perry, Nigel Fletcher, Anthony Foxx, James Muir, Ian Veitch, Fred van der Heijden, Steffen Rabus

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    North American vehicle carrier, MetroGistics, has appointed Martha Garcia-Perry as its director of account management. She previously worked as senior manager of Regional Operations at Insight Network Logistics overseeing the day-to-day distribution operations of Chrysler’s finished vehicle delivery network in the Southeast US. Garcia-Perry brings more than 12 years ...

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    Global round up: Nissan temporary storage; VW exports parts from India to Malaysia; Euro Car Parts and Sator merge; K+N in Vladivostock; Jungheinrich turns 50 in UK;

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Nissan solves storage problem at SunderlandNissan is using a temporary storage solution at its Sunderland plant in the UK to house axles being used on Juke and Qashqai vehicles made at the plant, as well as the new generation Leaf electric vehicle, production of which was officially launched at the ...

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    Cargobeamer at VW Wolfsburg

    2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Cargobeamer – a German company that has developed a new high-speed road-rail transfer system – has installed its first fully operational system at Volkswagen's Wolfsburg plant, Cargobeamer chief executive officer, Dr Hans-Jurgen Weidemann told a press conference in London last week. By Chris Lewis At the moment, the facility ...

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    Global round up: UECC starts to Broekman; DHL delivers for Faurecia; Nissan buys trailers from Korea; LeanCor in China education;

    2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

    UECC delivers vehicles to Broekman terminal in Rotterdam United European Car Carriers (UECC) has started a regular weekly service for vehicle shipments between the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the northern Spanish ports of Pasajes and Santander. The service is also handling high and heavy, breakbulk and ...

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    BMW to start Mini production in India

    2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

    BMW will begin production of its Mini Countryman in India later this year at its plant in Chennai, India. A more specific date is to be announced but the first models to be produced will be the Mini Cooper D Countryman and the Mini One Countryman; each will be ...

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    Executives on the move: Ed Wilson, Joerg Schnackenberg, Anu Goel, Fred Diaz, Reid Bigland, Justin Arnold, David Whyte, Linda Mitchell

    2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Ed Wilson is moving from his role as manager of port operations and metrics at Volkswagen Group of America to take up a new position as general manager of vehicle logistics at the carmaker. From 1st May this year he will be responsible for all vehicle logistics activities supporting ...

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    Profits down for Gefco but strong prospects ahead

    2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

    The Gefco Group has reported a small decline in revenue for 2012 compared to 2011, while operating profit has dropped by more than half. The group, which is now majority-owned by RZD Russian Railways, saw a rise in revenue from new customers outside PSA Peugeot-Citroën, its former owner, as ...

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    Vigo cuts fees for vehicles

    2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Vigo Port Authority in northwest Spain has approved a reduction in storage fees for finished vehicles. Henceforth, irrespective of whether they are kept in the port's vertical storage facility or at the Bouzas Ferry Terminal, fees charged will be the same. Previously, there were three distinct tariffs in ...

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    Chinese logistics needs to enter a new phase

    2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

    With logistics costs in China now at an historic high, and posing a major challenge to the country’s expanding automotive industry, the government and private industry are now stressing the country’s need to shift to a more ‘sustainable growth’, it was revealed this week at the Automotive Logistics China ...

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    BMW benefits in Bavaria

    2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

    German logistics provider, Rudolph Logistik, has inaugurated a logistics centre in Wallersdorf in Lower Bavaria for the supply of car body parts to BMW's nearby plant in Dingolfing. The 32,600-square-metre warehouse, the LSPs tenth in the region, has been stocking parts since January and sequential just-in-time deliveries to the assembly ...

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    Aftermarket challenges for carmakers hit by recall

    2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Japanese carmakers including Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda, have been forced to recall nearly 3.5m vehicles because of a defective passenger side airbag problem caused by a faulty inflator. The OEMs are now faced with a major aftermarket logistics challenge in sourcing and supplying replacements across the globe in ...

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    Peugeot 208 hits full output in Brazil

    2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Peugeot has started full production of its 208 model in Brazil following the launch of the vehicle there in January. The vehicle is being made at its $460m production centre in Porto Real in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The French carmaker will make 55,000 of that model ...

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    Vehicle exports bolster European ports

    2013-04-10T00:00:00Z

    A Finished Vehicle Logistics magazine survey of vehicle handling activity in 2012 at European vehicle ports has revealed a relative stability in volumes, thanks to rising exports, despite the overall decline in the market. The survey, which included nearly 35 responding ports or port amalgamations, showed that ports ...

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    Global round up: Skoda expands; Gaz starts new LCV; Toyota links with JLR to identify risk; Daimler builds in Bremen; TNT sells China road operations; Toyota Awards; Dayaowan port to get auto hub

    2013-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Skoda expands Czech parts centre and production capacity The Volkswagen Group’s Skoda division has started operations at its newly expanded €32m ($41m) parts centre in Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic. The company also launched production of a new model at its recently expanded plant in the same city. ...

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    Greenbrier responds to auto railcar demand

    2013-04-10T00:00:00Z

    North American transport equipment maker Greenbrier has received orders for 5,400 railcars (wagons) between January and March this year valued at $575m. The orders cover a broad range of railcar types, including 700 automotive-related rail products. The railcars include 89-foot flatcars and the company’s proprietary MultiMax auto racks ...