All Europe articles – Page 56
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Kerry Logistics appoints new management team at UK division
Asian logistics provider, Kerry Logistics Network, has appointed a new management team in the UK.Dave Gaughan (pictured) has been appointed managing director of the UK business based in Manchester, where he will be joined by Ian Dodsworth, who takes on the role of executive director.Meanwhile, Brian Dempsey has become commercial ...
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Euro Car Parts opens 200th branch in UK
UK aftermarket parts distributor, Euro Car Parts (ECP), has opened its 200th branch in Manchester, as part of rapid expansion plans in the country. ECP said the 5,500 sq.m facility, located at Moss Lane, will be one of ECP’s new generation hubs and would provide approximately 180 deliveries per day ...
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Gefco appoints Martin Rantle as commercial director
Gefco has appointed Martin Rantle as its new commercial director in the UK.Rantle moves from Palletline where he was executive director of sales and marketing for UK and Europe. Prior to that role, he spent 30 years at TNT, most recently as vice president of sales and marketing for EMEA, ...
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Spain could lose carmaking in five years, warns Machado
The president of Ford Spain, José Manuel Machado (pictured), has warned that the high costs of logistics and energy in Spain could threaten the future of vehicle manufacturing in the country. He said the higher costs meant the industry was less competitive, which could prompt manufacturers to switch production to ...
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Mixed results for Renault-Nissan and AvtoVaz exports
In the first eight months of 2015, Renault exported 9,500 vehicles from Russia, up 20% on the same period in 2014, but vehicle and parts exports from other Renault-Nissan Alliance partners in Russia are lagging, notably Russian carmaker AvtoVaz.The Renault-Nissan Alliance owns a controlling 74.5% of AvtoVaz, after its purchase ...
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JLR counts the cost of Tianjin explosion in quarterly report
Jaguar Land Rover’s second quarter financial report to September 2015 revealed that higher retail sales in the UK, Europe and North America were offset by a 32.4% drop in sales revenue from China. The company also sustained considerable losses in China as a consequence of the Tianjin port explosions on ...
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VW rolls out 3D smart glasses for picking operations at Wolfsburg
Following a successful three-month pilot project to test the application of 3D smart glasses for in-plant logistics tasks at its plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen has now made the equipment standard across the plant. Plant logistics personnel are using the smart technology glasses, which are provided by UbiMax, for order ...
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Arkas signs deal with Duisport for logistics services in Turkey
[Updated 26 November] Turkish logistics provider Arkas Holding has signed a joint venture agreement worth $120m with Germany’s Duisport to develop multimodal logistics facilities in Turkey and multimodal services between there and the Central Europe.The announcement of the venture, the name of which is still being finalised, was made at ...
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Höegh takes delivery of second post-panamax vessel
Following the delivery of its first post-panamax vessel in June this year, Höegh Autoliners has taken delivery of the second of six such car carriers that are being delivered over the next 18 months, in what the company is describing as its New Horizon class. It was built by Xiamen ...
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FeatureRenault’s Palencia plant launches production of latest Mégane model
Renault’s Palencia plant in Spain has started making the fourth generation model of its popular Mégane, alongside the Kadjar, and is gradually phasing in full kitting for inbound parts delivered to the assembly line. The total number of parts used on the two vehicles made at the facility has now ...
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Ewals Cargo Care invests in Euro 6 truck fleet
European logistics service provider, Ewals Cargo Care, has invested an undisclosed sum in 189 new trucks that are compliant to the Euro 6 emissions standard. It will bring the company’s fleet to a total of 457 at the end of this year. The company has also announced it plans to ...
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Honold opens logistics facility for Continental in Germany
Honold Logistik has opened a 9,200 sq.m logistics facility in Handewitt, Germany, to handle goods for tyre and powertrain components maker Continental. The facility replaces an existing 6,000 sq.m facility that Honold had been managing for Continental since 2008, capable of storing 40,000 tyres. Since then, Continental has grown its ...
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FeatureBMW: Getting connected for a new era of distribution
BMW’s vice-president of vehicle distribution Ulrich Wieland (right) and head of global vehicle dispatch and transport Mathias Wellbrock (left) talk about how connected car technology could transform the OEM’s outbound operations over the next decade
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Nissan to cut output in Russia but plans to localise Qashqai
From the spring of 2016, Nissan has said it will almost halve production at its $200m plant in St Petersburg, Russia, moving from two shifts to one. The OEM is planning to cut 500 jobs, around a quarter of its total workforce there, and production of the Teana will stop. ...
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DB Schenker makes top level appointments in Europe and India
DB Schenker has detailed CEO appointments in Europe and India with Jürgen Wilder taking over as CEO of DB Schenker Rail this coming December and Oliver Bohm, recently appointed as CEO of Schenker India.Wilder joins the company from Siemens where he was most recently CEO of the company’s global unit ...
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VDL Nedcar now making Mini Convertible
BMW has confirmed that the VDL Nedcar plant in the Netherlands, which is already building the Mini 3-door model, has this month added production of the new Mini Convertible (Mini Hatch). It will be the only plant making that particular model.Dutch manufacturer VDL Groep bought the Nedcar plant, in Born, ...
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Ekol opens warehouse in Hungary
Turkish transport and logistics provider Ekol has opened a new 10,000 sq.m warehouse in Hungary that will provide cross dock and contract logistics services for customers across a number of sectors, including automotive parts provider Robert Bosch.“From this building Ekol has the possibility to organise transport via road, rail and ...
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Last mile: Partners for success
Collaborations between shippers and carriers can surpass the savings gained in tenders, writes Frank Verhoeven, CEO of Dutch provider, Vos LogisticsEvery company using transport and logistics services wants to drive down costs, with tenders typically the key tool being used. But a narrow focus on tendering brings only short-term gains. ...
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Lagermax marks 25 years in Hungary
Automotive transport and logistics provider, Lagermax, is celebrating 25 years of business in Hungary this week.Lagermax Autotransport Hungary now provides services at four locations in the country: its headquarters in Budaörs; a branch office in Port Cespel near Budapest; at the Suzuki plant in Esztergom; and the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant ...
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FeaturePositive sales for JLR but slump in China has affected quarterly results
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reported its best ever October sales with year-to-date figures for 2015 also up on the same period in 2014. However, a dramatic drop of around 30% in China for the three months to September 30th has affected global results for the quarter.The carmaker’s sales for ...