All Europe articles – Page 65
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FeatureGriffiths replaces Barquin at Ceva’s Contract Logistics division in Iberia
Philip Griffiths has taken over as business development director in the Contract Logistics division in Iberia at Ceva Logistics. He takes over from Izaskun Barquin who has moved to become director, Global Business Development for the consumer, retail and healthcare sectors.Griffiths joins Ceva from logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel where ...
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FeatureMagna will assemble vehicles for Jaguar Land Rover in Graz
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has signed a manufacturing agreement with contract manufacturer Magna Steyr that will see it assembling vehicles for JLR at its facility in Graz, Austria. The division of Magna International already produces the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and the Peugeot RCZ there. It also makes the Mini Countryman and ...
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FeatureHonda to export Civic Type R from UK to Japan
Honda’s new president and CEO, Takahiro Hachigo, has announced that volumes of the new Civic Type R – now being made at the company’s Swindon plant in the UK – will be shipped to Japan. The first deliveries to Japan will arrive in the third quarter of this year. It ...
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FeatureSkoda: Simply Clever logistics
Jirí Cee, head of Skoda brand logistics, discusses the processes in the OEM's Czech homeland that are setting a standard for further growth around the worldMladá Boleslav, 70km north-east of Prague, is the town of Skoda. It has been the carmaker’s home since Laurin and Klement built their first car ...
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FeatureMaintaining traction through efficiency in Brazil
Vehicle sales in Brazil have tumbled and industry players need to slash costs, even as carmakers continue to invest heavily. OEMs and LSPs are redrawing their supply chains, while staying optimisticAfter the boom, Brazil’s economy is stuttering. Real GDP growth is expected to drop 1% for 2015 and inflation is ...
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FeatureBrazil: FCA goes the distance
Fiat Chrysler has increased investment in Brazil, opening a plant in the north-east even as the market declines. Industrial director Mauro Pino talks about logistics strategies for managing both near and long distance supply chainsFiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), which has a market share of around 20% in Latin America, has ...
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FeatureClouding the future
The past few years have seen a boom in the take-up of software as a service among a range of industries, but carmakers are still reluctant to take what they perceive as a chance on data securityThe last time Automotive Logistics took a specific look at the automotive industry’s use ...
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FeatureCutting out the paper trail
Digital information is faster, more accurate and more useful, so why is there still so much paper in the automotive supply chain?Almost all companies now have some kind of digital infrastructure underpinning their processes, but can any automotive logistics operations be said to be truly paperless?Perhaps the most notable recent ...
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FeatureDHL agreement builds on rail services between Europe and China
DHL Global Forwarding has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kazakhstan’s national rail operator, Temir Zholy Express, for the provision of block train services on the land bridge connecting Europe and China.DHL said the MOU would enhance greater rail connectivity and trade between China, Kazakhstan, the Commonwealth of Independent ...
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FeatureRussia conference: Practical proposals for the long term
Discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Russia conference in Moscow moved across a range of subjects from the importance of survival and preparing for growth during a difficult economic slump to the importance of localisation and what needs to be done in terms of simplifying some of the more arcane ...
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FeatureScania appoints Castello vice president of logistics in Latin America
Fábio Castello has moved from his role as head of logistics at Scania’s Latin America division to take up a newly created role at the truck maker as vice president of logistics in the region.In his new position Castello adds responsibility for complete and semi-knockdown (CKD/SKD) kit operations to his ...
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FeatureRussia conference: learning to grin and bear it
The Russian market has fallen to its lowest level since the global economic crisis, and manufacturers and logistics providers may face a long road to recovery. However, more than 150 delegates at the Automotive Logistics Russia conference made it clear that they remain committed to the market. Christopher Ludwig and ...
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FeatureDavid Larson moves to MetroGistics from Jack Cooper Holdings
David Larson has moved from his role as vice-president of Europe and Asia at road hauler, Jack Cooper Holdings, to take up a new role as executive vice-president, business development/sales partner, at logistics provider, MetroGistics.In his new role, Larson will focus on growing the company’s business on multiple fronts and ...
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FeatureRussia conference: Crisis is a time for reinvention
The uncertainty plaguing the Russian automotive market is not going away anytime soon, and a full rebound to the confident performance last seen in 2012 is not likely until 2020 according to Sergey Litvinenko, director of Automotive Advisory Services at analyst firm PwC Automotive Practice.Opening discussions at last week’s Automotive ...
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FeatureMosolf obtains EU safety certificate
Mosolf Automotive Railway has obtained permission to manage the maintenance of its fleet of wagons by itself.The subsidiary of the Mosolf Group, responsible for rail business, has been granted the ECM safety certificate (entity in charge of maintenance), in line with EU Regulation 445/2011. The regulation stipulates that for each ...
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FeaturePSA invests in Morocco plant with a view to export
PSA Peugeot-Citroen has revealed plans to build a €557m ($645m) production plant in Morocco.The agreement, signed by Carlos Tavares, chairman, managing board, PSA Peugeot-Citroën, and Moulay Hafid Elalamy, the Kingdom of Morocco’s minister for industry, trade, investment and the digital economy, is to build a plant in the commune of ...
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FeatureClosing the gap in Africa
South Africa’s vehicle exports to the rest of the African continent, particularly on the west coast, continue to grow, presenting an opportunity for a variety of carriers who service the country’s main export hubs. However, despite the relative proximity of these markets to South African manufacturers, the logistics gap is ...
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FeatureRenault-Nissan awards maritime logistics providers at ALE Supplier Convention
Finished vehicle logistics providers Grimaldi and Neptune Lines were among the recipients of supplier awards recently awarded by Renault-Nissan at its Alliance Logistics Europe Supplier Convention held at Technocentre Renault in Guyancourt, near Paris.Italian maritime and logistics provider Grimaldi Group took the award for its outstanding performance level according to ...
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FeatureRenault using shortsea from Vigo to export Spanish volumes
Renault is to make use of the Spanish north-western port of Vigo to dispatch finished vehicles built at its plants in Valladolid and Palencia to Nantes, on a ‘motorways of the sea’ route to western France. The carmaker intends to export around 30,000 units a year to France. However, this ...
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FeatureRussia pins hope on EEU deal with Vietnam for wider Asian sales
A new deal recently signed between the Eurasia Economic Union (EEU) and the government of Vietnam is expected to see import duties reduced to zero on vehicle kits exported from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia to the south-east Asian country for assembly there.The EEU’s Minister for Trade, Andrei Slepnev (pictured), ...