All Europe articles – Page 87

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    Hyundai to start assembling LCVs in South Africa

    2014-08-20T11:38:31Z

    South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai is investing R110m ($146m) in a new factory in Gauteng, South Africa to assemble light commercial vehicles; the branch will be fully operational after its launch at the beginning of September next year.The facility will build 500 to 600 delivery vans each month, initially from ...

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    Private equity firms buy Turkish forwarder UN Ro-Ro

    2014-08-20T09:24:42Z

    Private equity firms Esas Holding and Actera Partners have formed a partnership to buy Turkish ocean forwarder UN Ro-Ro for a reported €700m ($936m) from its owner Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts (KKR).UN Ro-Ro operates a fleet of 12 vessels with capacity to move 322,000 vehicles a year. It has four ...

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    PIERS data shows H1 increase in US auto parts imports

    2014-08-19T12:20:57Z

    Automotive parts imports to the US increased by more than 5% year-on-year in the first half of 2014 based on figures provided by PIERS, the US import-export reporting service. That figure was up by nearly 11% compared to the same period in 2012 and the market has grown 10% over ...

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    Russia threatens retaliatory ban on vehicle imports

    2014-08-19T11:55:54Z

    Russia has said it will tighten retaliatory sanctions on products from Western nations to include a ban on vehicles if more sanctions are imposed on the export of Russian products.The announcement follows the recent imposition of sanctions on food products from the European Union, United States, Australia, Canada and Norway. ...

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    CETM welcomes revival in Spanish haulage but calls for change

    2014-08-18T12:28:38Z

    The head of Spain’s vehicle haulage association has welcomed positive signs in the market and called for a working party to represent the interests of the sector.Daniel Tarragona, managing director of the SETRAM group (pictured), has had his position as president of the vehicle haulage association – CETM Portavehículos y ...

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    Getting the North American network in ship shape

    2014-08-15T17:54:26Z

    The inaugural Import Export North America conference, a joint AIAG and Finished Vehicle Logistics event, saw executives and lawmakers debate how best to prepare the region to meet the logistics challenges of changing import and export flows and rising production. Executives gathered at the port of Baltimore, Maryland The recovery ...

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    Nissan inaugurates VDC at Aguascalientes A2 plant

    2014-08-14T10:00:36Z

    Nissan has officially opened a vehicle distribution centre (VDC) at second plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico following an investment of $31m. The carmaker said the facility would accelerate the export of the Sentra vehicles made at the plant and push the daily number sent to the US to 720. Currently 100% ...

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    Krathwohl takes up management role with Jack Cooper

    2014-08-13T15:01:54Z

    Christine Krathwohl has taken up a new role at Jack Cooper Holdings as managing director on the company’s Strategic Advisory Board. Krathwohl was previously executive director of logistics and supplier diversity at General Motors, a position she left in May last year amid an executive reshuffle at the carmaker.She joins ...

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    Blackstone buys Alliance Automotive from Weinberg

    2014-08-13T11:17:29Z

    Private equity firm Blackstone has bought Alliance Automotive Group, which distributes automotive service parts in France and the UK, from Weinberg Capital Partners.Alliance Automotive operates under the brands GroupAuto France, GroupAuto UK, Partners, Gef’Auto and Précisium. In all it has a total of 1,410 outlets employing 3,500 workers. Group sales ...

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    Rodion Naboyshikov takes up new role at Logistics Operator

    2014-08-13T10:05:07Z

    Rodion Naboyshikov, who has been senior development manager at MC Logistics CIS for more than a decade, has left to take up a new role as director of the Automotive Logistics department at Russian firm Logistics Operator.MC Logistics CIS is a division of Mitsubishi Corporation covering the Commonwealth of Independent ...

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    JAC signs major order to supply Venezuela with trucks

    2014-08-13T09:32:27Z

    Chinese vehicle maker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) has signed a $274m contract with Venezuela’s Ministry of Transport and national foreign trade company Corpovex S.A. for the supply of more than 10,000 heavy trucks and tractors.More than 5,000 of the trucks will be delivered over the course of the next year, ...

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    Duisport begins vehicle exports to China by rail

    2014-08-12T17:10:30Z

    Trans Eurasia Logistics (TEL), a joint venture between DB Schenker Rail and Russian Railways (RZD), has started rail shipments of vehicles from the inland port of Duisburg in Germany, to Chongqing in China.German carmakers, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz and VW, are participating in the first trial run on what is being ...

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    DHL handles machinery move to Ghana

    2014-08-11T12:18:11Z

    DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) is organising the ocean delivery of construction machinery from German firm GT Günter Papenburg to the Ghanaian Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in Africa. The transport is being handled by DGF’s special projects team – DHL Industrial Projects.The company is overseeing port handling at ...

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    Groupe CAT secures parts distribution contracts in Europe

    2014-08-11T10:13:39Z

    Transport and logistics provider Groupe CAT is now managing the spare parts distribution for Toyota in the south of France, meaning it now moves 100% of the carmaker’s spare parts throughout the country. It began distributing parts to the north of the country in January 2012.The latest multi-million-euro contract started ...

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    Euro Car Parts picks up 27 Unipart Automotive outlets

    2014-08-11T09:35:05Z

    Following the news that aftermarket car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has gone out of business, rival parts supplier, Euro Car Parts, has bought 27 locations previously owned by Unipart.“We are delighted to have acquired these 27 branches and may yet acquire more,” said Martin Gray, CEO of Euro Car Parts. ...

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    Russia to hit Ukrainian auto industry with import duties

    2014-08-08T16:37:19Z

    The Russian government has announced the implementation of customs duties on vehicles made in Ukraine, which, according to local analysts, could bring the two largest manufacturers in the country – ZAZ and Bogdan – to the brink of bankruptcy. Russia authorities have said that to protect its own carmakers it ...

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    Looking back: putting customers first in Indian vehicle logistics

    2014-08-05T13:46:45Z

    Achal Paliwal (left), until recently head of exports and logistics at Honda Cars India, sat down for a pint or two with our India correspondent to discuss a career in vehicle logistics and the evolution of two Japanese companies in India with very different approaches.When long-serving executives step down from ...

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    Guided by choices

    2014-08-01T16:09:15Z

    In the push to improve productivity, manufacturers and logistics providers are looking to increase the use of AGVs in parts and material warehouses, although there are still questions about investment and flexibility. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are an increasingly common sight in the automotive industry, particularly in production plants, where ...

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    Labour flexibility and logistics outsourcing key to Daimler union deal

    2014-07-31T14:27:52Z

    Daimler has agreed new terms with its labour union for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany (pictured), which will allow for more labour flexibility and outsourced logistics operations, helping to save hundreds of millions of euros over the next several years. In return, the carmaker will build a new model ...

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    Port of Pasaia handles first Opel Mokka units

    2014-07-29T16:08:13Z

    The Basque port of Pasaia (Pasajes) in Spain has begun handling its first Opel Mokka SUVs. In May, the Opel plant at Figueruelas (Zaragoza) announced that this year's production forecast for the model had been raised by 13,000 units.Short-sea operator UECC has said that for 2014 the number of Mokka ...