Data

• Materials handling

  News » Faurecia deploys AGVs in Spain

  

  December 12th 2018 Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are now working alongside workers and robots at Faurecia’s car seat manufacturing plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz, northern Spain. Through a weightless handling system, workers transfer the car seat from the end of the line to the AGV, which then delivers it to a loading robot. The vehicle then takes the seat to […]
  Tagged with: Faurecia, Kivnon
  

• South America summit

  News » Brazil needs investment and talent to flip the recession

  

  December 4th 2018 While the automotive sector in Brazil waits for political reform under its new president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, including investment in transport and infrastructure, logistics providers need to be creative in overcoming the existing poor state of the roads and ports. That is if the country is to exploit returning growth, including for export markets beyond Argentina. […]

• International trade

  News » British automotive industry finds new markets

  

  November 28th 2018 Asia was the fastest growing foreign market for the UK’s automotive sector last year, with the value of exported goods up 21% on 2016, a new survey has shown. The Asian increase helped lift the sector’s total exports to £40 billion ($51.5 billion) – a 26% increase in two years – making Britain the world’s […]
  Tagged with: EEF
  

• Government policy

  Opinion » Bordering on Brexit – why it pays to be prepared

  

  October 18th 2018 The Eurotunnel has carried more than 26 million trucks and more than 340 million tonnes of freight goods since 1994. A total of 25% of trade in goods between the UK and continental Europe goes through the Channel Tunnel, representing a total value of around 115 billion euros per year. For more than 20 years it […]
  Tagged with: Toyota, Department for Transport, Anaplan, BMW mini
  

• Market trends

  News » Deficit in Brazil’s automotive parts sector worsens

  

  October 16th 2018 Brazil’s automotive parts industry posted a trade deficit of $4.48 billion over the first eight months of this year – a 22.4% increase compared to the deficit over the same period last year. Figures released by the National Association of Brazilian Auto Parts Manufacturers (Sindipeças) show exports of auto parts to 198 countries from January […]
  Tagged with: National Association of Brazilian Auto Parts Manufacturers, Sindipeças
  

• Trade trends

  News » Brazilian auto association adjusts forecast

  

  October 16th 2018 Brazil’s National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea), has adjusted predictions for how the year will end for the finished vehicle sector in the country – upwards for domestic registrations and production, downwards for exports. In updated forecasts, Anfavea projected a 13.7% rise to 2.54m units in vehicles licensed, up from the previous rate of 11.7%. […]
  Tagged with: Volkswagen, Anfavea
  

• Government policy

  Opinion » EU workers are key: don’t close the UK’s door

  

  October 8th 2018 According to the Department for Transport’s official statistics, more goods were imported by road into the UK than exported last year, with 10,000 lorries making their way through Dover Strait per day alone. Up to 86% of cargo exported from the UK went to the Irish Republic (23%), France (22%), Belgium (19%), the Netherlands (12%) […]
  Tagged with: CBI, Department for Transport
  

• Technology

  Opinion » Blockchain can disrupt the auto industry

  

  October 1st 2018 Blockchain has built its reputation as a distributed ledger platform, which provides a framework for securely using and trading cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. However, its potential extends far beyond financial services. The functions of blockchain could cater to other sectors to create more transparency and deliver greater efficiency. One example is automotive manufacturing, where it […]
  Tagged with: CA Technologies
  

• Trade trends

  News » Argentinian economic downturn hits Brazil

  

  September 11th 2018 Brazil’s National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) has confirmed it is lowering its forecast for automotive exports this year, after warnings that the economic crisis in neighbouring Argentina is impacting on that country’s ability to import finished vehicles. While total automotive exports will not actually decline this year, they will not grow, warned Anfavea […]
  Tagged with: Anfavea, National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers
  

• North American ports survey 2017

  Intelligence » A rising tide – with political undercurrents

  

  July 17th 2018 Mexican production and exports continued to grow through 2017, both to the US and globally. At the same time, US sales remained strong and were fed by an increase in imports from established and emerging markets. It is only in Canada that both sales and assembly are showing a decline.  For the majority of North […]
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