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FeatureBCA appoints Wolfgang Reinhold as head of Europe division
UK-based finished vehicle services provider BCA has appointed Wolfgang Reinhold as divisional CEO for Europe. He will take up the position on May 29th.Reinhold has extensive experience in the remarketing and leasing sectors, having spent the last 28 years at fleet management company LeasePlan Group. His last role at the ...
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FeatureECG highlights the opportunities and threats of a digital future
The looming arrival of self-driving cars could be a serious threat to the future of finished vehicle logistics providers, those attending the Spring Congress and General Assembly of the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) were warned.Speaking at the event in Malta last week, Pavel Haidai, president of Ukrainian vehicle ...
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FeatureECG calls for better OEM forecasts as stocks build amid slowing growth
The outlook for the European finished vehicle sector remains positive, with growth still forecast for the short to medium term, according to figures presented at the Spring Congress of the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) in Malta last week. But a slower growth rate is beginning to lead to ...
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FeatureEkol sets up in Iran and looks to air freight
Ekol Logistics has established a subsidiary in Iran with an initial investment of €20m ($22m) in a logistics facility in the northern city of Qazvin, 50km west of Tehran. The company is also looking at the feasibility of establishing a time-critical air freight service to Iran from Cologne in Germany ...
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FeatureCeva extends Sogefi deal after move to Madrid
Ceva Logistics has renewed its contract with automotive components manufacturer Sogefi for a further three years.Under the new deal, Ceva will continue managing receipt, storage, order picking and shipment preparation, as well as Sogefi’s spare parts delivery to customers.Earlier this year, these activities were moved to Ceva’s multi-user hub at ...
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FeatureRussia reveals plan to deal with counterfeit parts
Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has revealed it plans to force components makers to microchip their products to help crack down on the counterfeit parts trade in the country.Speaking at a recent meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, ministry spokesman Pavel Fink said that around half of ...
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FeatureToyota top, Nissan bottom in North American supplier relations index
Toyota has beaten Honda to the top spot in the latest update of an index measuring working relations between North American OEMs and their suppliers. It’s the seventh time in a row Toyota has held first position. Nissan was at the opposite end of the ranking, meanwhile.The 17th annual North ...
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FeaturePSA localises assembly in Uzbekistan
French carmaker PSA Group has signed a joint venture agreement with Uzbek vehicle manufacturer SC Uzavtosanoat (UzAuto) that will see Uzbekistan PCA make Peugeot and Citroën light commercial vehicles (LCVs) at a new plant in the free industrial zone of Jizzakh from 2019.The plant will have an annual output of ...
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FeatureBarnes Logistics orders 15 new trailers
UK logistics and warehousing company Barnes Logistics is adding 15 new trailers to its fleet as it continues to benefit from a strong local automotive production sector.The company serves the UK’s motor manufacturing industry, providing Just In Time sequenced deliveries direct to lineside at major OEM's throughout the country.Managing director ...
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FeatureUK and EU supply chain managers make early plans for Brexit
Large numbers of supply chain managers in the UK and mainland Europe are already looking for local firms to work with ahead of Britain’s looming exit from Europe, a survey by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) has shown.Almost a third (32%) of UK supply chain managers surveyed ...
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FeatureCargolux and Emirates team up to boost services
Air freight carriers Cargolux Airlines and Emirates SkyCargo are setting up an operational partnership that will include sharing aircraft and cargo handling facilities, as well as developing block space and interline agreements for use on each other’s networks.It is the first such agreement between a main airline and a specialised ...
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FeatureChina pushes Belt and Road investment as European rail link booms
Source: Chatham HouseInvestment plans announced earlier this week for China’s ambitious Belt and Road economic and trade plan look set to support strong growth in rail services between China and Europe, which has seen rising use and interest among automotive manufacturers and logistics providers.At the Belt and Road Forum ...
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FeatureYara and Kongsberg to launch autonomous electric container ship
Norwegian chemical and fertilizer producer Yara International has announced plans for the first all-electric, autonomous container ship.It is being developed in partnership with digital technology group, Kongsberg, and will ship products from Yara's Porsgrunn production plant to Brevik and Larvik in Norway.Named Yara Birkeland after the Norwegian scientist, Kristian Birkeland, ...
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FeatureKerry Logistics announces Tuvia Italia takeover
Kerry Logistics has announced its takeover of a majority stake in Italian logistics provider, Tuvia Italia. It is the latest move in Kerry’s expansion in Europe, though as Thomas Blank, managing director for Europe, explained to Automotive Logistics at last week’s Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, Germany, the company’s ...
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FeatureBMW opens regional distribution centre in Malaysia
BMW Group has officially opened a 130m ringgit ($30m) logistics warehouse and parts distribution centre in Malaysia that is set to support 23 countries in the region.It is situated on over 236,220 sq.m of land in the Free Industrial Zone of the Senai international airport in the southern city of ...
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FeatureCongestion costs rising for US trucking industry
The US trucking industry faced an extra $63.4 billion in operational costs in 2015 due to traffic congestion on the national highway system, new research out this week has suggested.The latest report by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) used a variety of data sources, including its GPS database, to ...
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Featuretime:matters focuses on international growth
German freight expeditor time:matters has said the 92% increase in automotive sector-related revenues it reported last month was the result of an increase in network coverage in the US and Mexico, along with a renewed focus on the automotive sector for same-day delivery and emergency logistics.
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FeatureBorn joins XPO as head of business development for industrial and automotive
XPO Logistics has named Pascal Born (pictured) as business development director for industrial and automotive.Born is responsible for supporting XPO’s in-country sales teams in expanding the company’s industrial and automotive base.He joins the logistics provider from industrial equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, where he spent 25 years. He was predominantly involved in ...
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FeatureFord opens new parts DC in Colombia
Ford’s division in Colombia has opened a new parts distribution centre at the port of Cartagena de Indias, operated for it by 3PL Almaviva.Ford says the 3,000 sq.m facility – which is located at the Cartagena Container Terminal (Contecar) and complements another facility in the capital, Bogota – will speed ...
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FeatureSchaeffler supplies ‘unaffected’ by factory explosion
German components maker and ball bearing supplier Schaeffler has said it does not expect any supply problems to customers despite an explosion at its Eltmann plant in Bavaria on Monday, which injured 23 workers.The explosion occurred at a filtration device for salt at the plant, which manufactures rolling elements for ...