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All OEMs articles – Page 80
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FeatureUK takes steps to secure auto growth
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders forecast, Britain's OEMs will break records within the next three years, producing over 2m vehicles per annum. But success brings problems, too - most notably in logistics. Eighty per cent of production parts are already made in Britain ...
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FeatureBiggest spend for Honda UK in a decade
Honda has announced a £267m ($430m) investment programme at its Swindon plant, the biggest spend the carmaker has made in the UK in more than 10 years. The investment was announced at the same time Honda launched its latest CR-V model and centres around the installation of ...
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FeatureOpel adds sixth model to Poland plant
The confirmation this week that GM Europe’s Opel plant in the Gliwice, Poland will be making the new Cascada – the carmaker’s recently-revealed convertible Astra – from January next year brings the number of models made on the same assembly line to six. The carmaker already makes ...
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FeatureMitsubishi stops shipments of i-MiEV to PSA
Mitsubishi Motors has stopped shipments of its i-MiEV electric vehicle to French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroën. A spokesman for PSA said that the halt was temporary and put in place to “adjust stocks”. The French carmaker is now believed to have more than 4,400 of the vehicles held in ...
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FeatureMercedes US turns to M-Class kit exports for Asia
Mercedes-Benz US International has started exporting SKD kits of its third generation M-Class SUV to India, Indonesia and Thailand from its Tuscaloosa facility in Alabama in a move designed to get around the high costs of exporting the model as a finished vehicle. Each target market has protectionist trade ...
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FeatureStrike action hits South Korean carmakers
Workers at Hyundai’s car plants in South Korea are staging a second week of strikes this week over pay and conditions. The company confirmed that up until last Friday, total lost production had reached 23,608 vehicles, equal to 484.6 billion won ($430m). This week’s repeated action could double that ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Kuehne+Nagel builds service for BMWKuehne + Nagel has expanded BMW’s supply centre in Wörth, Germany by 50,000-square metres to feed inbound parts to the carmaker’s plants in Dingolfing, Landshut and Leipzig. The addition brings the footprint at the facility to 95,000 square metres. The logistics provider is handling ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Kuehne+Nagel builds service for BMWKuehne + Nagel has expanded BMW’s supply centre in Wörth, Germany by 50,000-square metres to feed inbound parts to the carmaker’s plants in Dingolfing, Landshut and Leipzig. The addition brings the footprint at the facility to 95,000 square metres.The logistics provider is handling warehousing, sequencing ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
DHL opens parts centre in BrazilDHL Global Forwarding has opened an automotive parts handling centre in São Paulo, Brazil that will process around 2,000 shipments per month for carmakers, commercial vehicle makers and their tier suppliers in the local market.According to the company, the Automotive Competence Center will provide ...
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FeatureCAT Logistics sale finalised to Gefco bidder
Construction machinery maker Caterpillar has completed the sale of its third party logistics arm – Caterpillar Logistics Services – to Platinum Equity in a deal worth $750m. Platinum Equity is also one of four companies reported to be bidding for Gefco, the logistics arm of PSA Peugeot Citroën. Platinum ...
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FeaturePantos moves GM Korea kits to Tashkent
General Motors has signed a contract with South Korean freight forwarder Pantos Logistics for the transport of semi-knockdown (SKD) kits of Chevrolet models from the Gunsan plant on the west coast of Korea to its joint venture engine and assembly facility in the Uzbek capital Tashkent. The carmaker is ...
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Jaguar Land Rover expands UK plantJaguar Land Rover has announced this week that it will expand its workforce by 1,100 at its Castle Bromwich plant in the UK Midlands to work on output of a range of new products going into production this year, including the 2013 model ...
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FeatureFatal violence closes Maruti Suzuki Manesar plant
Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar plant in the north of the Indian state of Haryana remains closed this week following last week’s violent events there in which one person was killed, more than 70 others injured and in which the plant suffered widespread fire damage. A lockout has been put in ...
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FeatureMahindra Logistics looks to diversify and double profits by 2016
Mahindra Logistics, India’s largest automotive logistics provider, has said it plans to double its revenue in the next four years by building on and diversifying its logistics services outside its parent company, Indian conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), and the automotive industry more generally. The company, which was established ...
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Audi plans logistics facility in GyörGerman carmaker Audi is reported to be planning a logistics centre just outside Györ in Hungary to boost production at its plant there, which is currently undergoing a €900m expansion to boost annual car output to 125,000 by next year. Local press reports indicate that ...
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FeatureGM on the Move in Egypt
General Motors has begun assembly of the Chevrolet Move passenger van at its facility in the Egypt’s 6th of October City near Cairo. The company intends to push output to 5,000 vehicles a year at full production and has invested $10m in upgrading the facility with new tooling to ...
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FeatureJLR mulls CKD assembly in Brazil
Despite the continuing problems facing foreign carmakers importing parts and vehicles into Brazil detailed elsewhere this week (read more here), Jaguar Land Rover is reported to be in talks again with the Brazilian authorities over plans to assemble its Freelander SUV in the country from imported complete knockdown (CKD) ...
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Bentley extends contract with OntimeBentley Motors has extended its contract with transport provider Ontime Automotive for a further three years as it sees an increase in sales driven by the roll out of new products, including the Continental GT, GTC and Mulsanne. The luxury carmaker, owned by Volkswagen, ...
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FeatureBMW boosts UK MINI output and looks to Netherlands
BMW has announced that it will invest a further £250m ($388m) in its UK manufacturing facilities by the end of 2015, bringing total expenditure to £1.75 billion, and is looking to expand capacity for volume increase with the addition of a satellite contract manufacturing facility. The carmaker’s preferred ...
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FeatureGefco-GM 'mega' contract worth 900m euros pa - analysis
The Gefco Group has revealed that the contract signed at the end of June with General Motors will make it the carmaker’s fully fledged fourth party logistics provider (4PL) in Europe, including Russia and Turkey. The seven year contract, which kicks off next year and includes a ...