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ArticleWasting away
Reduction is increasingBalancing the conflictWaste not, want notMetal and plasticFluids – the environment’s worst enemyUsing recycled materialsInformed workforceOutsourcing waste managementTough regulations on recycling are coming into force on an almost monthly basis, but for vehicle makers waste management is not a new idea. Some have been sorting the swarf from ...
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Porsche review over salary, bonuses and company's financial status
Stuttgart, Germany – The German weekly Automobilwoche reports that Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking earned about £60m last year, six times the reported salary of Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, and excluding bonuses totalling £70m.Six Porsche executives are said to have shared total 2007 bonuses of £113m, prompting criticism from German Chancellor ...
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars appointed Purves as CEO
Woodcliff Lake, NJ. – BMW has appointed Tom Purves as CEO of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. He will be responsible for the overall global business, including production, sales and marketing and will assume the role at the beginning of July. In his prior capacity, Tom served as Chairman and CEO of ...
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Convis joins Dana’s new Board of Directors
Toledo, Ohio – Axle and driveshaft provider Dana has named Gary Convis, 65, to the post of CEO. Convis joined Dana’s new Board of Directors in January after retiring from Toyota where he had spent more than 20 years, ending up as Chairman of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky.www.dana.comm
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Polites dies peacefully
Dearborn, MI. – Geoff Polites, CEO of Jaguar and Land Rover, has died peacefully in his home country of Australia. He was 60. Polites, who is credited with leading the team that returned the Jaguar Land Rover business back to profitability and successfully steering it through its ongoing sale process ...
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GAZ Group has appointed a new CEO for LDV Group
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – GAZ Group has appointed a new CEO for LDV Group. Evgeniy Vereshchagin, who joined the board of LDV in December 2007, has been appointed as the company’s new CEO, succeeding Steve Young who left late last year.eng.gazgroup.ru
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ArticleProduction decision intelligence
Online in-line monitoring, visualisation, analysis and optimisation -with local and global access to identify and avoid production problems - is an important issue in modern high-quality auto body manufacturingThis area is where an innovative, intelligent, process-independent production quality database such as Q-VIS from Isra Vision can help. It facilitates comprehensive ...
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ArticleBrownfield is the new green
Brownfield site makes economic senseWinding up the powerDoing the right thingIn the debate about brownfield versus green, Ford comes down clearly on the side of making new from old. The company’s efforts to revitalise its former Dagenham plant have the environment in mindIt is difficult to precisely recall when big ...
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ArticleEditor's Note: Generals and Mercenaries
So just what is GM’s global outsourcing/insourcing policy? Or does it even have one? The General can be rightly proud of its Global Manufacturing System – rolling out common conveyor, control and robot systems around the world, sharpening its logistics policy with the help of well-controlled providers and good planning ...
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Detroit Electric appoints Albert Lam for CEO
Santa Rosa, CA – Former CEO of Lotus Engineering Albert Lam is to be the CEO of Detroit Electric. A collaboration between ZAP and China Youngman Automotive Group, the company is re-launching the century-old electric car brand in the US of the same name.“I’m excited to be given this opportunity ...
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Škoda assembly people have been discriminated
Prague, Czech Republic – Polish workers hired for Škoda assembly have been found to have been systematically discriminated against by the Zetka Auto agency tasked with hiring them. The Czech State Labour Inspection Office and the country’s national ombudsman found that the wages and bonus payments Zetka gave its employees ...
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Kibsgaard takes up the role of Managing Director of BMW UK
Oxford, UK – From March 1 2008 Klaus Kibsgaard will take up the role of Managing Director of BMW’s UK subsidiary. Current Managing Director Jim O’Donnell will take up a new role as President and COO of BMW of North America LLC on April 1.www.bmw.com
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Klaus Volkert sentenced two years and nine months for breaches
Stuttgart, Germany – The former head of Volkswagen’s Works Council, Klaus Volkert, received a two years and nine month sentence for breaches of trust in the affair involving bribes to Works Council members paid by former VW executives including fomer Personnel Director Peter Hartz, via whom Volkert is reported to ...
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ArticleTwo microns for good measure
Pinpoint accuracyMillion-point metrologyErgonomics 101Safety firstImage is everything when it comes to measuring and inspection, and the meticulous accuracy of the latest digital holography tools promise great leaps forward in quality, safety and performanceThe new wave of digital holographic imaging technology developed at the University of Michigan is emerging as the ...
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ArticleHigh stakes and great expectations
Processes are digitally unifiedWork sharing from a global perspectiveVirtual assessment roomsFord’s virtual builds win plauditsProduct development cycles are reducedPressure pointsLean is the new themeDigital manufacturing is only now coming in to its own, and carmakers are using the virtual factory to assist in reducing time to market of products.But this ...
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ArticleCivic interest in Honda grows
Both lines are running at full production“Overtime should be the exception, not the rule”Global platforms for new model introductionsWorking in tandem with suppliersThe success of Honda’s Civic and CR-V models has been nothing short of phenomenal, and production at its UK manufacturing facility has reached capacity 12 months ahead of ...
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ArticleLille and large - regional focus
PSA at ValenciennesMCP manufactureSuppliers in step with assemblyCRITT M2ABridgestoneCompetition breeds creativityLabour intensive productionBridgestone BIRDRenault at DouaiDSafety and ergonomicsFrench bastion/span>C-Segment productionEnvironmental impactToyotomi EuropeYaris supplyFaureciaThe northern French region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a prodigious centre of car production, with over 200 automotive companies supporting an annual build of 10 million. AMS looks at ...
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Article‘Virtual human’ tool improves ergonomics
Ergonomics is the hot topic of the day Possible postures are automatically displayed An ergonomically designed workstation makes work positions more comfortable for employees – and it pays dividends by increasing productivity. Volkswagen has implemented a virtual human software program at its Wolfsburg plant Ergonomics used ...
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ArticleLaw and order at Lexus
Continuous improvement in KyushuQuality policeMiyata complexInnovations on the lineIts fight for the title of No. 1 global carmaker is putting pressure on the Toyota Production System, but if any incentive were needed for further improvements in quality, it can be found in the Miyata Lexus complex in KyushuThe Toyota Production ...
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ArticleAn industry up in the air
Damage limitationNew European legislationRegulation outside EuropeSwitch to waterborne paints in EuropeEnergy costs and system choiceOxidizers and VOCsFuture legislationThe paint shop accounts for almost all the VOCs coming out of a car plant. AMS considers the range of air quality legislation around the world and the ways that vehicle manufacturers are ...