All articles by Glen Brooks – Page 3
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ArticleLocalising production in Russia
Nissan: major expansion plannedHyundai & KiaPSA & MitsubishiLocal suppliers: the struggle to competeForeign suppliers: ever more investmentEurope’s largest manufacturer is, as you might expect, also a rising force in Russia. It builds Audi, Škoda and Volkswagen models at its own 4,000,000m² plant in Kaluga, and in addition has a joint ...
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ArticlePartners in production in Russia
Contract manufacturing has become big business, revitalizing the Russian automotive industry. Glenn Brooks begins his report with a look at GAZ.One of the most important companies in Russia’s highly competitive contract manufacturing business is GAZ Group. The firm, based in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, gave up on building its ...
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ArticleRestructure & revolution for AvtoVAZ
Suppliers follow Renault-Nissan investmentLeveraging the Renault-AvtoVAZ AllianceAvtoVAZ-GM: new product for an old partnershipThe biggest automaker in Russia is the AvtoVAZRenault- Nissan Group with a 30.6% market share in 2012, way ahead of the next largest player, the Volkswagen Group (10.9%) and General Motors (9.1%). Even without Renault and Nissan sales ...
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ArticleGetting back on top
Despite natural disasters and an over-valued yen, Toyota managed to finish 2012 as the top selling car maker in the world.Japan’s top six automakers logged record production numbers in 2012, as output rose to meet demand in North America and Southeast Asia. Toyota led the gains, producing 8.74 million vehicles ...
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ArticleRising to a challenge for Honda
Innovations in small car manufacturingSmall cars, big profits Glenn Brooks discovers how a well-timed product launch and strong leadership helped Honda recover from the effects of the 2011 earthquake.On April 8, 2011, Honda’s president and CEO, Takanobu Ito, addressed the company’s associates (employees), promising that the firm would restart operations ...
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ArticleBouncing back in Japan
Glenn Brooks discovers how Japan’s automakers have coped with two years of natural disasters, economic difficulties and political turmoilOngoing power restrictions and the costs of rebuilding or abandoning plants after the earthquake hit Japan’s automakers hard in 2011. Then came a steep rise in the value of the Yen until, ...
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ArticleA changing horizon for GM Holden
Production at Elizabeth into the 2020sDecoding GM’s architecturesGlenn Brooks reports on production of the most advanced Australian-made car yet, soon to roll out at GM Holden’s Elizabeth plant in Adelaide.Holden is one of only seven fully integrated GM global operations that have the ability to design and build vehicles for ...
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ArticleAustralia’s OEM
GM Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux, head of GM’s Australian operations, talks to Glen Brooks about future vehicle platforms, the rescue of a key supplier, and overseeing new export programmesAMS: You’ve been chairman and managing director of GM Holden since March 2010, leading the company through a period ...
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ArticleLeading the Alliance to safety
Of Japan’s three largest manufacturers, Nissan was arguably the hardest hit in terms of destruction at its facilitiesIn the aftermath of the 2011 disaster, Nissan’s COO Toshiyuki Shiga launched an Earthquake Crisis Committee at company headquarters in Yokohama. The Iwaki Plant was closest to the quake’s epicentre and experienced the ...
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ArticleFiat heading for a cleaner horizon
Sharing best practice in Group manufacturingEnvironmental management system certificationVolatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)Addressing water scarcityWater withdrawal and rainwater harvestingWaste managementEquipment containing PCB and PCTWith multiple production plants in Europe and the Americas, and with joint venture facilities in Russia and China due to come on line later this year, Fiat Group’s ...
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ArticleDemand down under
ToyotaGeneral Motors HoldenFordWhat lies ahead?More or less untouched by the global financial crisis, the Australian economy continues to power on – its new vehicle market touching near record highs in 2011. But might there be clouds on the horizon for the three local manufacturers?Like other medium and indeed large economies ...
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ArticleGrowing gains in South Korea
Hyundai MotorKia MotorsGM KoreaRenault Samsung MotorsSsangYong MotorExpanding union powerTear gas and riot policeKorean EV production nears 1m units per annumProduction plants in South Korea are running at near capacity to meet global demand, but dealing with local unions is still proving problematic as the five in-country OEMs attempt to adjust ...
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ArticleThe power of nature
Glenn Brooks examines developments in alternative power generation at vehicle and powertrain production plants in Europe, the US and Brazil, as well as a particularly innovative facility currently under construction in North AfricaToyota's UK 'eco-friendly'The world's largest solar roofSolar power for Chevrolet Volt plantVolkswagen's hydropower initiativeZero-emissions car plantZero discharge, zero ...
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ArticleChevrolet comes of age
In October this year, General Motors will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet. Wayne Brannon, President of Chevrolet Europe, explains how the brand plans to increase its presence in the region, and looks at the future of Opel and VauxhallFuture analysis: Opel and VauxhallAfter a period of upheaval for General ...
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ArticleGroup dynamics at VW
In an exclusive interview for AMS, Dr Andreas Tostmann, CEO of Volkswagen Slovakia, covers SUV and upcoming small car production at the plant. Plus a report on Audi Q3 production in Martorell, SpainProduction in SlovakiaVehicle and component productionVolkswagon Group global productionAudi Q3 starts volume productionWith almost one in four passenger ...
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ArticleCommercial sense
The world’s largest LCV markets and a variety of manufacturing facilities in multiple countries show that plans for plug-in van programmes are highly advanced in many marketsNorth AmericaChinaEuropeGeneral Motors & RenaultFiat and PSA Peugoet CitroenVolkswagenRussiaConclusionWhen the best-selling models in each of the world’s two largest markets are classified as light ...
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ArticleState of independence at Saab
Jan Åke Jonsson, the soon-to-retire CEO of Saab Automobile, and his successor, Victor Muller, who is also Saab’s existing president, talk about their plans for the company’s futureOEM and Tier 1 appliances for powertrainsProduction disruptions at TrollhattanThe mid-winter days of 2010 were even darker than usual for a small corner ...
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ArticleExport strength
Automotive manufacturing in the UK is recovering after the market downturn of 18 months ago. To think of Britain in 2011 as a post-industrial nation would be inaccurate, as the country’s thriving car manufacturing industry proves.The domestic new vehicle marketNissan (Sunderland)ToyotaHondaBMW GroupJaguar Land RoverVauxhall MotorsBentley MotorsRolls-RoyceFord of BritainAston Martin, MG, ...
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ArticlePreparing for take-off
AvtoVAZTogliatti: Past, present and futureManufacturing operationsThe Kalina Robot GardenPaintshopEcological protectionPlastics manufacturingThe future: Outsourcing and productionGeneral MotorsHyundai and KiaRenault-Nissan AllianceFordPSA Peugeot Citroën and Mitsubishi MotorsSollers: Fiat, Chrysler and SsangYongToyotaVolkswagen GroupConclusionLike the Russian economy, the country’s car industry has been on a white-knuckle ride of late. The canceling of consumer lending eighteen ...
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ArticleGrowth is China's solution
Joint ventures back indigenous brandsDomestic dangersGeneral MotorsGuangzhou AutomobileBYDGeely AutomobileChery AutoGreat Wall MotorHow the key players in China’s automotive industry are planning to increase vehicle production, the role of the Chinese government in the expansion programmes, and the push to promote electric vehicles.Derided for years by critics in the West, China’s ...
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