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ArticleNew RFID on the block
From the year 2000 onwards RFID technology started to significantly impact manufacturing efficiency. M2M represents the next step, AMS reportsRFID is fantastic at providing basic information, but due to the need for all items to be scanned individually it also creates a bottleneck at control points. However, the latest M2M ...
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AP&T supplies to Gedia
Germany – Vehicle component manufacturer Gedia has ordered a complete press hardening production line to manufacture car body parts, from AP&T for its facilities in Attendorn. In addition to an Oden press with 1,250 tons of press force and all automation, the order also includes AP&T's Multi Layer Furnace.www.aptgroup.com
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Perceptron Users Meeting 2013
Germany – Bratislava was the venue for this year’s international metrology users’ meeting hosted by Perceptron. The three-day event featured presentations from metrology users, workshops, training seminars, demo stands and a visit to the local Volkswagen plant.Visitors from nine countries included representatives of quality control, planning and purchasing departments from ...
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ArticleBuilding on a reputation
Asian manufacturers are expanding their range and amount of production in North America, reveals Nick GibbsJapan’s major automakers, famously embedded into the North American manufacturing landscape, are set to become more so. Honda was first to establish itself in the US back back in 1982 when it began building the ...
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ArticleNissan production capacity in Americas to reach 2m units by 2014
USA – Nissan is expanding its manufacturing footprint in the the Americas with an investment of more than $5 billion in new plants and increased production volumes.The move comes in response to strong growth opportunities and in an effort to isolate itself from volatility in global currencies.Nissan is expanding in ...
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Renault-Nissan develop together for first time
India – The first all-new programme developed from the ground up by Renault and Nissan teams working side by side is set to cover the most affordable category of cars in the Common Module Family (CMF),Renault-Nissan’s modular system of vehicle architecture. CMF divides vehicles into five modules: the engine bay, ...
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Mazda’s Mexico engine plant
Japan – Mazda’s new Mexican engine machining factory will produce around 230,000 engines per year from October 2014.Construction of the buildings which will house the vehicle and engine assembly lines, is complete and operations should start in the fourth quarter of fiscal year ending March 2014.By localising production and increasing ...
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Hyundai boosts European production capacity
Turkey – Expansion of Hyundai’s Izmit manufacturing plant will increase capacity to 200,000 vehicles annually by 2014.The upgrade will allow the facility to build the forthcoming i10 in addition to the new i20. The success of the Izmit facility, in which the company has invested more than €1 billion ($1.3 ...
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ArticleRacking up the benefits of tracking
Zebra Technologies product manager, John Fulton, discusses a rack tracking project with a major US vehicle manufacturer.A major US OEM had a multi-million dollar problem with the purchasing and tracking of steel, reusable parts racks and wanted to be more efficient and save money. To address this they brought in ...
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ArticleProduction of Sprinter vehicles starts at GAZ’s Nizhny Novgorod plant
Germany/Russia: Daimler and GAZ have invested more than €190m ($250m) to launch the local production of Mercedes- Benz Sprinter Classic – one of the largest investment projects in recent years in the Russian automotive industry.To facilitate production of Sprinter Classic vehicles, about 90,000 square meters of production and logistics facilities ...
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Johnson Controls jv with Zhejiang
Johnson Controls has agreed to form a new joint venture with Zhejiang Wanfang New Materials to set up a plant for automotive fabrics in Haining. The joint venture will supply major automakers in China and abroad with automotive and functional fabrics for automotive seating and interior products.www.johnsoncontrols.com
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Shanghai-Volkswagen starts SKD at Urumqi
Shanghai-Volkswagen (SVW) has started SKD assembly of the Santana model at Urumqi, in Western China. With the planned start of the plant’s own paint shop and body shop, the factory will produce up to 50,000 vehicles per year from 2014.www.volkswagen-group.com
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Bianor opens in Romania
Injection moulding specialist Bianor has opened a new production site in Ploiesti, Romania in order to create more effective ‘just-in-time’ supply chains in Central and Eastern Europe. Set over 4,700 square metres, ten production machines for the planning and manufacture of plastic injection moulding are set in stock, with a ...
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Schuler extends its production in China
Press manufacturer Schuler has invested €16m in expanding its Dalian site to triple its production capacity.The new plant can produce stamping and cutting systems as well as hydraulic machines and press and blanking lines.www.schulergroup.com
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Magneti Marelli shines in Tennessee
A new Magneti Marelli plant for the production of headlamps and rear lights has been inaugurated in Pulaski, Tennessee. The company’s first lighting production plant in the US has a capacity of 2.5m units a year, increasing to 5m in 2016. Orders from Chrysler Group, Mercedes and GM have already ...
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ArticleSparking new ideas
AMS takes a look at what visitors can expect to learn about sheet metal processing at this year’s Blechexpo showThe 11th Blechexpo exhibition will take place in Stuttgart on November 5-8. While closely focused on the core processes of sheet metal processing, the event’s almost 1,000 exhibitors span numerous industrial ...
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Magna expands in China
Magna Steyr unit has opened a new engineering centre in the Tiexi District of Shenyang to position itself for further expansion with customers in the northern part of China. At full capacity, the new 1,050-square-metre centre will house more than 100 engineers.www.magna.com
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3D printing and additive manufacturing global summit
UK: An industry-led forum is to be held in order to identify what new technologies such as 3D printing offer in terms of commercial opportunities for industrial production.Specifically the costs, limitations and identification of where these processes could generate new value alongside traditional manufacturing methods will be highlighted at ...
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Annual parts2clean trade fair
Germany – This year's parts2clean fair will be held at the Stuttgart fairgrounds on October 22-24.New developments to be displayed and demonstrated include equipment for cleaning with hydrocarbons, modifi ed alcohols and polar solvents. A dry ice blasting unit is also being presented and other innovations include new cleaning nozzles ...
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ArticleIncrease at Kansas City to meet F-Series demand
USA – An additional production crew is Ford’s first step in bringing more than 2,000 jobs to its Kansas City Assembly Plant in order to meet growing truck demand and launch production of the all-new Transit van early next year.The company has announced it will increase capacity by 600,000 units ...