All Logistics articles – Page 27
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ArticleNelson opens Monterrey plant for CV parts
Mexico – The new manufacturing and distribution facility will begin full production in 45 days, turning out precision-formed tubing and sheet-metal structural fabrications plus exhaust tubing, mufflers and emissions systems components for commercial, off-road and recreational vehicle-makers.The 180,000 sq. ft facility will be equipped with the latest tube and flatbed ...
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ArticleIs outsourcing now "in"?
The boundary between outsourced supply chain and in-house manufacturing is moving all the time. Jonathan Ward asks where carmakers should draw the lineProviders such as Ryder carry out in-plant handling and logistics services for a number of OEMsOnce, perhaps, it was easy to see where logistics management and labour stopped ...
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ArticleFirst V-Class leaves Mercedes-Benz Vitoria
Spain – The launch of series production follows a €190m investment to modernise and reorganise the bodyshop, paintshop and assembly units at the 600,000 sq. m facility, as well as to optimise the logistics. In addition to the physical adaptations, Emilio Titos, head of the Vitoria production plant, noted the ...
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ArticleMarc Nassif hands over to Sumit Sawhney at Renault India
As Renault’s president and CEO in India hands over to his successor, AMS gets the inside track In little more than 30 months, Renault has transformed itself from a non-entity in the vast but largely untapped Indian market to one of the top ten automotive companies in the region. It ...
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ArticleShared values, shared results
The Oragadam plant in Chennai makes vehicles for both Renault and Nissan; AMS reports on the dual production The Renault-Nissan Alliance has manufacturing facilities in every continent, but only one site serves both brands. The group’s plant at Oragadam, near Chennai in India, turns out five models for Renault and ...
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ArticleBosch to invest €50m in Samara
Russia – The company’s new plant will enable local manufacture by its Electric Drives division in addition to Chassis Systems Control, Starter Motors and Generators as presently. Products will include: anti-lock braking systems, starters and generators, common rail injectors for commercial vehicles and windscreen wipers. The site covers a total ...
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Ulbrich joins VW Cars board for Production and Logistics
Germany – Thomas Ulbrich has worked for the OEM since 1989, holding a series of positions before he was made technical executive vice-president at Shanghai-Volkswagen Automotive in 2010, where he looked after production and logistics at five locations.Ulbrich replaces Hubert Waltl, who becomes board of management member for Production at ...
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ArticleHeavyweight investments
Recent developments at Volvo and Daimler show that staying ahead in truck manufacture requires the input of significant resourcesTrucks are the lifeblood of commerce; for example, the latest figures from the United States show that 19 billion tonnes of freight were carried in a single year – equating to 4.4trillion ...
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ArticleBig challenges off the road
The volumes may be lower and the unit size larger, but the logistical and manpower issues involved in off-highway manufacturing are similar to the automotive industryThe manufacture of huge off-road vehicles follows many of the same processes found in automotive production. Most of these models are made using flow line ...
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ArticleRevitalising UK steel production
As a result of a £3.1m investment, Tata Steel recently opened a new profiling centre in the West Midlands; AMS went to take a lookWolverhampton today stands a long way from the glory days of the 19th century, when it was the beating mechanical heart of the UK’s “Black Country” ...
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Renault-Nissan Alliance to accelerate synergies
The Netherlands – In order to hit a €4.3 billion ($6.0 billion) synergy target by 2016, the partnership will focus on achieving closer integration in four key areas: R&D, Manufacturing and Logistics, Purchasing and HR. In Manufacturing and Logistics, projects will be aimed at improving plant performance through “more rigorous” ...
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ArticleTesla to open Chinese plants for Model S
China – According to the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, growth in sales in the region could match US demand potentially as soon as 2015, and therefore justify local manufacture.Musk intends to inaugurate Tesla’s presence in China at the end of March. In the US, assembly preparations for the Model S ...
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ArticleInterview with Mick Horan, Tata Steel
AMS visited Tata Steel's new £3.1m profiling centre at Steelpark, Wolverhampton, UK, to speak to its director of heavy gauge decoiling and plate profilingJoanne Perry (JP): Tata Steel has a number of facilities across the UK and Ireland. What was the objective of the recent investment at Steelpark? Mick Horan ...
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ArticleRöchling opens Wackersdorf plant
Germany – The plastics specialist has transferred its operations from a BMW-owned innovation park to a newly built production facility which cost €23m and covers 36,000m2. New equipment includes an injection moulding machine with a clamping force of 1,000 metric tons; another machine will be added by the end of ...
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ArticleDaimler to invest €190m in Vitoria
Spain – In preparation for a new generation of medium-size commercial vehicles (CVs) to be launched later this year, the OEM will develop the bodyshop, paintshop and assembly units at its second-largest van plant. In addition to modernising and re-organising these areas of the 600,000m2 plant, Daimler will optimise the ...
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ArticleGM invests nearly $1.3bn to upgrade five US plants
US – The investment will be split between facilities in Detroit, Flint and Romulus in Michigan, Toledo in Ohio and Bedford in Indiana. It is intended to support the production of a new V6 engine, a new 10-speed transmission and an existing 6-speed transmission, as well as funding assembly plant ...
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ArticleRecord breaker
The success of the Evoque and Freelander models has seen a move to 24-hour production at Land Rover’s Halewood, Merseyside, UK plantIn the last couple of years, Halewood has broken one production record after another, with the Range Rover Evoque surpassing all sales expectations; demand for this model from China ...
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ArticleLeading a UK revival
AMS takes a look inside JLR’s plant in Solihull, West Midlands, UK, where production is increasing and aluminium will soon replace steelThe recent success of Jaguar Land Rover is at the centre of the ongoing revival of UK vehicle production, and at the heart of JLR is its Solihull factory. ...
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ArticleJaguar leaps forward
Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich factory near Birmingham, UK, currently spearheads production of its latest models. AMS reports on operations at the siteHome of the iconic brand’s production, JLR’s Castle Bromwich plant covers 110 acres, employs around 3,200 people and is currently the sole Jaguar plant, a position which will change when ...
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ArticleBrad Zak takes SVP role at IAC
Luxembourg – In his new position as senior vice-president operations for Europe, Zak joins the global executive team at International Automotive Components and will oversee European operations, manufacturing strategy and engineering, continuous improvements, quality and logistics.He now has responsibility for 27 facilities across 10 countries, including 7,500 employees, and will ...