All Press and stamping articles – Page 15
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ArticleToyota production hits 9m in Europe
Belgium – The OEM started manufacturing in the continent in 1971 after establishing Toyota Caetano Portugal, which currently makes the Dyna commercial vehicle. Toyota now has nine plants, including three powertrain operations, in seven countries and has invested over €8 billion ($10 billion) in its European footprint. The 9m-unit milestone ...
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WebinarTRUMPF Solutions for hot forming process chain
Laser technology is a constant companion to the ever-increasing hot stamping technology. A primary application is in the trimming of hardened parts. There is an array of laser applications found in the process chain of hot stamping. The maturing hot stamping process is now going in new directions, exploiting even ...
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ArticleHarlow to lead Chrysler NAFTA Manufacturing
USA – Chrysler Group has appointed Brian Harlow vice-president – head of NAFTA Manufacturing as the successor to Mauro Pino, who will lead Manufacturing for LATAM. Harlow is now responsible for all assembly, stamping and powertrain manufacturing operations in the US, Canada and Mexico, as well as the implementation of ...
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ArticleEuroBLECH: Proving its metal
Between October 21-25, the 23rd International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition in Hanover will exhibit numerous solutions that are useful to the automotive industry For EuroBLECH 2014, organisers will bring together over 1,400 exhibitors from more than 40 countries, in an enlarged exhibition area in Hanover. Over half the ...
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WebinarWEBINAR: TRUMPF hot forming solutions
Laser technology is a constant companion to the increasingly common hot stamping process, a primary application being the trimming of hardened parts. But there is an array of laser applications in the process chain of hot stamping, which is maturing and developing in new directions as OEMs exploit its ...
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ArticleHealthy targets
A safe working environment accounts for both regulation and human behaviour, writes Robert Marshall While automotive OEMs and tier suppliers have not been subjected to such intense global scrutiny as that endured recently by the clothing industry following several fatal incidents in low-cost manufacturing locations such as Bangladesh, worker safety ...
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ArticleVW Anchieta: Production pioneer
As the first VW plant outside Germany, Anchieta paved the way for the OEM’s leading position within BrazilWhen Volkswagen first looked to produce vehicles outside its home nation after the devastation of World War Two, the incipient automotive hub around São Paulo was the location it chose. A bilateral trade ...
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ArticleAvaliando a estampagem
Depois de algumas instalação este ano, nós avaliamos o impacto dos tamanhos de máquinas de estampagem Não há nenhuma dúvida sobre isso: prensas de transferência estão ficando visivelmente maior. Claro, leitos de prensas precisam ser grandes, pois as peças são transportadas através de várias estações durante o processo de ...
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ArticleGM Wentzville adds third shift
US – An additional 750 personnel will be required at the assembly facility in Missouri to build the new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pick-ups plus the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans.The personnel for the third shift are in addition to the 1,315 that GM announced with ...
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ArticleSizing up stamping
After several huge servo press installations this year, we assess the impact of machine size on stamping There’s no doubt about it: servo transfer presses are getting noticeably bigger. Of course, press beds need to be large because parts are transported through several stations during the forming process, but some ...
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ArticleChrysler: Going global
The OEM's established brands, vehicle line-up and production locations will be repositioned worldwideCreating a single entity out of transatlantic mergers or alliances has proven difficult for Ford and General Motors, despite the One Ford strategy now being seen by some as paying dividends. Likewise, the break-up of DaimlerChrysler some years ...
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ArticleViva, Vauxhall Luton!
A £185m contract to build the new Opel/Vauxhall van has helped to save GM’s only CV plant in EuropeIn late August this year, GM’s last remaining light commercial vehicle (LCV) plant, at Luton in the UK, started series production of the new Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro after securing a £185m contract. In ...
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ArticleChery opens $400m plant at Jacareí
Brazil – The facility in São Paulo State is the first in the country from a Chinese manufacturer and is the OEM’s first full production site overseas. Capacity will reach 50,000 units in Phase One, initially focusing on the Celer and QQ, and will rise to 150,000 in Phase Two.Representing ...
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ArticleFrom A to Z at Ford Brazil's SBC
Car and truck production occurs in the same complex at the OEM’s Brazilian headquarters near São PauloFord has had a presence in the Brazilian market for 95 years, but it did not begin full-scale manufacturing in the country until 1957, when production of the F-600 medium-sized truck started at Ipiranga ...
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ArticleHot off the press
Press hardening is helping OEMs to use innovative materials in the manufacture of lightweight vehicles Ever stricter legislation in the EU, the US and other countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions has created a worldwide trend that increases the pressure on automotive manufacturers to reduce the weight of their vehicles. ...
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ArticleGM to build $174m stamping facility
US – When it comes online in 2016, the newly constructed area of the OEM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant will produce stamped components for Cadillac ATS and CTS vehicles, plus an unnamed future product. GM estimates that its investment will save around $14m each year in logistics costs linked ...
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ArticleChrysler to expand Michigan stamping plant
US – An investment of $63m will be used to purchase new equipment and increase capacity by 12,000 hits per days, or 3.6m parts per annum. The expansion at Warren, which already produces 80m parts per year, will support vehicle production at five North American plants.Adding to the existing 12 ...
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ArticleRuling Romania
Revitalised by Renault since its purchase in 1999, Dacia now has a considerable production footprint; the Mioveni plant is the jewel in its crown Dacia is the automotive equivalent of the local convenience store that has somehow transformed itself into a supermarket chain. A company which at best produced only ...
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ArticleArcelorMittal JV opens steel plant in Hunan
China – Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel (VAMA), the joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Hunan Iron & Steel, will produce high-strength automotive steels for the Chinese market from its location in the economic zone of Loudi, Hunan Province.The greenfield project, involving an investment of 5.2 billion yuan ($832m), was approved by ...
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ArticleAllied to aluminium
The growing use of this lightweight material presents its manufacturers with significant technical challengesTo the casual observer, there is nothing extraordinary about Ford’s announcement that it will be using aluminium instead of steel to produce the body of its 2015 F-150 pick-up truck.After all, the lightweight metal has been used ...