With Aston Martin’s Gaydon, UK facility nearing capacity, the carmaker has selected Austria’s Magna Steyr for production of its Rapide four-door sports car.
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“Production of the 3-Series ended in December,” says Michael Janssen, Communications Manager for the BMW plants in Leipzig, Berlin and Eisenach. “Towards the end of production, we were only building 100 3-Series per day. On the line now we have three different 1-Series models (threedoor hatch, coupe and convertible) and the X1.”
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In the UK, the area in which the aluminium tubs (chassis) are produced is closed to visitors in order to reduce particulate contamination. In Graz, the equivalent area is over-pressured to achieve the same goal.
Before test production could begin, the hall was subjected to a thorough dust down. “It took about 10 days to get the place to the required level of cleanliness,” says Parnell. “We cleaned the place from top to bottom – and then did it again.”
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