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ArticleLear expands seating structures plant
Portugal - The company has recently spent more than €5m (US$6.22m) to expand its automotive seating structures manufacturing facility in Valença - a small town situated in north Portugal. Production space was nearly doubled, and now covers an area of over 20,600 square meters, while the office space was also ...
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ArticleAudi plant hailed as CO2-neutral
Belgium - The plant in Brussels has been awarded a 'CO2-neutral site' certificate by Vinçotte - an independent company that carries out inspections and audits. According to Audi, this is the first high-volume production plant in the world to receive the award."In 2014, we were the first premium manufacturer to ...
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Article4R centre to reuse EV batteries
Japan - The global development and manufacturing centre for 4R Energy Corporation will soon open in the town of Namie. It will specialise in the recycling and refabrication of lithium-ion batteries from all over the country.Owners of the Nissan Leaf will be able to turn in their used batteries and ...
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ArticleLynk & Co cars to be built in Belgium
Belgium - Volvo Cars has recently announced that it will start producing cars under the Lynk & Co marque at its manufacturing plant in Ghent, Belgium, from late 2019. The Volvo XC40, V40 and S60 are currently made at the facility, and will also soon be joined by the new ...
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ArticlePSA expands European facilities
France - Like several other manufacturers, Groupe PSA is hoping to benefit from rising demand for electrified vehicles. To ensure it can meet this demand, the company has said that it will prepare its plant in Trémery, France, for the production of electric motors, which will start in 2019. A ...
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ArticleOf Geneva, Brexit and yet more diesel scandal …
It’s March, so it’s time for the annual trip to the Geneva motor show. These days I just do a day trip which means a long day, first plane out and last plane back. This year I had a 2-hour delay at Heathrow on the way out, an hour’s delay ...
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ArticleWeighing up the options
Disruptive technology was high on the agenda at JEC World, the composites industry’s flagship event held every March in Paris, France.A sizable proportion of the 42,445 people who attended the show flocked to see Dirk Ahlborn, Chief Executive Officer of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), lay out his vision for the ...
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ArticleAcompanhamento e treinamento
As tecnologias digitais estão fornecendo novas soluções de treinamento para a indústria automotiva. Nick Holt reportaOs sistemas de rastreamento oculares agora estão sendo utilizados com sucesso para criar programas de treinamento que reduzem erros nas operações de fabricação. Mike Bartel, desenvolvedor de pesquisa sênior da Tobii Pro Insights, forneceu uma ...
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ArticleMais a seguir
Com a Honda registrando números de volume recorde para o ano fiscal terminado em 2017, Ian Henry examina como a empresa está reagindo em cada região A terceira maior empresa automobilística japonesa, depois da Toyota e Nissan, a Honda tem posições especialmente fortes na América do Norte, China e grande ...
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ArticleVW Chattanooga to build new SUV
US - The German manufacturer has revealed plans to build a new variant of the Atlas SUV at its Chattanooga factory in Tennessee. Designed for five passengers instead of seven, the variant will also be based on the MQB platform, and will be designed and engineered specifically for the US ...
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ArticleNissan Canton hits milestone
US - The company's plant in Canton, Mississippi, has recently celebrated the production of its four millionth vehicle since it opened in 2003. To mark the occasion, Nissan announced that it would add a second shift, creating or retaining 250 hourly jobs."Adding a second shift for NV Van production underscores ...
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ArticleSeguimiento y formación
Las tecnologías digitales proporcionan nuevas soluciones de formación en la industria automotriz. Informe de Nick HoltHoy en día los sistemas de rastreo ocular se utilizan exitosamente para crear programas de formación que reducen los errores en las operaciones de fabricación. Mike Bartel, desarrollador e investigador senior en Tobii pro Insights, ...
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ArticleSuma y sigue
Con el reporte de Honda sobre cifras de venta récord para el año calendario completo 2017, Ian Henry observa región a región cómo reacciona la compañíaLa tercera compañía automotriz más grande de Japón detrás de Toyota y Nissan, Honda, tiene posiciones muy sólidas en América del Norte, China y la ...
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ArticleToyota plant gets hydrogen boost
Japan - A hydrogen station has been built at the OEM's Motomachi plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. It will be used to fill 20 new zero emission fuel cell forklifts, which have been deployed as part of a joint initiative with the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry ...
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ArticleGM readies plants for AV production
The Cruise AV is designed to operate safely on its own, with no driver, steering wheel, pedals or other manual controls when it goes on the road in 2019.US - General Motors is spending US$100m to upgrade its Orion Township and Brownstown plants ahead of market introduction of the ...
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ArticleAlliance appoints new production team
France - The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance has outlined a new employee structure for executives and senior members in the hope of saving money and readying the business for growth. It has also appointed a new team that will oversee manufacturing, production engineering and supply chain management.Starting on 1 April 2018, Jose ...
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ArticleDigital factories require forward thinking
Michael Nash talks to Stefan Assmann at Bosch about current changes taking place to vehicle production lines across the worldStefan Assman was previously a plant manager at Bosch’s gasoline and diesel systems components facility in the Czech Republic. He is now head of Bosch Connected Industry – a new unit ...
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ArticleMercedes invests in battery production
Mercedes-Benz Citaro batteryThailand - The German OEM has announced that it will spend €100m (US$123.74m) with its partner Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP) to expand its existing car plant in Bangkok and to construct a new battery assembly facility at the same site. The latter will start operating at ...
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ArticleVW Group to spread BEV production
Germany - The Volkswagen Group has revealed that it will build battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in 16 different locations around the world by the end of 2022. The company currently makes BEVs at just three of its plants - in Wolfsburg, Dresden and Bratislava - but wishes to expand this ...
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ArticleBack to the future
Designed in 1967, the K67 showcased how plastics could be used to create a stylish performance carThe automotive related headlines are full of forward looking statements; OEMs describing their brand’s vision of future mobility, new concepts of how they envision we will be moved around appearing at motor shows, ...