Automation – Page 319
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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 ...
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ArticleMazda to increase production of SKYACTIV engines
Japan – In response to increasing demand, Mazda has announced it will raise production capacity for both SKYACTIV-G and SKYACTIVD engines at its Hiroshima Plant.Currently producing 800,000 units annually, production is set to be increased to 1m units per year by the end of 2014.The company will install a new ...
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Ford commits to engines in UK restructuring
UK – Following plans announced last year to address over-capacity in Europe, which included closing the Transit assembly plant in Southampton and stamping and tooling operations in Dagenham (DSTO), Ford has committed to investment in its remaining UK operations.These will remain a global centre of excellence for powertrain development and ...
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ArticleGM invests more in Spring Hill assembly
USA – GM’s latest investment of $167m has increased to $350m the planned spending for new vehicles to be produced at the Spring Hill assembly plant, and is expected to create or retain about 1,800 jobs.The new vehicle programmes will add to existing operations at the site which operates as ...
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Sunderland records investment success
UK – The city of Sunderland has achieved record-breaking automotive manufacturing success and major international investment in the last 18 months, the city authorities say. Over 2,000 automotive-related job opportunities have been announced and international companies to have opened plants in the city include US-based Lear Corporation and SNOP UK.Vantec ...
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ArticleRoad to Pardis
Celebrating 50 years of supplying state-of-the-art paintshop technology to the automotive industry, Geico has proudly inaugurated both new headquarters and Pardis Innovation Centre.The Pardis Innovation Centre is dedicated to the development of green coating processes for the automotive industry. To this end Geico has set an ambitious target to introduce ...
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ArticleDearborn Mid-West has new sales specialist
USA – Dearborn Mid-West Company (DMW) has appointed Kurt Theisen to its Life Cycle Improvement (LCI) Division as a product sales specialist.Theisen began his DMW career in 1994 as a mechanical design engineer and has since held the position of mechanical project engineer/project manager. He has also worked for Durr ...
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ArticleVW gets new chief in UK
UK – Paul Willcox has been appointed managing director of Volkswagen Group (UK), taking over from Simon Thomas, who leaves to take up a global marketing role.Willcox joins the business from Nissan and previously worked for Peugeot GB.www.volkswagen-group.com
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ArticleNew head of powertrain at GM
USA – General Motors has appointed Steve Kiefer as head of its global powertrain operations. He will have overall responsibility for GM’s global powertrain engineering activities, reporting to Mary Barra.Kiefer has served in a variety of engineering and leadership roles over his career at both GM and Delphi.www.gm.com