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ArticleAshok Leyland constructs bus plant
India - The commercial vehicle manufacturer has broken ground at a new site in Mallavalli Village, which is situated in the Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. It is building a new bus plant, which will be spread across 75 acres and will produce around 4,800 buses per year."This facility will ...
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ArticleMagna signs agreement with VinFast
Vietnam - The companies are working together on the development of two new VinFast models - an SUV and a sedan. Magna is providing complete engineering and development services for the Vietnamese OEM."This is a great example of how our experience with complete vehicles positions us to support new entrants ...
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ArticleSindelfingen starts GLA production
The news also represents the start of the pilot project 'Innovation Factory', in which production technologies are being tested before featuring in 'Factory 56'. This new factory is being built next to the existing production facilities at Sindelfingen."With the GLA, the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant is producing a compact model for ...
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ArticleKia hits production milestone in Europe
Slovakia - The OEM has recently made its three millionth car in Europe since starting production at its Žilina plant in Slovakia during 2006. This follows shortly after Kia recorded its best ever sales figures across the continent.The Žilina plant currently houses production of the cee'd, Sportage and Venga, as ...
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ArticleOmni-ID white paper: Industry 4.0 – Paperless Picking
Automotive industry supplier eliminates paper, cuts labour in half, and training time by 90%… Find out how a tier one supplier moved from error-prone, inefficient paper-based picking processes to an automated, wireless, visual (e-paper) system and improved their average pick time by nearly 20 seconds. Download the Omni-ID white ...
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ArticleCuestiones materiales
Los nuevos desarrollos del policarbonato en la industria automotriz nos ofrecen un atisbo del futuro El modelo eléctrico conceptual de Covestro incluye un acristalamiento de policarbonato en toda su superficieEl K67 diseñado en 1967 por Covestro (entonces en Bayer) demostró que se podía crear con plástico un vehículo estilizado ...
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ArticleLecciones a aprender
La industria automotriz evoluciona rápidamente y constructores y proveedores deben formar y retener a sus trabajadores formados. Audi recibe unos 800 aprendices en sus dos centros alemanes en Ingolstadt y Neckarsulm cada añoLa optimización de los procesos de producción es una tarea interminable para los constructores automotrices y aunque ...
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ArticleAdient and Arvind to open facility
India - The two companies are joining forces to create Adient Arvind Automotive Fabrics - a joint venture company that will develop, manufacture and sell fabrics for vehicle seating systems in India. The first plant will be located in Ahmedabad, and will serve both domestic and international OEMs."Adient is committed ...
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ArticleMercedes-Benz do Brazil gets new line
Brazil - A building has been constructed at the company’s plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo to house a new production line for light- and heavy-duty trucks. The project lasted for three years and cost a total of €125m (US$153.83m). According to the OEM, the line is 15% more efficient ...
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ArticleDatsun production starts in Pakistan
Pakistan - The OEM has secured a manufacturing and licensing agreement with Ghandhara Nissan, which is owned by Bibojee Services Limited (BSL), to make Datsun models in the country. The cars will be built at Ghandhara's plant in Port Qasim, Karachi.“This entrance to the Pakistan automotive market represents a significant ...
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Nissan starts Datsun production in Pakistan
Pakistan - The OEM has secured a manufacturing and licensing agreement with Ghandhara Nissan, which is owned by Bibojee Services Limited (BSL), for local production of Datsun models. The cars will be made at Ghandhara's plant in Port Qasim, Karachi."This entrance to the Pakistan automotive market represents a significant step ...
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ArticleDigital factories need forward thinking
Michael Nash talks to Bosch's Stefan Assmann about changes taking place on vehicle production linesStefan Assmann 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 created by the supplier in ...
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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 ...
