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  • VW Truck & Bus, Brazil
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    VW Truck & Bus to modernise Resende

    2016-12-01T21:43:35Z

    Brazil – The upgrade in Rio de Janeiro will take place as part of a 420m ($446.8m) investment by the commercial vehicle maker over the next five years, which will also include the renewal of its product portfolio and the development of connectivity services. It is the largest investment in ...

  • BBA engine plant opening
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    BBA opens engine plant in Shenyang

    2016-01-25T18:13:23Z

    China – The new manufacturing complex, which includes a light-metal foundry, will produce BMW’s latest generation of TwinPower Turbo, three- and four-cylinder petrol engines. The company says that both the engine plant and the foundry meet state-of-the-art production standards.The new Shenyang facilities will supply BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) Dadong and ...

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    Engineering for efficient production

    2013-05-01T11:25:19Z

    Nick Holt reports on the presentations and product launches at the Eisenmann Technical ForumWith energy efficiency a hot topic at present it was no surprise that it was at a key theme at Eisenmann’s technical forum, held at the company’s Holzgerlingen engineering and R&D facility. The forum offered presentations from ...

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    Reality meets potential

    2010-05-01T16:21:54Z

    GM production set-upModulesGoing globalRapid responseImplementing efficienciesEngine and chassis productionBrazilian manufacturing chiefs from GM, PSA and Daimler reveal the key factors supporting record production figures - and whether those numbers are sustainableThe retail prices of new cars in Brazil have, like a lot of other products, been on the increase. But ...

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    Pressing ahead at Volvo

    2009-03-01T09:57:35Z

    Volvo Car’s new transfer line is the latest interpretation of so-called classical manufacturing. AMS talks with Jonas Knutsson about the technologies that make it possibleNew take on an old ideaHaste makes no wasteAlist of the attributes of a classical manufacturing ‘transfer line’ reads like a litany of everything that modern ...