All articles by Joanne Perry – Page 6
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ArticleInterview: Chuck Padden, FCA US Toledo
The OEM's plant manager at its largest factory in North America explains why the home of the Jeep is a top performer – ranked first for WCM in the US and with the second-biggest output of any OEM in the regionAMS: How important is Toledo within FCA’s North American production ...
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ArticleEntrevista: Chuck Padden, FCA Toledo
El director de la mayor fábrica en Norteamérica de FCA nos explica por qué el hogar del Jeep es una planta de máximo rendimiento, clasificada en primer lugar por WCM en EEUU y con la segunda mayor producción de entre todos los fabricantes en la regiónAMS: ¿Cuál es la importancia ...
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ArticleEntrevista: Chuck Padden, FCA Toledo
O gerente da fábrica de OEM na sua maior fábrica na América do Norte explica por que o lar do Jeep é um “top performer” - ficou em primeiro lugar no WCM nos EUA e com a segunda maior saída de qualquer OEM na regiãoAMS: Quão importante é Toledo dentro ...
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ArticleFCA公司Jeep重拳出击
Toledo工厂努力在北美名列前茅，去年已经跻身第二。AMS参观了为Jeep Cherokee新建的汽车车体修理厂、计量中心、以及升级后的喷漆区域和装配区域“将如何释放5,000个劳动力的？”这是工厂经理Chuck Padden在把FCA US Toledo转变成“世界高端制造厂”时脑海里闪现的问题。至少北美Ohio工厂是表现最好的工厂之一，去年产量为511,106辆，仅次于Nissan Smyrna。这个数字式2009年（143,885辆）的三倍还多，而且2015年的531,000辆的目标也是唾手可得了。劳动力规模（到6月30日为止拥有5,266人）在北美也是最大的FCA工厂。阅读全文［英文］
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ArticleFCA's Jeep juggernaut
As the Toledo plant strives to top North America's output table, after taking second place last year, AMS tours its new bodyshop, metrology centre, and upgraded paint and assembly areas for the Jeep CherokeeIn this article:A butterfly bodyshopProgress in the paintshopAdaptations in assemblyFacts about FCA US Toledo“How do you unlock ...
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ArticleEl gran Jeep de FCA
La planta de Toledo aspira a encabezar las cifras de producción en Norteamérica, el año pasado alcanzó el segundo puesto, AMS visita su nuevo taller de pintura, el centro de metrología y las áreas de pintura y ensamblado actualizadas para el Jeep Cherokee“¿Cómo se desata el potencial de 5.000 personas?” ...
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ArticleJeep, a força da FCA
Conforme a fábrica de Toledo se esforça para o topo da tabela de saída da América do Norte, depois de tomar o segundo lugar no ano passado, a AMS faz uma turnê na sua nova oficina, centro de metrologia, e áreas de pintura e de montagem adaptadas para o Jeep ...
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ArticleTravel blog: Upscaling cowboys to carmakers in Guanajuato
Two out of three restaurants at my hotel in Mexico City are Japanese. This fact is rather more significant than how it impinges on my dining options: why Japanese, why here? Because there are Japanese companies and Japanese people and it makes sense for there to be sushi. A good ...
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ArticleTravel blog: Shooting for the stars (and stripes) in Puebla
If NASA, in this era of budget cuts, should need to find alternative premises, I know a little place down in Mexico that might suit. Not that its current occupant would be eager to vacate, having only started operations there last year. I’m talking about VW and its new bodyshop ...
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ArticleTravel blog: What’s GM chancing in Lansing?
“It’s the soccer moms – first they had to have minivans, now it’s SUVs.” So said the driver taking me to and from GM Lansing Delta Township, about an hour-and-a-half west of Detroit. Interestingly, his knowledge of market demand extended to which car models get stolen most often in Michigan, ...
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ArticleTravel blog: Reborn in Dearborn
For some it would be an almost spiritual experience, but for me yesterday’s visit to Ford at the place where it all began (more or less), was about appreciating the enduring human capacity for innovation; from the first moving assembly lines to the robotised manufacturing methods of the 21st century, ...
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ArticleTravel blog: A tornado in Toledo
What do Toledo and Leipzig have in common? No, it’s not that they both have an ‘e’ (or an 'l') in their name. Nor is it that they’re both European; I’m talking about Toledo in tornado-riven Ohio, not the Spanish city famed for its steel-making since before the birth of ...
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ArticleInterview: Atterby and Burton at Luxus
Peter Atterby, managing director, and Terry Burton, technical manager, discuss Luxus' commercialisation of a new range of lightweight polypropylene polymers for interior trim, featuring up to 60% recycled contentJoanne Perry (JP): Luxus has been supplying thermoplastic materials to the automotive industry for 30 years. Which of today’s models feature Luxus ...
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ArticleTravel blog: EU puts its money where Louth is
Grimsby. It’s not normally thought of as a hotbed of technological, indeed any, innovation. Luckily, I was merely passing through on my way to Louth, where something more interesting was happening. At an industrial estate on the edge of town, an independent technical compounder and recycler is developing a new ...
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ArticleAlicerce firme da GM Brasil
Fundada em 1930 em São Caetano do Sul, é a fábrica mais antiga do OEM na América do Sul e tem exigido modernização substancial, mais recentemente recebendo upgrades para sua oficina de carroceria e de prensaEm agosto deste ano, a General Motors (GM) anunciou um investimento de US$ 2,9 bilhões ...
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ArticleGigante do Brasil: Betim
A maior fábrica da Fiat Chrysler no mundo já melhorou a sua oficina de prensa e sala de montagem, mas está se expandindo ainda mais com a construção de uma nova oficina de pintura que estará operacional em 2016Quase uma cidade em si, Fiat Betim cobre 829.700 m² de 2.48m ...
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ArticleBetim: el gigante brasileño
La mayor planta de Fiat Chrysler en el mundo ya ha actualizado su taller de prensado y la nave de ensamblado, pero sigue su expansión con la construcción de un nuevo taller de pintura que estará operativo en 2016Es casi una ciudad en sí misma, Fiat Betim tiene una superficie ...
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ArticleLa sólida base de GM Brasil
São Caetano do Sul se estableció en 1930 y es la planta más antigua del fabricante en Sudamérica, se han realizado modernizaciones sustanciales y recientemente se han mejorado sus talleres de carrocería y de pinturaEn agosto de este año General Motors (GM) anunció una inversión de 2.900 millones de dólares ...