July - August 2019
including:
Aston Martin
Skill and Training
Technology
Global focus: CanadaMay – June 2019
including:
Ford
Paintshop
Materials
Global focus: MexicoMarch – April 2019
including:
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
Toyota
Powertrain
Technology: Machining
Global focus: Japan
January – February 2019
including:
Audi
Ford
BMW
Global focus: South-East Asia
November – December 2018
including:
Daimler
Renault
Aston Martin
Materials - Carbon fibre
Global Focus - China
September – October 2018
including:
Toyota
Ford
Technology - Additive manufacturing
Global Focus - Central Europe
July – August 2018
including:
PSA
Opel/Vauxhall
Ford Otosan
Global Focus - South America
May – June 2018
including:
Mercedes-Benz
Volvo
Global focus on Turkey
Paintshop focus
March - April 2018
including:
Honda
Technology: Welding
Materials: Aluminium
Global Focus – India
January - February 2018
including:
Porsche
Renault
Technology: Digital quality control
Materials: Composite components
November - December 2017
including:
JLR
Paintshop focus
ArcelorMittal
Global Focus – South Africa
September - October 2017
including:
Aston Martin
Suzuki
Kia
Global Focus – Middle East
July - August 2017
including:
Audi
AvtoVAZ
Ford
Global Focus – Europe
May - June 2017
including:
Skoda
London Taxi Company
Mazda
Paintshop focus – GM and Audi
Mar - Apr 2017
including:
Ford
Tata
Tier Suppliers Powertrain
Global focus South America
Jan - Febr 2017
including:
Porsche
Volkswagen
OEMs
Tier Suppliers
Nov - Dec 2016
including:
Mercedes-Benz
Audi
Volvo
Toyota
Sept - Oct 2016
including:
Komatsu
Audi
Mercedes-Benz
Technology - Industry 4.0
July - August 2016
including:
Renault Nissan
GM Talegaon
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles
Bajaj Auto
May - June 2016
including:
PSA
Dongfeng-Renault
Russia’s automotive market
Machining operations
Mar - Apr 2016
including:
Nissan
Aston Martin & McLaren
GM Europe
Vauxhall
Jan – Febr 2016
including:
BMW
FCA
Ford North America
Renault Palencia, Spain
Nov - Dec 2015
including:
GAZ
Mercedes-Benz
Composites
South Korea
Sept- Oct 2015
including:
Volvo
Renault
Pressing & Stamping
India
July - August 2015
including:
Aluminium
Honda UK
Machining
Steel
South-East Asia
May - Jun 2015
including:
Porsche
GM Cadillac
Joining up the parts
JEC Europe
South America
Mar - Apr 2015
including:
Hyundai-Kia
PSA
Strong arm tactics
Europe
Jan - Feb 2015
including:
BMW
Renault
CAD/CAM
Additive manufacturing
South-East Asia
Nov - Dec 2014
including:
AvtoVAZ
Jaguar Land Rover
South Africa
July -August 2014
including:
Porsche
Machining
Aluminium
Russia
May-June 2014
including:
Renault
Renewable energy
Welding
China
Mar-Apr 2014
including:
Formation of Fiat Chrysler
Steel
Heavyweight vehicles
South East Asia
Jan-Feb 2014
including:
Production of the Jaguar
Additive Manufacturing
Adaptive Assembly
Electric vehicles
Nov-Dec 2013
including:
Production of the BMW i3
Framing, joining, handling
Plastics
Brazil
Collaborative robots
Sep-Oct 2013
including:
Ford Fiesta in Cologne
OEM focus on Ford
Stamping, hydroforming,hardening Aluminium
North America
Real-time location
July-Aug 2013
including:
Volvo at Torslanda
Motorcycle manufacturing
Tool making, CGI, hard turning
Russia
Proving factory
May-June 2013
including:
Great Wall
Focus on Chinese OEMs
Opel Gliwice start-up
Heavyweight vehicles
Welding
Steel
Mar-April 2013
including:
Holden
Focus on Japanese OEMs
Robotics
Glass
Energy management
Jan-Feb 2013
including:
Toyota Deeside
Focus on India's OEMs
Automated wheel balancing
Digital manufacturing
Plastics
Site de-commissioning
Nov-Dec 2012
including:
BMW Munich
Ford
Assembly: conveyors, outsourcing
Adhesives and fasteners
Wind and solar power
Brazil
Sep-Oct 2012
including:
Bo Andersson of GAZ
Russia
GM Europe restructuring
Vauxhall UK van plant
Lightweighting BIW and powertrain
BIW: welding, hemming, vision
July-August 2012
including:
Porsche's Martin Kahmeyer
Stamping
China's OEMs
Downsizing engines at Ford, VW
North America
May-June 2012
including:
Scott Garberding of Chrysler
Hiroyuki Ochiai of Toyota Europe
Plastics and CFRP review
Chrysler Dundee
3D printing
Fiat and Ford India green strategies
Mar-April 2012
including:
Honda Siel's Rajeev Wasan
Ford Turkey
Plastics in body construction
Powertrain manufacture
VW Chattanooga's Think Blue
Australia
Jan-Feb 2012
including:
PSA Rennes
Peugeot 508 production review
Mercedes Tuscaloosa
Heavyweights: Ashok, Daimler, Volvo, Caterpillar
Digitalrapid prototyping
South Korea
Nov-Dec 2011
including:
South US VW, Nissan, Mercedes
Hyundai Czech
Range Rover Evoque
Plant integrators
Solar power CO2 reduction
Sep-Oct 2011
including:
Wayne Branning of GM
BMW MINI
Aston Martin's One-77 line
Assembly line
Bruno Ancelin of Renault Russia
July-August 2011
including:
Andreas Tostmann of VW
GM and Ford in Thailand
Bentley's David Hudson
BIW special
High strength steel
China
May-June 2011
including:
GM's Martin Apfel
Ford's Joe Hinrichs
Ake Jonsson on Saab + Spyker
Machining: tooling, lubricants
China: GM, BYD, Mercedes, Great Wall, Nissan
Mar-April 2011
including:
Volvo's Magnus Hellsten
Volvo Torslanda
Tata Nano in Sanand
Tire production
Reconditioned robotics
Glass manufacturing
UK
Jan-Feb 2011
including:
Mercedes Hungary
Nissan Juke in Sunderland
Ford C-MAX in Valencia
Rapid prototyping
Arcelor Mittal's HSS facilities
Canada
Nov-Dec 2010
including:
Tier supplier report
Mahindra Mahindra
Audi Brussels
JLRs Mark White on green BIW
Russia
Sep-Oct 2010
including:
Diana Tremblay of GM
Honda in Tofas, Turkey
Toyota Valenciennes
China
Automation in assembly
Recycled materials in powertrain
July-August 2010
including:
Mercedes' Ingo Ettischer
E-Class production
Renhold Nietzel on 911 Boxster
BIW special report
Prodrive
Poland
May-June 2010
including:
GM's Nick Reilly
Michel Gornet of Renault
Genichiro Nishina of Mitsubishi
Machining special report
GM, PSA, Mercedes in Brazil
Site clean-up
Mar-April 2010
including:
Kia Slovakia
BMW X1 Leipzig
Glass
Robotics, AGVs, conveyors
Tom Chackalackal, Ford India
Jan-Feb 2010
including:
Honda UK's David Hodgetts
Aston Martin Rapide
China: GM, Great Wall and others
Beijing West Industries
CAD/CAM, test, quality modelling
Nov-Dec 2009
including:
Skoda's Pavel Radda
Ferrari
Farbio first full CFRP car
Hybrid drive systems
Casting and forging
Aluminium
Sep-Oct 2009
including:
Gary Cowger, GM
JLR Halewood's Michael Straughan
Rolls-Royce
Robotic welding
Hard turning
Germany
July-August 2009
10th anniversary issue
including:
Review of the decade
Tech focus on all areas of manufacturing
May-June 2009
including:
Hyundai/Kia Seoul
GM Daewoo
Hungary
Robotics and automation
Battery manufacturing
Decommissioning at Ford, JLR
Mar-April 2009
including:
Maruti Suzuki's M M Singh
Pressing
Turbocharger manufacturing
Morgan Motors
Canada
Jan-Feb 2009
including:
John Burton of GM Russia
Koenigsegg
Nissan LCV
CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping
Advanced steels plastics
Nov-Dec 2008
including:
GM Europe's Tom Schmidt
South Africa GM's Rick Demuync
BIW
Steel futures
India part 2
Truck making
Sep-Oct 2008
including:
Magna Steyr Austria
Bentley Crewe
Assembly line
Denso Canada
India part 1
Plastics and rubbers
July-August 2008
including:
smart car at Hambach
F1 developments
Lotus
Machining and automation
North America
May-June 2008
including:
Didier Leroy of Toyota Europe
Tier 1 focus
In-plant communication
Laser scanning ID
Brazil
Mar-April 2008
including:
Joseph Hinrichs of Ford
Trucks: MAN, Navistar, Scania
Robots at Toyota, Nissan, Renault
Material handling
Ford Dagenham
Honda F1
Jan-Feb 2008
including:
Lexus Japan
Northern France manufacturing
Virtual manufacturing
High strength steel
On-line ergonomics at VW
VOC clean-up
Nov-Dec 2007
including:
Renault Sandouville
Jean-Louis Ricaud of Renault
Used equipment
Ontario, Canada as a hub
BIW
Sep-Oct 2007
including:
Ford Canada's Bill Osborne
Ford Genk
Bentley
Truck making in Asia
Assembly line: Ford, JLR, Opel
India's Automotive Mission Plan
July-August 2007
including:
Mercedes' Thomas Weber
North America
Machining and automation
Composites and super-steels
Cutting carbon
Digital manufacturing Airbus
May-June 2007
including:
BMW MINI
Renault F1
Hotforming
DaimlerChrysler Toledo
Flanders
Ford JLR at Halewood
Mar-April 2007
including:
Gary Cowger of GM
Robots at GM Russelsheim
Shanghai GM
BMW's US flex lines
Toyota Camry US line
Laser welding at Volvo
Jan-Feb 2007
including:
Tetsuo Agata of Toyota Europe
BIW: high strength steels, plastics
Renault quality
Russia
Digital manufacturing: VW, Toyota
Doors and BIW
