All Press and stamping articles – Page 15
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ArticleGM Wentzville adds third shift
US – An additional 750 personnel will be required at the assembly facility in Missouri to build the new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pick-ups plus the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans.The personnel for the third shift are in addition to the 1,315 that GM announced with ...
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ArticleSizing up stamping
After several huge servo press installations this year, we assess the impact of machine size on stamping There’s no doubt about it: servo transfer presses are getting noticeably bigger. Of course, press beds need to be large because parts are transported through several stations during the forming process, but some ...
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ArticleChrysler: Going global
The OEM's established brands, vehicle line-up and production locations will be repositioned worldwideCreating a single entity out of transatlantic mergers or alliances has proven difficult for Ford and General Motors, despite the One Ford strategy now being seen by some as paying dividends. Likewise, the break-up of DaimlerChrysler some years ...
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ArticleViva, Vauxhall Luton!
A £185m contract to build the new Opel/Vauxhall van has helped to save GM’s only CV plant in EuropeIn late August this year, GM’s last remaining light commercial vehicle (LCV) plant, at Luton in the UK, started series production of the new Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro after securing a £185m contract. In ...
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ArticleChery opens $400m plant at Jacareí
Brazil – The facility in São Paulo State is the first in the country from a Chinese manufacturer and is the OEM’s first full production site overseas. Capacity will reach 50,000 units in Phase One, initially focusing on the Celer and QQ, and will rise to 150,000 in Phase Two.Representing ...
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ArticleFrom A to Z at Ford Brazil's SBC
Car and truck production occurs in the same complex at the OEM’s Brazilian headquarters near São PauloFord has had a presence in the Brazilian market for 95 years, but it did not begin full-scale manufacturing in the country until 1957, when production of the F-600 medium-sized truck started at Ipiranga ...
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ArticleHot off the press
Press hardening is helping OEMs to use innovative materials in the manufacture of lightweight vehicles Ever stricter legislation in the EU, the US and other countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions has created a worldwide trend that increases the pressure on automotive manufacturers to reduce the weight of their vehicles. ...
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ArticleGM to build $174m stamping facility
US – When it comes online in 2016, the newly constructed area of the OEM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant will produce stamped components for Cadillac ATS and CTS vehicles, plus an unnamed future product. GM estimates that its investment will save around $14m each year in logistics costs linked ...
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ArticleChrysler to expand Michigan stamping plant
US – An investment of $63m will be used to purchase new equipment and increase capacity by 12,000 hits per days, or 3.6m parts per annum. The expansion at Warren, which already produces 80m parts per year, will support vehicle production at five North American plants.Adding to the existing 12 ...
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ArticleRuling Romania
Revitalised by Renault since its purchase in 1999, Dacia now has a considerable production footprint; the Mioveni plant is the jewel in its crown Dacia is the automotive equivalent of the local convenience store that has somehow transformed itself into a supermarket chain. A company which at best produced only ...
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ArticleArcelorMittal JV opens steel plant in Hunan
China – Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel (VAMA), the joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Hunan Iron & Steel, will produce high-strength automotive steels for the Chinese market from its location in the economic zone of Loudi, Hunan Province.The greenfield project, involving an investment of 5.2 billion yuan ($832m), was approved by ...
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ArticleAllied to aluminium
The growing use of this lightweight material presents its manufacturers with significant technical challengesTo the casual observer, there is nothing extraordinary about Ford’s announcement that it will be using aluminium instead of steel to produce the body of its 2015 F-150 pick-up truck.After all, the lightweight metal has been used ...
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ArticleHigh-strength steel: Strong, lightweight & cost effective
SSAB discusses the benefits of using advanced high-strength steel in vehicle structures “When it comes to cost efficiency, environmental issues and value for money, nothing can compete with advanced-high strength steel [AHSS]. The only problem we have today is that our top product could probably use a more sexy image”. ...
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Allowing for sales elsewhere in NAFTA, ie Canada and Mexico, Honda’s US operations were actually net exporters of vehicles in 2013, exporting nearly 109,000 vehicles compared to 88,500 imports, most of which came from Japan. In 2013, imports were primarily of the Fit, which as mentioned is now produced ...
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ArticleHonda: Growing beyond Japan
Honda’s global production footprint is changing as the OEM establishes new plants in Mexico and AsiaIn the last couple of years, Honda has expanded its operations outside Japan, especially in NAFTA, South-East Asia and Brazil. The company reported record production volumes outside Japan for the year to March 2014, with ...
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ArticleKansas starts making 2015 Transit
US – Following a $1 billion investment and the recuitment of 2,000 employees, the first unit of the new model has now rolled off the line at the Kansas City Assembly Plant.Ford’s investment has involved retooling and the addition of a 437,000 sq.ft stamping facility and a 78,000 sq.ft paintshop. ...
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ArticleNissan opens Resende complex
Brazil – The new site, which has been established at a cost of $1.5 billion, will produce Platform V vehicles and engines, beginning with the Nissan March and 1.6 16V flexfuel engine. The annual production capacity will be 200,000 vehicles and the same volume of engines.The 220,000 sq. m complex, ...
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MMPC acquires old Ford site at Santa Rosa
The Philippines – The 21-hectare manufacturing plant in the Greenfield Automotive Park will enable Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) to relocate from its existing 18-hectare facility in Cainta. The acquisition is part of the Japanese parent company’s strategy to boost sales and production capacity up to the end of fiscal ...
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As Nissan looks increasingly beyond its home market, AMS reviews its global production footprintAlthough Nissan is one of the most recognisably Japanese automotive brands, it is also one of the most outward-looking and is actively engaged in reducing its dependency on its home market. The vehicle-maker actually has three brands: ...
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ArticleTurning less Japanese
As Nissan looks increasingly beyond its home market, AMS reviews its global production footprintAlthough Nissan is one of the most recognisably Japanese automotive brands, it is also one of the most outward-looking and is actively engaged in reducing its dependency on its home market. The vehicle-maker actually has three brands: ...