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ArticleGaining PACE!
Groupe PSA’s acquisition of GM’s loss-making European operations raised a few eyebrows. Ian Henry looks at the plan to turn around the Opel/Vauxhall brandsAfter several months of due diligence, the deal was completed on August 1, 2017. Come early November, a new strategy, PACE!, was announced. Having been making a ...
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四两拨千斤
Gareth Price采访葡萄牙曼瓜尔德PSA集团工厂 — 一家拥继承了2CV传统却拓展轻型商用车未来的工厂今年早些时候。PSA公司宣布，在葡萄牙北部曼瓜尔德工厂的Peugeot Partner和Citroën Berlingo生产线上增加第三班。这是因为市场对轻型商用车的需求非常强大。2017年，曼瓜尔德工厂制造了大约53,000辆汽车（比之前12个月增长了7.8%），从而使集团的总产量达到476,500辆汽车 — 成为PSA轻型商用车生产史上的创记录的一年。曼瓜尔德原来的计划是到2018年底为止增加第三班生产，但是计划发生了变化，而且已经开始实行。曼瓜尔德工厂厂长José Maria Castro Covelo说，“因此2017年是B9车型生产最后一年 — 今年我们推出K9汽车。我们没想过去年是B9汽车表现最好的一年，完全超出了我们的预期。”本来PSA比戈工厂（位于曼瓜尔德以北280公里，跨越了西班牙边境）会一直生产该车，但是后来决定在曼瓜尔德生产，因此产量就比较大。新的版本目前一斤刚进入预销售生产阶段。据Covelo称，10月份率先在法国和德国销售，从明年1月份开始就逐步进入各大市场。"PSA 的生产距离客户更近，而且小规模工厂的数量也在增加。曼瓜尔德成为这些工厂学习的模板" - José Maria Castro Covelo, PSA小规模专家团队曼瓜尔德的生产寿终正寝，因为工厂的规模较小，而且距离比戈非常近。比戈工厂算是该地区的老大哥，年产量超过400,000辆。马德里C4 Cactus生产线是PSA集团在伊比利亚工业区里第三大生产基地。曼瓜尔德在集团中的作用就是让整体实力倒退50年。该厂在1990年的时候开始生产2CV，标记性建筑就是工厂周围有一个特殊设计的运行环线。毗邻的环线是为Citroën DS设计的，在当地名称是Boca de Sapo（青蛙嘴）。这里有一个全尺寸花岗岩雕塑，纪念曼瓜尔德从1966年到1975年间生产的车型。自二十世纪九十年代以来，轻型商用车就是工厂的支柱。目前生产的车型主要是EMP2紧凑型厢式货车，生产量一直很高，产品非常成功。转型生产新款K9车型，工厂就能自给自足了，而且有机会发挥更大的作用。Covelo说，“对目前的B9汽车而言，我们得到比戈大约50个车型，但是对K9来说，我们是首次生产后门。”除了原有的电焊和MIG焊接技术之外，曼瓜尔德新车体将使用激光焊接术，对于这个规模产量的工厂来说，此举非同凡响。Covelo解释说，“我们采用激光焊接。通常来说，激光焊接需要一个大型的封闭式驾驶舱。这种驾驶舱需要200-300万欧元（约合230-34-万美元），但是我非常自豪地说，我们的测试方案不仅是创新性的，而且比普通的方案成本还要低。”由于曼瓜尔德工厂是“集团旗下最小的工厂”，因此被认为是价值链上最有用的技术保温箱，Covelo非常引以为豪。他说，“这是曼瓜尔德工厂的基因所在 — 我们创造了他，而且节约了一半的成本。这是曼瓜尔德的一个而重要特点。”工厂与公司关系名密切而广泛，而且自从轻型商用车时代开启以来，为公司做出了很大贡献。Covelo还出，曼瓜尔德工厂过去非常艰难，集团里也没有参考，因为每个小时生产12-15辆汽车，这个数量是在太少。Covelo非常自豪地说，“今天，公司已经发生了巨大变化。自过去的四五年里，PSA逐步实现全球化，我们的生产距离客户越来越近，而且我们的小规模工厂越来越多。这些工厂都已曼瓜尔德作为模板。曼瓜尔德成为集团里小规模生产的代表，而且我们得到很多专家帮助，他们是来学习的，也是来改进我们的方案。”协作与转型工厂的改进与发展，要感谢与葡萄牙政府与学术机构的合作，以及工业4.0技术。曼瓜尔德2020规划就是要采用冲压线自动化存储技术，机器视觉质量管理，协作机器人，以及自动导引车全套装备系统。Covelo对该计划评论称：“我们去年在制定曼瓜尔德2020规划的时候，首先做的就是认定工厂里的工业建筑。物流占据两层，都是非成品装备。我们的头一枪就是改进工业建筑。“另一点就是K9，这是一个现代化新平台，在不就得将来就能满足混合动力、电动车的需求。”Covelo认为曼瓜尔德2020规划是工厂的重要转变，而且他对这种快速流程非常乐观，这主要基于工厂长期以来的实力。有人常说四两拨千斤。进入基础设施与技术转型阶段之后，曼瓜尔德团队在LCV领域风生水起。他们完美诠释了改进工厂经营以及PSA集团的成功历程。
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ArticleA little goes a long way
Gareth Price visits Groupe PSA's plant at Mangualde, Portugal – a factory with a famous 2CV heritage but a secure LCV futureEarlier this year, Groupe PSA announced its plant in Mangualde, northern Portugal, would take on a third shift for its Peugeot Partner and Citroën Berlingo production lines. The move ...
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ArticleGroupe PSA adds shifts to LCV plants
France - The OEM has recently hired a new team of 225 people to work a third shift at its Mangualde plant, and another of 900 for a fourth shift at its Vigo plant. This is part of its plan to strengthen its market share in Europe's van segment (B-LCV), ...
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ArticlePSA adds fourth shift to Rennes plant
France - Growing demand for the Peugeot 5008, as well as strong sales for SUVs in general, has warranted the creation of a fourth shift at the facility. 350 people will be hired as a result, and will begin working at the plant on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in December ...
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ArticleOEMs face tough choices over Iran
When Iran reached agreement with the global community in 2015 regarding denuclearisation, resulting in the lifting of sanctions in early 2016, almost immediately Renault and PSA announced their return to the country. Prior to Iran being ostracised, both companies had been active there via joint venture (JV) manufacturing operations, mostly ...
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ArticleRenault invests in EV production
France - The OEM has said it will spend €1 billion (US$1.16 billion) on the development and production of electric vehicles (EVs) in France. This will play an important role in its 'Drive the Future' plan, in which one of the goals is to bring 8 pure electric models and ...
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ArticleJLR opts for EU over UK
Uncertainties surrounding Brexit are causing some OEMs to move car production from the UK to Europe. Michael Nash investigatesIn November 2016, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said that it would make its all-new Discovery in the UK and Slovakia in order to meet soaring demand in the segment. But news that ...
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ArticleGroupe PSA increases SUV capacity
France - The OEM has said that it will bolster the output of its SUVs due to growing demand for several different models. It plans to start making the Peugeot 5008 at its plant in Sochaux once production in Rennes reaches full capacity. Following this, if capacity tops out in ...
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ArticleGroupe PSA creates Digital Factory
France - The OEM has turned an area covering 3,000 sq.m at its Poissy plant into a digitalised centre. It hopes that the centre will allow it to bring resources and skills together in one place to support various departments, from manufacturing to customer experience."The 3,000 sq.m renovation was completed ...
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ArticleForeign policy friction
Tariffs on steel imports, NAFTA renegotiation and the return to sanctions on Iran have been at the centre of recent policy actions by the US president; the implications for the auto industry are potentially severe but how things will develop are far from clear.The decision to impose tariffs on steel ...
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ArticlePlanos de produção elevados
A AMS oferece um resumo dos mais recentes planos para eletrificação delineados por vários OEMs em todo o mundoPraticamente todos os dias, temos notícias de uma montadora anunciando o lançamento de um novo veículo elétrico ou fazendo projeções de crescimento nos segmentos de veículo elétrico a bateria (VEB), híbrido ou ...
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ArticleLos ambiciosos planes de producción de vehículos eléctricos
AMS ofrece un resumen de los últimos planes de vehículos eléctricos que han presentado marcas automotrices de todo el mundo Prácticamente cada día tenemos noticias nuevas sobre el lanzamiento de un nuevo vehículo electrificado o sobre las proyecciones de crecimiento en los segmentos de vehículos de baterías eléctricas (VBE), híbridos ...
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ArticleLofty production plans
AMS provides a summary of the latest electrification plans outlined by numerous OEMs across the world Barely a day goes by without a carmaker announcing the launch of a new electrified vehicle, or outlining projections for growth in the battery electric vehicle (BEV), hybrid or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) ...
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PSA's Noël makes Malaysia move
Noël will be based in Kuala LumpurMalaysia - PSA has appointed Laurence Noël as senior vice president for ASEAN and CEO of the NAM joint venture.Noël joined Groupe PSA in 1995. After holding various positions within the company's powertrain projects and programmes, she took charge of Powertrain, Platform and ...
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ArticleOpel Zaragoza plant hits milestone
Spain - The 13-millionth car, an Opel Crossland X, has rolled off a production at the plant. Zaragoza is the company's biggest production facility in Europe, and has been in operation since 1982."Our day to day focus is on how to get our customers the best product in the most ...
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ArticleGroupe PSA invests in Luton plant
UK - The OEM is readying for the launch of the new Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro, which is set to go on sale in 2019. In doing so, it has announced plans to invest in its Luton plant to expand production capacity from around 60,000 to 100,000 units. The company will also ...
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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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ArticleGroupe PSA to open Namibia plant
Namibia - The Grandland X and 3008 will be the first Opel and Peugeot models to be assembled at a new plant in Walvis Bay, Namibia. It will start operating during the second quarter of 2018 as part of a joint venture between the OEM and the Namibia Development Cooperation ...
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ArticleUma corrida pelo terceiro lugar
As vendas de veículos na Índia estão em expansão, o que beneficia alguns fabricantes estabelecidos, mas este ainda é um mercado que apresenta dificuldades para fabricantes secundáriosA produção do Audi A4 em Auragabad. No ano passado o mercado de veículos de passageiro da Índia atingiu a marca de 3m de ...