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  • Toyota TILT Lab Microsoft HoloLens hardware
    Article

    People get ready: recruitment and retention in a complex automotive industry

    2020-04-20T16:22:00Z

    With contributions from Volkswagen, Toyota, BMW and Audi, AMS looks at some of the strategies OEMs are using to attract and retain employees with the skills needed to work in modern digitalised workplaces – and to adapt to cutting-edge developments in hybrid, electric and autonomous vehicles …

  • PSA Wuhan
    Article

    Coronavirus: how the OEMs are responding

    2020-03-05T14:31:00Z

    As coronavirus measures continue to affect vehicle production, AMS spoke to Renault, Toyota, PSA, BMW, Nissan, Volkswagen and Honda on how they are keeping assembly lines moving  

  • Toyota TMMI Indiana
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    Toyota tops up US investment

    2020-01-20T13:17:00Z

    Toyota has completed its US plant modernisation project, first announced in January 2017, with an additional $700 million for its Indiana facility

  • RAV 4 hybrid SOP at TMMK
    News

    RAV4 Hybrid production starts at TMMK

    2020-01-09T12:24:00Z

    Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK), has started production of the 2020 RAV4 Hybrid SUV

  • Toyota Sorocaba plant
    Article

    Toyota to invest in Sorocaba plant

    2019-09-19T09:09:00Z

    Brazil - The Toyota plant near Sao Paulo will soon make a new model alongside the Etios and Yaris

  • TPCA finish line inspection
    Article

    Looking after ‘the triplets’

    2019-09-18T17:24:00Z

    The Toyota-PSA venture combines talents for the production of a trio of city cars. Gareth Price reports 

  • Toyota San Antonio pickup plant
    Article

    Toyota invests in San Antonio facility

    2019-09-18T09:50:00Z

    US - The OEM is spending millions to upgrade the facility, which has attracted investment from suppliers in nearby factories

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    Podcast

    AMS Podcast Episode 05 Pt 1 – PSA and Toyota make the Czech list

    2019-08-06T11:25:00Z

    The AMS Podcast returns with a three-part bumper episode. The team discuss the TPCA joint venture facility in the Czech Republic. Episode sponsored by SSAB

  • Hilux
    Article

    Toyota to build facility in Myanmar

    2019-05-30T09:03:00Z

    The OEM is hoping to take advantage of growing sales in the country by setting up its first local production facility

  • CAP_SV2_7317
    Article

    US plants – stick or twist?

    2019-04-10T13:42:00Z

    Several carmakers have recently outlined plans to alter their production activities in the US. Some announcements have been positive, with large investments being made to build new facilities as well as upgrade existing ones. Others have detailed plant closures. Here we provide an overview of the latest news regarding those ...

  • Ford transit
    Podcast

    AMS Podcast Episode 01 – Start of production

    2019-04-10T00:01:00Z

    The very first AMS podcast rolls off the assembly line and the team discuss two giants of automotive manufacturing, Toyota and Ford.

  • Ford autonomous vehicle
    Article

    Ford invests in EV and AV production

    2019-03-21T11:18:00Z

    US - Ford has said it will spend US$900m on its facilities in Michigan in order to ready for the production of both electric and autonomous vehicles. This is the latest in a string of investments that the OEM has recently announced it will make in US plants. “We’ve taken ...

  • HM-Gov-Business-Sec-Greg-Hands-Burnaston-Toyota
    Article

    Corolla confidence

    2019-02-12T12:35:00Z

    Upgrade and investments at Burnaston see Toyota start production of the new Corolla in the UK, despite all the turmoil of Brexit The UK secretary of state for business, Greg Clark, and the straight-taking Japanese ambassador to the UK, Koji Tsuruoka, joined local dignitaries, business leaders and Toyota executives in ...

  • Carlos Ghosn
    Article

    In our next issue...

    2019-02-08T13:21:00Z

    Coming soon in our March-April issue… >> The Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance – We report on manufacturing operations as the OEM’s longstanding partnership faces testing times of scandal and corporate upheaval >> Japan – How are Japan’s OEMs faring at home as they intensify supply to their own domestic market? ...

  • Toyota Supra interior
    Article

    Magna to make new Toyota Supra

    2019-01-15T17:03:29Z

    Austria - Magna has announced that it will build the new Toyota Supra at its facility in Graz, Austria. The car was first revealed at the 2019 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), and is expected to enter production in early 2019.As well as assembling the Supra, Magna will also ...

  • Alexander Hitzinger VW
    Article

    VW appoints new CV board member

    2019-01-11T09:59:08Z

    Germany - Volkswagen has appointed Alexander Hitzinger as the new member of the board of management for technical development at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. He will take charge of establishing and managing VW's Centre for autonomous driving and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)."In Alexander Hitzinger we have recruited a renowned expert as Member of ...

  • Mazda Thailand
    Article

    Asia’s other powerhouse

    2019-01-04T15:58:00Z

    Already a dynamic and rapidly growing manufacturing hub, South-East Asia’s automotive industry is finding further opportunity in the growth of battery and hybrid vehicle production Two nations dominate South-East Asia vehicle production, namely Thailand (approximately 2m units per annum (upa)) and Indonesia (c1.1m upa). There is one mid-sized producer ...

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    Article

    New year, new arrangements

    2018-12-10T16:41:00Z

    As 2018 draws to a close, the pace of change in vehicle manufacturing is accelerating. The move to EVs is gaining speed while the companies themselves continue to realign and optimise their manufacturing footprints. The future of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance has been thrown into doubt with the arrest of Carlos ...

  • FAW Changchung
    Article

    Unease in the East

    2018-11-21T14:15:00Z

    Falling sales, electrification and mega mergers: Nick Gibbs provides an overview of the current automotive industry trends in China A fascinating year for China’s automotive industry has seen the world’s largest car market undergo a series of seismic shifts as it moves to a new level of maturity, bringing both ...

  • Novares Leiria Plant inspection table
    Article

    Set the controls

    2018-11-06T12:19:00Z

    Expertise in plastic component manufacturing will be in ever greater demand during the emobility age. In preparation, global supplier Novares has taken on a new form Following a period of reorganisation and rebranding, the Mecaplast-Key Plastics group spent 2018 settling in to its new identity – Novares The chosen name ...