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All Canada articles – Page 6
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ArticleCosco Shipping Lines hit by cyber-attack
Cosco Shipping Lines has restored network services to its America regions following a ransomware attack that took out local email and telephone connections last week, delaying services and temporarily affecting its global business. On July 25 the company was forced to isolate internal networks and shutdown connections within its American ...
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ArticleA rising tide – with political undercurrents
Mexican production and exports continued to grow through 2017, both to the US and globally. At the same time, US sales remained strong and were fed by an increase in imports from established and emerging markets. It is only in Canada that both sales and assembly are showing a decline. ...
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ArticleTrump’s tariffs attract worldwide disapproval
Carmakers, parts manufacturers, trade bodies and the European Union have all sharply criticised the Trump administration’s proposed import tariffs on vehicles and auto parts.Hinting at potential supply chain disruption, Toyota said: “There is no vehicle [made] in the United States … that is sole-sourced from exclusively US parts and components.”The ...
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ArticleAutomotive in the firing line as Trump extends tariffs
Cars and automotive parts are becoming enmeshed in intensifying global trade wars, with the automotive sector facing increased shipping, supply, manufacturing and cost uncertainty for some time to come.The catalyst has been the US president imposing import tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium, two key input materials ...
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ArticleCarmakers still dealing with fallout from Meridian fire
Carmakers in North America are still being affected by inbound supply problems stemming from a fire that hit the Michigan facility run by a division of components supplier Meridian Lightweight Technologies at the beginning of May. The Magnesium Products of America plant makes instrument panel components.Ford’s output of the F-150 ...
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ArticleStrike at Lear plant hits seat supply at FCA Brampton
Union-affiliated workers at the Lear seating plant in Ajax, Canada, went on strike over the weekend, disrupting production at the nearby Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA) plant in Brampton (pictured) to which Lear supplies complete seats from Ajax on a just-in-time basis.In a statement, FCA admitted that the action taken by ...
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ArticlePorsche to open first PDC in Canada
Porsche will open its first parts distribution centre (PDC) near Toronto by the end of next year as it responds to a 17% increase in sales of its vehicles across Canada during 2017. Last year, the premium sports car manufacturer sold almost 8,250 vehicles at its 19 dealerships across the ...
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ArticleSSA Marine expands vehicle processing in Mexico and Canada
Marine and rail terminal company SSA Marine has completed the first phase of development at its Special Automobile Terminal in Lázaro Cárdenas port in Mexico. It has also announced new business for finished vehicle handling on Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada, which is due to start in ...
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ArticleWatch the FVL North America Conference Live
The Finished Vehicle Logistics North America Conference takes place in Huntington Beach, California, this week. Two days of sessions begin on Wednesday March 14th and will be streamed Live online.Click here to find out more about the event, which will explore the need for North America’s finished vehicle logistics sector ...
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ArticleUK vehicle exports to India fall sharply
Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have shown a growing divide between the number of finished vehicles the UK imports from India and the number it exports to the country.According to the SMMT, finished vehicle imports from India into the UK grew by 8.3% in 2017 ...
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ArticleAuto sector urges caution in Nafta negotiations
As the sixth round of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) got underway in Montreal, Canada, this week, a number of OEMs and advocacy groups with links to the automotive industry have urged politicians to proceed with caution.Carmakers have begun to hedge their bets as negotiations ...
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ArticleDisaster recovery: Prepared for the worst?
As the scale of the destruction wrought by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Japan’s north-eastern coastline in March 2011 became apparent, managers within BMW’s purchasing function were asked if it would affect the company. Their answer? No – because BMW had no suppliers in Japan.But that wasn’t quite ...
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ArticleCBI Manufacturing makes first convertible trailer under contract with CTM
Canadian commercial and agricultural equipment maker, CBI Manufacturing, has produced its first convertible finished vehicle trailer, following an agreement signed in May last year with Convertible Trailer Manufacturing Worldwide (CTM).Following several months of development, the companies began trials in November of the prototype 53-foot NA Hi-Mount Convertible Trailer, which is ...
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ArticleCanada’s Day & Ross enters US market with buyout of Zuchowski businesses
Canadian transport provider, Day & Ross Freight, which provides dedicated inbound services for the automotive industry across the country, has entered the US market with the buyout of REI Logistics and Korten Quality Systems, two companies run by CEO and founder, Chester Zochowski and based in Michigan. The company would ...
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ArticleDriver shortage the number one concern for road carriers in ATRI survey
The shortage of truck drivers in North America has climbed six places to come top of the list of concerns in a survey into critical issues facing the sector, conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The results were released at this week’s 2017 American Trucking Association (ATA) Management ...
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ArticleEquinox production resumes at GM Ingersoll site as strike ends
Production of the Chevrolet Equinox at GM Canada’s CAMI site in Ingersoll recommenced late on Monday October 16th after a new labour agreement was reached with union Unifor, bringing a month-long strike by its members to an end.The strike, which began on September 17th, was called after the previous agreement ...
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ArticleGM Canada’s Ingersoll site still in paralysis as Unifor strike continues
Production of the Chevrolet Equinox at GM Canada’s CAMI site in Ingersoll (pictured) remains suspended as a strike by members of the Unifor union there continues, GM Canada has confirmed.The strike, which began on September 17th, revolves around the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement between the OEM and the ...
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ArticleLive poll results from Detroit
Live polling conducted at the Automotive Logistics Global conference in Detroit showed a recognition that environmental sustainability will play a bigger part in future supply chains, and that total supply chain comprehension will be the most important skill to have over the next decade.Delegates at the 2017 Automotive Logistics ...
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ArticleTop level changes at Nissan North America
John Martin (pictured) is moving from his role at Nissan North America as senior vice president of manufacturing, supply chain management and purchasing to take up a new role as executive vice president, Alliance Manufacturing Engineering and Supply Chain Management at Renault-Nissan Alliance.From the beginning of October Martin will oversee ...
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ArticleTrump suggests Nafta renegotiation is likely to lead to US withdrawal
Just a week after the formal renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) began, US president Donald Trump has suggested the US is likely to pull out of the arrangement.Speaking after the first round of talks about the two-decade-plus accord that many carmakers’ supply chains currently rely on, ...