Exclusive report: Inside BMW’s new Mexican plant at San Luis Potosí

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Automotive Logistics hears from Karl Friedrich Koch, vice-president, production control, BMW Mexico, about the vehicle-maker’s new plant in the country – which has a logistics operation that leads the way in terms of Internet of Things tracking technology 

San Luis Potosí joins Spartanburg in the US state of South Carolina as the OEM’s twin vehicle production locations in North America, from which it can serve not only regional markets but global ones, including its German homeland. For the Mexican plant, production and distribution is currently focused on the 3 Series sedan, which is also made at the Munich plant in Germany, but production in San Luis Potosí will soon be expanded to include other models.

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