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FeatureBlockade stops Fiat shipments in Serbia
Fiat rail shipments between its plant in Kragujevac in Serbia and the port of Bar were disrupted last week by a blockade staged by employees of the passenger transport company Autosaobracaj, who were protesting about overdue wages owed to them by the troubled firm.Autosaobracaj is reported by the Serbian press ...
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FeatureGestamp invests in storage for contract with BMW
International chassis and parts supplier, Gestamp, has invested £150,000 ($240,000) to extend storage capacity at its Washington plant in the northeast of the UK following a major contract win with BMW to supply parts for Mini production at the carmaker’s Oxford plant. The supply contract will run to 2021.The company ...
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FeatureSpain looks to rail as car sales recover
Recently released figures for car production in Spain in the first half of this year indicate that the industry is growing at a rate of just under 5%, which is being viewed as extremely positive given that the overall market in Europe had fallen by around 7% in the same ...
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FeatureBrazil struggles to keep supply chain costs from taking off
The Automotive Logistics South America conference in São Paulo heard familiar laments about infrastructure and the creative ways that Brazilians keep the supply chain moving. Port reforms and continuing automotive investment is putting more emphasis on improving logistics operationsClick here to read the full version of this report. When automotive ...
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FeatureGefco enhances service for Mirgor
Gefco has designed a new customised logistics service for Argentinean industrial supplier Grupo Mirgor, which it said will enable the automotive and electronics supplier to manage its national and international supply of parts more efficiently. Mirgor, which has been using Gefco services for a decade, makes vehicle air conditioning units, ...
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FeatureNissan renews with Yusen’s UK sector
Yusen Logistics has announced a major contract renewal with Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK. Yusen provides inbound logistics to the carmaker’s manufacturing facility in Sunderland, designed to support production of the Qashqai, Note, Juke and Leaf vehicles. Yusen has been providing services to Nissan since 2008 and oversees the transport of ...
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FeatureTofas announces new production line
Turkish carmaker Tofas has announced plans to start manufacturing a new passenger car at its plant in Bursa in the second half of 2015, according to a statement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange.Tofas, which is based in Istanbul, is reported to be investing $520m to more than double production to ...
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FeatureCarport files for bankruptcy
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FeatureMagna awards K+N and Ventrex
Logistics provider Kuehne and Nagel and compressor and valve supplier Ventrex Automotive have been awarded innovation awards by Magna Logistics Europe (MLE) and the Autocluster Styria (ACstyria), the logistics planning and purchasing arm for the greater European region at Magna International and the Styrian network of over 180 partner companies ...
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FeatureDHL launches logistics academy with the BVL
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight division of DHL, has announced the launch of a logistics academy that will provide a modular training programme for automotive manufacturers, suppliers and customers of its business, beginning in Germany.The Corporate Automotive Logistics Academy 4.0 (CALA 4.0) was launched last week (October ...
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FeatureRail Cargo invests €2.2m for automotive
Rail Cargo Group, the freight rail division of ÖBB Group, has invested €2.2m to convert and upgrade 50 of its existing freight wagons into dedicated automotive cars for the transport of pressed parts.The wagons, which are now fully in service between Austria and Slovakia, were modified by the division’s subsidiary ...
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FeaturePanopa inaugurates Audi logistics centre in Hungary
Panopa Logistik’s division in Hungary has officially opened the 75,000-square-metre logistics optimisation centre it operates for services to Audi’s plant in Györ. The total investment is estimated at between €30-35m.At an official opening ceremony held this week, Rudiger Buss, CEO of Panopa Logistik, said the inauguration of the centre marked ...
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FeatureInergy Automotive launches fuel tank plant in Detroit
Automotive parts supplier Inergy Automotive Systems, a subsidiary of Plastic Omnium which produces automotive fuel tanks and systems, has officially launched its new fuel tank production plant in Detroit, US this week.Located in the suburb of New Boston, the $110m plant, which employs extrusion blow moulding technology, will produce around ...
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FeatureGefco expands presence in Croatia
Gefco has announced plans to expand its operations in Croatia following the opening of a subsidiary in the capital Zagreb. The new subsidiary is located near the port of Rijeka, which is the largest port complex in the country and the company will also be opening an office there in ...
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FeatureMagna Europe chief sees logistics becoming more important
Magna Europe president, Günther Apfalter, puts logistics among his top five priorities in Europe, as he sees potential to improve costs and reduce CO2 emissions in the supply chainSince Günther Apfalter (pictured left) became president of Magna Europe in late 2010, a difficult European economy and increasing global competition in ...
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FeatureWhat will having Russia under GME mean for logistics?
General Motors’ decision to put its Russian operations back under the management of General Motors Europe (GME) should mean that its purchasing and logistics operations will eventually be combined again too, although GM has declined to confirm details on logistics management at this time. However, the move might have few ...
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FeatureBo Andersson expected to become head of Avtovaz
Former GM purchasing executive Bo Andersson is tipped to become the first foreign president of Russian carmaker Avtovaz. Andersson has been nominated to succeed Igor Komarov, who resigned last week. Komarov has managed the company since 2009 and was credited with pulling the OEM back from the brink of collapse. ...
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FeatureYusen Logistics wins supplier award from Honda
Yusen Logistics has received an award for Exceptional Contribution at Honda’s UK manufacturing 2013 supplier convention.The award recognises Yusen’s delivery of continued cost savings, high service levels in meeting operational abnormality management and development of best in class IT systems.Yusen’s business unit director, John Pursey, said: “This formal recognition is ...
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FeatureQuintiq to support DB Schenker Rail network in Europe
DB Schenker Rail is to start using a software platform supplied by Quintiq, the supply chain planning and optimisation provider, to integrate its rail network across Europe. Quintiq will work with IT consultants Ab Ovo and DB Schenker Rail’s in-house IT department to implement the platform, which the company said ...
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FeatureTIR restrictions lifted amidst Russian Supreme Court battle
The Russian supreme court has ruled against legislation passed recently in the country that imposed international road transport restrictions on a number of countries. The decision, which was announced this week, has ruled that the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation’s restrictions were illegal and invalid. The FCS RF’s ...