Europe – Page 163
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FeatureRenault to double parts sourcing from India
Renault is planning to more than double shipments of parts from India to its overseas factories, including those in Romania, Turkey and South Africa, with purchasing from the country expected to reach up to €250m ($320m) by 2013, compared with €75m this year. The plans were announced in the Indian ...
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FeatureEC revises block exemption rule
On May 26, the European Commission is bringing in new competition rules for agreements between carmakers and their authorised dealers, repairers and spare parts distributors. The existing EU Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER), which dates from 2002 and covers agreements concerning the distribution and servicing of vehicles in the ...
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FeatureToyota awards Berge for vehicle processing in Spain
Bergé Automotive Logistics has been recognised with a European supplier award from Toyota Motor Europe for its management of the carmaker’s vehicle logistics centre at the Port of Sagunto, near Valencia on Spain’s west coast.Bergé, which is a subsidiary of Grupo Bergé y Cia, has managed the centre since April ...
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FeatureGM will ship Camaro to Korea
General Motors is importing the Chevrolet Camaro from Canada to South Korea in 2011 through its subsidiary in the country, GM Daewoo Auto & Technology. GM Daewoo will initially launch the Chevrolet Camaro sports coupe in the country in 2.0-litre and 3.6-litre versions, said GM Daewoo CEO Mike Arcamone at ...
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FeatureCollaboration is the key to deliver cost savings
The automotive sector is close behind the consumer/retail sector when it comes to logistics collaboration as a strategy for delivering costs savings according to survey findings presented by research and analysis provider Transport Intelligence (Ti) at last week’s Multimodal 2010 event held in Birmingham, UK. And while respondents to the ...
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FeatureSpyker Cars imports luxury to China
Dutch sportscar maker Spyker Cars, which acquired Saab in February, has established a joint venture with China Automobile Trading Co. (CATC) for the import and distribution of its vehicles including luxury passenger cars and SUVs, as well as commercial vans, in China. At this stage Spyker would only say ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Toyota Motor Sales USA has appointed Randy Pflughaupt, formerly group vice president for Toyota marketing, as group vice president, sales administration in a role that will involve Toyota Logistics Services. He will succeed Bill Fay who has moved from sales administration to a new position as group vice president. Nancy ...
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FeatureFiat Chrysler plan turns the tide
The five-year plan unveiled last week by Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne revealed his intentions for far greater cross-continental production and export exchanges than had previously been expected between the two carmakers, with implications that the Italian-American alliance could become a more active player in deep-sea vehicle shipping than ...
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FeatureHyundai-Kia to use Philly port
In a shake-up of its US east coast vehicle import operations, Hyundai-Kia is switching its port of entry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Glovis of America, the Korean carmaker’s logistics affiliate, together with the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) and Holt Logistics Group, announced the deal last week, saying the port will ...
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FeatureFuso Canter truck launched in Russia
Daimler Trucks’ joint venture with Russian truckmaker Kamaz – Fuso Kamaz Trucks Rus – is launching the Fuso Canter onto the Russian market with assembly from semi-knocked-down kits imported from Japan to Kamaz’s plant in Naberezhnye Chelny. Sales of the vehicles will start in June following the premiere of ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Barry Long, manager of vehicle logistics for Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), has left his role to “pursue other opportunities” according to the company. A permanent replacement for Long has not been announced but in the interim period Bob Beauston, transportation specialist for PCNA, will fulfil the role. Long was ...
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FeaturePound Gates awarded for risk management services
Pound Gates Vehicle Management Services has taken this year’s Risk Service Provider of the Year Award at the seventh annual StrategicRISK European Risk Management Awards, held last week at London’s Vinopolis venue in the UK. The event, which is open to service providers across all industries in Europe, is judged ...
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FeatureEurope flight chaos hits auto sector
Even as airspace is reopened and flights gradually resume following new European guidelines on the levels of volcanic ash safe for aircraft, the fallout from Europe’s worst ever airspace disruption continues to cause transport capacity shortages and thus supply constraints in European automotive factories, particularly at the tier supplier levels, ...
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FeatureChina needs consolidation, quality
This year’s Automotive Logistics China went ahead without a hitch in Beijing at the beginning of the week despite the best efforts of Iceland’s Eyjafjaliajokull volcano, which grounded flights through the large part of Europe. And while there was discussion among the roughly 300 delegates who attended the conference concerning ...
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FeatureRail freight in France at standstill for fortnight
As the rail strike in France affecting both passenger and freight movements on the state-owned SNCF network enters its third week, carmakers and logistics providers are having to rely on road for movements of finished vehicles and parts, meaning added cost at a time when the industry is looking for ...
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FeatureRussian subsidy supports car moves from Vladivostok
In a move designed to protect Russian carmakers, the Russian government is subsidising Russian Railways to the tune of 500m roubles ($17.6m) for a new vehicle shipping service between Vladivostok in the far east of the country and western regions including Moscow. “The idea behind this decision is to keep ...
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FeatureSKD imports support MAN assembly in Brazil
MAN trucks is importing semi-knockdown (SKD) kits from Germany to Brazil to support production of its TGX and TGS range of trucks at the company’s plant in Resende which officially began this week. It is the first time the trucks will be available to the South American market. “We are ...
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FeatureVW signs inbound deals in US and Slovakia
Volkswagen has signed two new logistics contracts for inbound supply to its plants in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Bratislava in Slovakia. In the US, Hollingsworth Logistics has entered a joint venture with Magna International subsidiary Magna Seating to supply complete seat systems for the mid-sized sedan that Volkswagen Group of America ...
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FeatureEmergency delivery saves 2m Euros at Turkish plant
Evolution Time Critical has recently delivered an emergency shipment of parts to a carmaker’s plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, reportedly preventing a threatened two-day stoppage that could have cost the company €2m ($2.7m). Evolution would not confirm the recipient but Ford’s joint venture with Turkish conglomerate Koç Holding – called Ford ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Effective immediately, Elliot Swiss (pictured) has become the director of supply chain operations for Opel/Vauxhall, responsible for a broad range of supply chain activities at General Motor’s European division. Swiss has most recently been Opel/Vauxhall’s director of logistics, with responsibility for all inbound component and powertrain movement in Europe as ...