All Feature articles – Page 177
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FeatureFord: Always returning to the drawing board
Anthony Coia looks at how consolidation and frequent reviews are helping Ford improve efficiency and keep costs low while dealing with the unpredictable challenges of global spare parts movementWith continued growing demand and competition for service parts around the world, improving export processes has become vital to the image and ...
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FeatureRussia conference: Crisis is a time for reinvention
The uncertainty plaguing the Russian automotive market is not going away anytime soon, and a full rebound to the confident performance last seen in 2012 is not likely until 2020 according to Sergey Litvinenko, director of Automotive Advisory Services at analyst firm PwC Automotive Practice.Opening discussions at last week’s Automotive ...
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FeatureMosolf obtains EU safety certificate
Mosolf Automotive Railway has obtained permission to manage the maintenance of its fleet of wagons by itself.The subsidiary of the Mosolf Group, responsible for rail business, has been granted the ECM safety certificate (entity in charge of maintenance), in line with EU Regulation 445/2011. The regulation stipulates that for each ...
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FeaturePSA invests in Morocco plant with a view to export
PSA Peugeot-Citroen has revealed plans to build a €557m ($645m) production plant in Morocco.The agreement, signed by Carlos Tavares, chairman, managing board, PSA Peugeot-Citroën, and Moulay Hafid Elalamy, the Kingdom of Morocco’s minister for industry, trade, investment and the digital economy, is to build a plant in the commune of ...
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FeatureRussia conference: Russian manufacturers will miss localisation targets
The depreciation of the rouble has had a devastating impact on the Russian automotive industry, pushing up the price of imported products, including vehicles and parts, while hurting household incomes. However, the fall in value has also impacted manufacturers’ attempts to reach supply localisation targets agreed with the government. Failure ...
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FeatureClosing the gap in Africa
South Africa’s vehicle exports to the rest of the African continent, particularly on the west coast, continue to grow, presenting an opportunity for a variety of carriers who service the country’s main export hubs. However, despite the relative proximity of these markets to South African manufacturers, the logistics gap is ...
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FeatureGM to import Isuzu trucks for distribution in US under Chevy brand
General Motors has signed a new agreement with Isuzu Motors that will see the carmakers import Isuzu N-Series trucks from Japan to the US for distribution under the Chevrolet brand.More specifically, Isuzu will produce diesel versions of the low cab, medium-size truck for GM at its Japanese facility in Fujisawa ...
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FeatureRenault-Nissan awards maritime logistics providers at ALE Supplier Convention
Finished vehicle logistics providers Grimaldi and Neptune Lines were among the recipients of supplier awards recently awarded by Renault-Nissan at its Alliance Logistics Europe Supplier Convention held at Technocentre Renault in Guyancourt, near Paris.Italian maritime and logistics provider Grimaldi Group took the award for its outstanding performance level according to ...
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FeatureCAAM reports Chinese vehicle exports down on last year
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has reported that while exports of vehicles made in the country were up 15% in May, compared with April, at 70,800 units, there has been a drop of 7.3% year-on-year. Of that figure, the number of passenger cars exported from the country hit ...
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FeatureRenault using shortsea from Vigo to export Spanish volumes
Renault is to make use of the Spanish north-western port of Vigo to dispatch finished vehicles built at its plants in Valladolid and Palencia to Nantes, on a ‘motorways of the sea’ route to western France. The carmaker intends to export around 30,000 units a year to France. However, this ...
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FeatureRussia pins hope on EEU deal with Vietnam for wider Asian sales
A new deal recently signed between the Eurasia Economic Union (EEU) and the government of Vietnam is expected to see import duties reduced to zero on vehicle kits exported from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia to the south-east Asian country for assembly there.The EEU’s Minister for Trade, Andrei Slepnev (pictured), ...
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FeatureDaimler chooses Slovenian port of Koper for exports to Asia
The Slovenian port of Koper has won a new tender to handle Daimler finished vehicles, shipped from Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany and south-eastern Europe.Subject to the carmaker’s final plans, the port operator, Luka Koper, can expect to handle export volumes from southern Germany, as well as from plants in Austria, ...
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FeatureVolvo: Extending a 'second home' advantage
After building a logistics management team from scratch in Europe, Volvo Car Group will do the same for its growing operations in China. Christopher Ludwig talks to Magnus Ödling, who will lead the transformation, including a tender later this yearIt could well be that 2014 will be looked on as ...
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FeatureLawson moves to Cooper Standard from GM
Nathan Lawson has moved from his role as purchasing commodity manager for finished vehicle logistics at General Motors to take up a new position at tier one supplier, Cooper Standard, as purchasing director for North America.Lawson, who is based in Michigan, had been with GM for more than 10 years ...
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FeatureDHL adds rail freight services between China and Europe
DHL Global Forwarding has begun a twice-weekly rail service between Zhengzhou in central-eastern China and Hamburg in Germany. The 17-day service, which will pass through Russia and Poland, will offer customers the option of DHL Railconnect, the less-than-container load (LCL) service, as well as a full-container option.The latest service brings ...
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FeatureDickinson leaves Qoros for new role at the SMMT Industry Forum
Mike Dickinson has resigned from his role as director of customer order management and logistics at Chinese carmaker Qoros and is returning to the UK to take up a new role as head of Automotive at the SMMT Industry Forum. The Industry Forum is a subsidiary company of the Society ...
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FeatureHöegh takes delivery of first New Horizon class car carrier
Höegh Autoliners has taken delivery of the first of six new post-panamax vessels, all of which will be delivered over the next 18 months. The first vessel has been named Höegh Target and will be able to carry 8,500 car equivalent units (CEUs) on a deck space of 71,400 sq.m. ...
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FeatureKia to hit 15m export milestone in June
This month South Korean carmaker Kia Motors expects to hit the milestone of exporting 15m vehicles from the country. It started exporting in 1975 when the first ten Brisa pick up trucks were sent to Qatar. Exports to overseas markets now account for 70% of domestic production, which in 2014 ...
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FeatureFord begins Mustang exports from US to Europe
Following the start of global Mustang exports from the US this year, which began in January to China, Ford has now started exports of the model to Europe.As with the initial China exports, volume numbers have begun modestly, with 575 units shipped from the Flat Rock assembly plant in Michigan ...
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