All Mexico articles – Page 18
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FeatureLucid Motors picks Arizona as electric vehicle manufacturing base
Electric vehicle start-up Lucid Motors has announced Casa Grande, about 80km south of Phoenix, Arizona, as the location for its manufacturing centre, after evaluating over 60 sites in 13 US states.The facility will start producing the company’s first model in 2018 and by 2022, $700m will have been invested. The ...
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FeatureChanging trade agreements in the spotlight after US election
A week after Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the US presidential election, automotive manufacturers and experts are still piecing together what his new administration could mean for vehicle production, trade and investment across North America and beyond.Global trade deals with the US seem likely to fall back in priority or ...
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FeatureConcerns over global trade as Trump secures US election victory
Donald Trump’s surprise victory over Hillary Clinton in the November 8th US election has created serious concerns over the future of the country’s major trade agreement with its neighbours, which has become such an important part of many carmakers’ and tier suppliers’ automotive supply chains.Markets and currencies including the Mexican ...
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FeatureGraniewicz becomes MD of Penske Mexico
Alejandro “Alex” Graniewicz (pictured) has been appointed as managing director of Penske Logistics’ Mexico operations. He replaces Michael Casidy, who takes on the role of distribution centre management product line leader for the company’s western region in the United States.Graniewicz was most recently the chief operating officer at logistics company, ...
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FeatureSmooth logistics underpins assembly at Audi’s Mexican plant
Audi has officially opened its $1.1 billion Mexican plant in San José Chiapa, in the state of Puebla, which is making the Q5 SUV model. Projected annual capacity at the plant is 150,000 units.At the same time the carmaker has opened a supplier park next to the plant that will ...
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FeatureGM fails to confirm plans for engine production in Mexico
GM has declined to confirm a report by The New York Times that it will be moving an engine production operation from Mexico to Ontario as part of the labour agreement it reached recently with Canadian private sector union, Unifor.GM will close one of two assembly lines at its Oshawa, ...
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FeatureFord confirms Focus production will move to Mexico
Ford has confirmed it is to move production of the Ford Focus from the US to Mexico. Speaking at an investors’ day earlier this month, chief executive Mark Fields said the move away from the current Michigan plant would be completed over the next two to three years.The move was ...
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FeatureGlobal conference: Building cars is one thing, getting them to market is another
The infrastructure and logistics services underpinning the volume growth in emerging automotive markets will need investment, if carmakers are to make the most of the opportunities these markets hold in the face of a short term sales 'plateau' in the more developed parts of the world. Delegates at this week's ...
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FeatureMexico now India’s largest automotive export market
Mexico has become India’s largest market for automotive exports, according to data released by engineering body EEPC India.Between April and July this year, automotive exports from India – including finished vehicles, two- and three-wheelers, and parts and components – amounted to $2.78 billion. Of that, shipments to Mexico accounted for ...
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FeatureColombia’s Santa Marta port to benefit from Kia’s Mexican plant
The opening in May this year of Kia Motor’s plant at Pesqueria in the Mexican state of Nuevo León is helping to consolidate a key commercial route along the Atlantic Ocean, where the Colombian port of Santa Marta is a direct beneficiary. For the rest of this year, the port ...
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FeatureCourier NetWork expands presence with offices in Mexico and Asia
US-based expeditor Courier NetWork (CNW) has opened new offices in Mexico, China and Singapore.The company said its new branch in Guadalajara would support the automotive and electronics market in Mexico, adding that it was a well-established provider of services to the automotive industry there.“The vast majority of shipments have been ...
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FeatureFVL Import Export summit: Making sure bigger is also better in ports
The third Finished Vehicle Logistics Import Export summit revealed the need among vehicle-handling ports for more investment in space, berths and inland transport, at the same time that OEMs and logistics partners need to work together to improve the uneven flow of vehicles that 'vessel bunching' and larger ships are ...
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FeatureYusen Logistics opens branch in Guadalajara
Pictured from left: Max Villa, air freight operations; Shogo Machida, vice-president, Mexico; Jordan Dewart, president, Mexico; and Oswaldo Manzo, customer serviceThird-party logistics provider Yusen Logistics has added a fourth office and warehouse to expand its air freight forwarding network in Mexico. The branch in Guadalajara joins existing branches in ...
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FeatureVW begins exporting Polos from Russia to Mexico
Volkswagen has confirmed it has begun exporting finished Polo sedan models from Russia to Mexico.A spokesperson for the carmaker said the current economic situation on the Russian market meant VW was “considering all possible export opportunities”. The initial export volume comes to just “a few hundred” he added.The move follows ...
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FeatureMexico to develop port of Cuyutlán for automotive traffic
The government of the state of Colima, in Mexico, has announced plans to develop the port of Cuyutlán, which lies adjacent to the port of Manzanillo, in an effort to cater for a predicted increase in automotive imports and exports in the run-up to 2020.Both the state governor, Ignacio Peralta, ...
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FeatureThyssenKrupp expands in South Carolina
German component supplier ThyssenKrupp has opened a new distribution centre in Charleston, South Carolina, to provide value-added kitting, sequencing, inspection, rework, export packaging, warehousing and transport to and from the Port of Charleston, mainly for vehicle and auto part producers.The US state already accommodates more than 250 automotive-related companies and ...
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FeatureVolkswagen & Audi in Mexico part 3: Building in an extra level of efficiency
With VW’s Puebla plant expected to return to full capacity soon and Audi’s San José Chiapa facility poised to begin production, the Volkswagen Group in Mexico will be relying on its road, rail and port partners to meet future demand and quality standards
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FeatureVolkswagen & Audi in Mexico part 2: Everything in its right place
Audi Mexico’s upcoming plant at San José Chiapa has had logistics efficiency built into its core. Automotive Logistics talks to head of logistics and production control, Peter Koltai, about the evolution of the OEM’s first standalone factory outside Europe The 70km drive from Puebla to San José Chiapa takes ...
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FeatureVolkswagen & Audi in Mexico part 1: Sharing logistics in a state of expansion
Volkswagen Group has established new organisations and networks across VW and Audi in Mexico and North America. Automotive Logistics finds out more about this multi-brand, multi-country approach to purchasing and logistics
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FeatureChina’s BAIC Motors begins export sales in Mexico
Wei Huacheng (second from left), vice chairman of BAIC Group and executive director of BAIC International, at the launch ceremony for BAIC’s first dealership in Mexico last monthChinese carmaker BAIC Motor has sold its first exported car in Mexico and revealed plans to build an assembly plant in the ...