All North America articles – Page 19

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    Volkswagen Group Logistics: Come together, right now

    2017-06-29T01:53:00Z

    All carmakers are [sta_anchor id=”1”]grappling with how to plan and respond to the technological, social and economic changes that are expected to affect their products and businesses. Manufacturers must simultaneously manage rising demand for both traditional and alternative fuels, while exploring new models for mobility that might, in future, change ...

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    BMW to invest $600m in South Carolina plant for future X-models

    2017-06-28T16:50:42Z

    German carmaker BMW Group has announced a $600m investment at its largest manufacturing facility, Spartanburg, in the US state of South Carolina, as it prepares it for future generations of the X-model SUV range.The company has produced 3.9m vehicles since production began at the plant 25 years ago. In that ...

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    Logistics providers recognised at Ford World Excellence Awards

    2017-06-28T16:19:25Z

    Left to right: Hau Thai-Tang, group vice-president, global purchasing, Ford; Jeff Bullard, senior vice-president of operations central region, Penske; and Raj Nair, executive vice-president and president, FordFord has recognised logistics providers Penske Logistics and M&M Cartage at its 19th World Excellence Awards, held recently at the Henry Ford Museum ...

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    PhilaPort’s new automobile berth receives first ro-ro vessel

    2017-06-28T15:35:00Z

    Left to right: Greg Iannarelli, PhilaPort; Captain M/V Glovis Comet; Jeff Theobald, PhilaPort; Kane Han, Hyundai Glovis; Pat Foran, Glovis America; and Scott Cornell, Hyundai Glovis A Hyundai Glovis vessel carrying 2,176 Hyundai and Kia cars became the first ship to berth at the Port of Philadelphia’s ...

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    Navya chooses Michigan for its first US plant

    2017-06-27T17:26:08Z

    French autonomous vehicle maker, Navya, has chosen the Ann Arbor area in southeast Michigan as the location of its first US assembly plant.Production is expected to begin in the final quarter of 2017 at the as yet unidentified location.The company says the decision on the Ann Arbor area builds on ...

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    Caterpillar puts Snodgrass at head of newly created division

    2017-06-22T17:01:22Z

    As part of a number of top executive changes at equipment maker Caterpillar, Chris Snodgrass is moving to a newly created position as vice-president of the Product Support and Logistics Division. He takes up the role on July 1st.As head of the new division, part of Snodgrass’ responsibilities will be ...

  • General Motors today announced plans to open a new supplier park to support future vehicle production at its Arlington Assembly.  The new park is expected to house up to 1,250 employees, including mor
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    GM begins work on supplier and logistics park in Arlington

    2017-06-21T11:52:25Z

    [Updated June 22nd] GM will open a new supplier park and logistics centre next to its assembly plant in Arlington, Texas in 2018 as part of its $1 billion investment in US operations announced earlier this year. Arlington City Council has approved economic incentives to facilitate a $250m redevelopment project ...

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    Mexico fines seven shipping lines over price-fixing

    2017-06-14T14:41:10Z

    Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) has issued seven ro-ro carriers with fines totalling 581.6m pesos ($32.4m), saying they acted as a cartel to increase prices.The companies involved are K-Line and K-Line Americas, Mitsui OSK Lines, Mitsui OSK Bulk and NYK Line from Japan, Chile’s CSAV, and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics ...

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    Icahn Automotive Group to buy Precision Auto Care

    2017-06-07T09:43:21Z

    Icahn Automotive Group has offered $37m to buy US-based aftermarket service company, Precision Auto Care.Icahn Automotive Group, controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn's investment company, will add more than 250 corporate-owned and franchised full service shops in the US via the acquisition.“Coupled with our existing footprint of more than 1,000 ...

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    Manzanillo contract could increase vehicle throughput

    2017-06-05T15:57:06Z

    Manzanillo port in Mexico could see additional vehicle volumes, following a contract between the Manzanillo port authority and Manzanillo Terminal Company (CTM) for the operation of a general cargo terminal.CTM is part of the Gume Group and one of the terminal processors and stevedores working at the port.Currently, Manzanillo handles ...

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    Mercedes-Benz destaca o valor do abastecimento localizado na fábrica dos EUA

    2017-06-01T13:12:37Z

    A Mercedes-Benz destacou o valor de uma base de suprimentos local, após uma reunião com sua base de suprimentos no Alabama na semana passada.O Supplier Forum 2017 envolveu discussões estratégicas com fornecedores selecionados para o futuro programa de produção da fábrica de Tuscaloosa.A empresa vem produzindo modelos SUV lá desde ...

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    Mercedes-Benz highlights value of localised supply at US plant

    2017-05-31T17:08:54Z

    Mercedes-Benz has highlighted the value of a local supply base, following a meeting with its suppiers in Alabama last week.The Supplier Forum 2017 involved strategic discussions with selected suppliers for the future production programme at the Tuscaloosa plant.The company has been producing SUV models there since 1997 and it was ...

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    Ford announces further leadership changes

    2017-05-31T14:19:06Z

    Ford has announced a swathe of further global leadership changes, just days after Jim Hackett was named as the carmaker’s new president and CEO.The changes have also been made to support the newly appointed leaders of the revamped organisational structure, which includes global markets, global operations and mobility.Hau Thai-Tang (pictured) ...

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    Hub Group adds dedicated trucking arm with $306m Estenson purchase

    2017-05-31T10:14:49Z

    US-based multimodal services provider Hub Group has agreed to acquire dedicated trucking company Estenson for $306m.Hub chairman and CEO David Yeager said his company had been searching for an acquisition in this market segment for the past two years, to help it provide “a more complete multimodal solution”.Hub’s top 30 ...

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    Schenker helps Schuler deliver press to Detroit

    2017-05-24T14:26:01Z

    Industrial press manufacturer Schuler has worked with logistics provider Schenker Deutschland to secure the delivery of a 106 ton hydraulic press from its facility in Erfurt to the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) research facility in Detroit, Michigan.The press, which can exert a force of 4,000 US tons, ...

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    Ford names Hackett as CEO and makes three other top executive appointments

    2017-05-24T11:10:21Z

    Ford has named Jim Hackett (pictured) as its new president and CEO, replacing Mark Fields, who is retiring after 28 years with the company.The carmaker has also made three further top-level appointments: Joe Hinrichs takes up the role of executive vice-president and president of global operations; Jim Farley has been ...

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    Emirates SkyWheels service flies JLR vehicles to Chicago from Birmingham

    2017-05-24T09:18:09Z

    Emirates Airline’s freight division, SkyCargo, has announced a bespoke new service for Jaguar Land Rover, flying finished vehicles from the UK’s Birmingham airport to Chicago in the US.Logistics provider Metro Shipping coordinated the service, with the first flight taking place last week. The company has a specialist automotive division located ...

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    US officially kicks off Nafta renegotiation process

    2017-05-23T17:34:04Z

    Recently sworn-in US Trade Representative (USTR), Robert Lighthizer (pictured, left), has notified Congress of the Trump administration’s intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) with Mexico and Canada, officially kicking off the process of reworking the two decade-plus old pact.During his election campaign last year, Trump took ...

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    Toyota top, Nissan bottom in North American supplier relations index

    2017-05-17T17:59:03Z

    Toyota has beaten Honda to the top spot in the latest update of an index measuring working relations between North American OEMs and their suppliers. It’s the seventh time in a row Toyota has held first position. Nissan was at the opposite end of the ranking, meanwhile.The 17th annual North ...

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    Congestion costs rising for US trucking industry

    2017-05-17T11:51:27Z

    The US trucking industry faced an extra $63.4 billion in operational costs in 2015 due to traffic congestion on the national highway system, new research out this week has suggested.The latest report by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) used a variety of data sources, including its GPS database, to ...