All south & central america articles – Page 31
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FeatureAsian carmakers target Mexico
The Mexican car industry, where sales and production have been hit hard by the economic downturn, received a small boost in the past week: Nissan announced it would be shifting some of its small-car production from Japan to its plants in Mexico. Meanwhile, Changan Auto has said it will build ...
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FeatureMaersk signs up to MIT supply chain programme
Maersk Logistics has joined a supply chain exchange programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) designed to benefit its supply chain management and carbon footprint strategy. The MIT Supply Chain Exchange is designed to help companies manage their supply chains more effectively by providing access to the latest research ...
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FeatureFirst shipment to Hawaii from Port of Gray's Harbor
Following the recent contract between The Pasha Group and the Port of Grays Harbor in Washington, US (as reported in our newsletter dated 21 January), the ro-ro vessel M/V Jean Anne is taking 1,100 vehicles to Hawaii from there as part of its 100th voyage this week. The ship left ...
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FeatureGefco sets up vehicle storage facility in Chile
Gefco is setting up a subsidiary to provide automotive and logistics activity in Chile following demand there and in the wider South American region. The new business will be based at a storage centre to be developed in Noviciado, near Santiago and will have capacity for 3,500 vehicles from carmakers ...
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FeatureCeva Logistics secures contracts with Fiat and VW
Ceva Logistics begun operations at Fiat’s local distribution centre in Duisburg, Germany, where it will handle all warehousing and spare-parts supply to the northwest region, and to Denmark and the Netherlands. The facility, which has 13,000m2 of storage space and plans to hold a stock of around 30,000 parts, is ...
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FeatureFiat and Chrysler to share distribution
Fiat will provide Chrysler with new distribution networks, including those outside of North America, as part of the global strategic alliance announced yesterday. The new alliance, which is designed to contribute to Chrysler’s restructuring plan, will allow the carmakers to access each others markets via existing distribution routes and optimise ...
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Key executives on the move
Patrik Puskala has been appointed Managing Director of Avelon Group Oy succeeding Jan Lönnblad who will continue as Advisor to the Board of Directors.Mr Puskala has worked at the Baltic-based automotive LSP since May 2006 when he joined as Development Director focusing on M&A activities and Russian expansion. In July ...
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FeatureCeva supports John Deere in Brazil
Ceva Logistics is opening a new distribution centre in Brazil for agricultural manufacturer John Deere at its 35,000 m2 facility in Campinas in the state of Sao Paulo. It will consolidate activity currently handled by the Catalão and Horizontina distribution centres it runs in the mid-west and south of ...
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FeatureRyder slashes automotive business
By the end of 2009 Ryder will have pulled out of nearly half its automotive operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Europe and severely cut automotive-related activity in North America, putting more than 3,000 jobs on the line. The logistics and supply chain leader has announced a number of “strategic ...