Tag: tier suppliers

Evtec Aluminium to supply JLR with EV powertrain components

JLR has signed a supply contract with Evtec Aluminium for the supply of powertrain components on Jaguar’s new line of electric vehicles (EVs), beginning in 2025. They include parts for a 4-door GT model as well as a luxury sedan. The deal is estimated to be worth $67m for Evtec, according to the supplier.

Pirelli to invest €114m in Mexico plant

Pirelli has announced an additional €114m ($114m) investment in its Silao plant, in the Puerto Interior industrial hub in Guanajuato state, Mexico. The plant, established in 2012, will have received €800m investment from its parent company, with the new funds.

Schaeffler India opens parts CDC in Hosur

Schaeffler’s division in India has opened a parts consolidation and distribution centre (CDC) in Hosur, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

Bosch to invest €3 billion to increase semiconductor supply

The EU and German government will part-fund the expansion of the semiconductor manufacturing which the bloc has identified as an area of strategic importance.

Wolfspeed opens Mohawk Valley semiconductor fab in US

Silicon carbide supplier Wolfspeed has opened a wafer fabrication facility (fab) at Marcy in New York state to support semiconductor production in the US.

Bosch invests in capacity to tackle semiconductor shortage

Bosch is extending its wafer fabrication facility in Reutlingen, Germany to help tackle the global semiconductor shortage.

Cummins to acquire Meritor in $3.7 billion deal

In the latest example of tier one supplier consolidation, engine-maker Cummins is buying Meritor for $3.7 billion. Meritor makes powertrain and brake components for the commercial vehicle sector. Together the companies intend to advance the development of electric commercial vehicle technology and make more sustainable products.

Faurecia and Hella combine forces in the aftermarket

Following Faurecia’s €5.3 billion ($6 billion) takeover of Hella at the end of January, the merged tier one parts suppliers have announced they will operate under the name Forvia and will start providing combined aftersales products and services, beginning with exhaust systems.

Smarter parts mean risk and opportunity for supply chain

Just because an electric vehicle (EV) has fewer moving parts that doesn’t mean the supply chain and logistics planning behind its build is a simpler process.

North American tier ones tackle a troublesome year

The automotive supply chain in North America is having a worse year than it did in Covid-stricken 2020. For the tier one suppliers based there, it is an ongoing fight to deliver parts in the face of widespread supply chain disruption.

Clepa calls for EU strategy to tackle semiconductor shortage

The European Association of Automotive Suppliers (Clepa) has said that that the shortage in the supply of semiconductors has so far delayed the production of 500,000 vehicles globally. It also said the shortage is likely to be felt well into 2022 and will limit vehicle manufacturers’ ability to restore global vehicle inventories for the rest of this year at least.

Marelli signs 4PL contract with DHL Supply Chain in North America

Tier one parts supplier Marelli has signed a five-year contract with DHL Supply Chain for logistics services in North America.

Yazaki’s proactive, risk-averse approach to the crisis a success, says Bo Andersson

Yazaki is taking a more strategic and coordinated approach to the automotive supply chain as it continues to stabilise production in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Bo Andersson, Yazaki’s president of Europe and CEO and president of North America, says the company is looking for opportunities to consolidate and improve logistics planning and control, including through the use of third party logistics (3PL) providers, greater localisation, communication and inventory planning

Russian car industry needs greater parts localisation to survive

Pirelli gets green tick for carbon initiative

Watch: A royal entry to Mexico’s competitive supply base

Kevin Reed, vice-president of supply chain at tier two electronics and battery component supplier Royal Power, talks to Daniel Harrison about why the company recently built a new plant in Mexico, and the challenges facing its supply chain and logistics. In the context of declining margins among tier suppliers, Reed discusses the key advantages of moving to Mexico to better serve customers and compete, and why maximising efficiency in the supply chain is a crucial differentiator.For more on the major financial and technological challenges facing tier suppliers, download our comprehensive study of margins in the supply chain, and check out our dedicated webinar on managing margins in the supply chain.

Supply chain network design now a standard process at Bosch

Your webinar questions answered: How tier 1 suppliers are responding to tough headwinds

You asked, we answer. We return to the questions from our audience that we didn’t have time to answer in our live webinar, ranging from which parts of automotive tier 1 suppliers’ business models are at risk of commodification, to how tier suppliers are changing supply chain processes

Automotive suppliers buying and spinning their way into high tech segments

As BorgWarner’s acquisition of Delphi Technologies shows, tier one automotive suppliers are turning to acquisitions and restructuring their business to focus on advanced technology, helping to protect margins, avoid commodification and transition to electrified powertrains

BorgWarner to buy Delphi in latest tier one consolidation

Electric vehicles could transform role of tier 1 suppliers in managing logistics

As OEMs look to reduce production costs and manage more complexity, automotive suppliers will face challenges. But with more EV models in the pipeline, many have the opportunity to grab a larger piece of the pie both for manufacturing and supply chain management.

Part and parcel of the problem: why tier 1 supplier logistics will face a squeeze

As OEMs and automotive parts suppliers see their margins decline, cost pressures are going to increase on logistics operations and service providers further down the supply chain

Tearing profits apart: how tier one automotive suppliers can mitigate shrinking margins

The latest report by Automotive from Ultima Media examines the profits and outlook for the top 20 automotive parts suppliers and explores the strategies and solutions they should consider to avoid significant disruption in the 2020s.

Suppliers will face squeeze as OEMs push to meet EU CO2 targets

As carmakers strive to reach the more stringent CO2 emissions targets being phased in across the EU next year, we predict that many are likely to put more pressure on their supply base to help reduce emissions

A supplier renaissance

In-house competence propels Volvo and Continental’s logistics

Mexico conference: Nafta concerns slow supply chain investment

For UK carmakers, ‘Global Britain’ may not be enough

BMW to subcontract additional X1 output to the Netherlands

Brexit: Why a nod of recognition is not enough to calm the nerves

Latin America: The good, the bad & the uncertainty

Robert Bosch 4.0: Keeping a close eye on technology

Russian component exports: Shaping up to ship out

Siam Motors Industries sets up joint venture with JWD Infologistics

Tesla buys automated manufacturing specialist Grohmann

Slovakian plant wins Magna World Class Logistics awards

Michelin to build major tyre distribution centre in South Carolina

Eberspächer expands supply network for western Europe and north Africa

Global conference: Know your supply chain better

Manufacturers and logistics providers at the Automotive Logistics Global conference are doing more to integrate their supply chains from end to end, and are keen to use data and analytics to anticipate problems before they arise.

Brexit: Who’s in the driving seat... and where are we going?

Supply problems hit Avtovaz production in Russia

Inventory inversed

Russia: Too little, too late?

Russia begins to ease restrictions on Turkish imports

Russia conference: Light at the end of a long tunnel

Russia conference: The long road to recovery

Plant locations: Right place, right time

Considerations such as market demand, time to market, regulations, supplier and infrastructure issues are essential in choosing new manufacturing locations.

Scope of GM-Uzbekistan fraud investigation widens

UK aftermarket still growing

Supply chain boost for the UK

Schoeller Allibert opens new Poland production plant

Seating analysis: Not sitting pretty for long

Ford-Sollers to reform supplier arrangements in Russia

Supply Chain Conference executive report: A connection worth more than the sum of its parts

Supply Chain conference: No less global than ever

FCA starts work on new Mopar PDC

Krathwohl and Kampe named corporate officers at Cooper Standard

Parts shortage halts FCA production

Tesla warns supply chain issues could scupper its growth plans

Component makers start to invest as Ukraine’s economy picks up

China conference: Debating which way to go from here

China conference: preparing for the new and the old, for growth and decline

China conference: New Silk Road gets back on the rails

Kumamoto earthquakes disrupt vehicle assembly across Japan

Unpacking conventional wisdom

Mahle Behr: Experiencing a Thermal change

Ford part 1: Always looking ahead

In the first of a four-part feature, Christopher Ludwig talks to Ford Customer Service Division president Frederiek Toney (pictured) about changing times for logistics and providing global customer service

Binding ambition at Toyota Manufacturing UK

Europe conference panel discussion: A time for optimism

Europe conference: how to manage more with less in plants

Europe Conference: Planning for more than the Zeitgeist in the supply chain

Europe conference: How to solve a problem like complexity

Europe conference: Changing with the global tides

Mexico Conference report: On the borderline of change

Magna: One for all, and all for one

Focus on Spain part 3: Closely controlled growth

Nissan North America part 3: The search for southern comfort

Magna opens seating facility in Mexico; sets up seating joint venture in China

Local suppliers struggle to gain scale in Brazil's fragmented market

Faurecia: The power of four into one

Lanka Harness: Out of Asia

UK heading towards record vehicle production in 2020

Magna Europe awards providers getting safer, smarter, lighter, cleaner

Supply chain and mining are potential barriers to alternative powertrains

Lear doubles car seat production in the UK to meet demand from OEMs

Panel discussion: where is the industry heading?

Aston Martin opens warehouse and logistics hub near Gaydon assembly facility

Cummins opens global aftermarket logistics hub in Singapore

BorgWarner to buy Remy International

Magna International to buy Getrag

Breaking supply chain taboos in South Korea

Super Group moves into Europe with In Time Express Logistik acquisition

ZF’s truck technology to benefit logistics

Europa wins £1m Euro Car Parts contract

Honda part 2: Getting the lay of the land

TRW to benefit from ZF's flexible logistics following takeover

Skoda: Simply Clever logistics

Cutting out the paper trail

Russia conference: learning to grin and bear it

PSA invests in Morocco plant with a view to export

Packing a punch in Mexico

Challenges and opportunities for automotive logistics in China

Panel discussion: China needs innovation in logistics

To protect and serve

Toyota part 3: Reverse opportunities

Nissan starts work on logistics park in Smyrna

Europe conference: How to manage sustainability in the supply chain

Future visions of European automotive logistics

Europe conference: Keeping pace with e-commerce and technology in the aftermarket

Hyundai and Nissan join a wave of OEMs looking to export from Russia

Mexico conference: Supply base set to grow and deepen

Connecting the many Mexicos – conference report

Job losses at Comprehensive Logistics

BMW demand leads Röchling to expand German facility

Packaging case study: An intercontinental shift

Aiming to go the distance

Symbols for better days ahead

Mercedes-Benz deepens global procurement footprint

JLR will use flexible logistics to support engine production in UK

Renault opens Algerian SKD assembly plant for Symbol production