All Tier suppliers articles – Page 19
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ArticleZF is best-in-class for just-in-time
ZF Lemförder, the Car Chassis Technology Division of Germany’s ZF Friedrichshafen, has won an award for the supply of chassis components to Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull facility, near Birmingham in the UK. The Warwick Manufacturing Group Award for Logistics and Resource Efficiency was presented by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ...
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ArticleSuppliers are healthier, but face capacity shortfalls
The outlook for tier suppliers in North America has improved significantly in 2010 with higher vehicle sales coming atop aggressive moves to cut costs. The recent “Automotive Supplier Barometer”, released in May by the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA), a North American supplier group, reveals significant improvements in production capacity ...
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ArticleDenso buyout boosts distribution in Europe
Japanese component supplier Denso Corporation has strengthened the distribution of aftermarket components in Europe with the purchase at the beginning of June of CTR, a distributor of automotive climate control components with locations in Italy, Spain and France. CTR was a subsidiary of Finber, a European-based company that makes automotive ...
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Ryder wins Delphi award amid growing business strength
Delphi, the US-based tier one supplier, has given Ryder System a 2010 Above & Beyond Award for services in supply chain management and logistics. The award, established in 2007 and presented annually, recognises Delphi suppliers for special service events that went beyond contractual obligations during the 2009 calendar year. Ryder ...
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ArticleHankook Tire keeps on rolling on
The Korean tyremaker has just had a record year and is looking to extend its reach in both mature and emerging markets, with logistics playing an essential role in maintaining service levels to OEMs and dealersHankook expands production in EuropeGlobal growth in the aftermarket continuesThe logistics network from South KoreaTyre ...
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ArticlePremium freight and pressing needs for TRW
TRW Automotive’s premium freight movements in Europe will now be handled by Roberts Europe across 12 countries following a contract signed between the two companies at the end of February. Full implementation of the service is expected within the next four to six weeks. TRW makes a range of vehicle ...
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ArticleGermany's VDA awards ZF for 'Year of Logistics'
German automotive association – the VDA (Verbrand der Automobilindustrie) – has awarded driveline and chassis expert ZF Friedrichshafen the VDA Logistics Award 2010 for “high performance logistics in the heavy commercial vehicle sector”. Presented at the 9th VDA Logistics Congress in Leipzig, Germany, the award recognised efforts made during ZF’s ...
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ArticleCeva provides full distribution for Goodyear Turkey
Goodyear’s Turkish division, Goodyear Lastikleri TAS, has chosen Ceva Logistics to be its logistics provider, providing full truck load (FTL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) distribution services from the tyre maker’s Adapazari and Izmit plants to dealers and automotive manufacturers throughout the country. In all Ceva anticipates distributing around 45,000 tonnes of ...
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ArticleTVS Logistics buys Multipart Holding
TVS Logistics, part of TVS group, one of the largest automotive components manufacturers in India, has acquired supply chain company Multipart Holding, one of the UK’s top three aftermarket logistics companies. TVS has said it will invest more than RS 125 crore ($30m) in Multipart over the next 18 months ...
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ArticleAcumen builds auto business with Daimay imports
Acumen Logistics has signed a rolling 12-month contract with Chinese automotive supplier Daimay to receive and distribute headrests to UK automotive manufacturers. The company will manage the flow of components, which is expected to number 540,000 per year, into its Redditch facility in the UK Midlands and repackage them for ...
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ArticleThyssenKrupp sells supply chain division to Wisag
As part of wide-ranging structural changes at ThyssenKrupp, the company has sold its industrial service division to German facility management company Wisag for €100m.ThyssenKrupp spokesman Stefan Ettwig said: “We’re confident that, in the form of Wisag as a pure facility management company, we have found a reliable partner for ThyssenKrupp ...
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ArticleMagna chooses K+N for inbound to Russia
Magna International’s vehicle exteriors division has chosen Kuehne + Nagel to handle the inbound logistics feed to its production site in Kaluga, Russia to support the supply of components for Volkswagen. Magna Exteriors & Interiors is currently producing front end cooling modules on Tiguan and Octavia models for VW’s Kaluga ...
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ArticleContinental consolidates tyre distribution in Canada
Continental Tire Canada has picked a poignant moment to officially open its 400,000ft2 distribution warehouse in Oshawa, Ontario. While the row over North American tariffs on Chinese tyre imports continued to rage, last week John Gray, Mayor of Oshawa, Mario La Barbera, President of Pival International, Oliver Winschiers, General Manager ...
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ArticleVW to cut logistics cost at Kaluga
Hoping to attract international suppliers to its operation in Kaluga, Russia, Volkswagen Group Rus is taking a leading role in the development of a new industrial complex in the Grabtsevo industrial zone. The carmaker has been allocated 800 hectares in the new ‘A-Park project’. Half of that space will be ...
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ArticleAcumen secures UK supply contract with Johnson Controls
Acumen Distribution has now secured full supplier status for complete inbound movements to all of Johnson Controls Automotive’s (JCA) UK facilities. The multi-million pound contract will also cover the management of JCA’s supply chain including collection planning from between 70-80 parts suppliers throughout Europe and the UK, as well as ...
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ArticleGM puts the squeeze on suppliers
Once the biggest carmaker in the world, on Monday General Motors became the biggest-ever bankruptcy case filing for a US industrial company. The bankruptcy follows unprecedented sales declines in the US market, of which GM was hit particularly hard. The company has had losses over the last four years totalling ...
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ArticleSCM a competitive advantage in future says ZF
In a future industry where automotive components developed and built in China are just as highly engineered and innovative as those built in Europe, logistics and supply chain management could become one of the most important distinguishing advantages for a company to increase its sales, according to John Sobeck, Corporate ...
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ArticleShare and share alike
Two of Germany’s largest automotive component suppliers have signed a global purchasing agreement that will create a stronger supplier network with improvements to the logistics provision of indirect materials. The companies project cost benefits of €400m ($528m). As well as exchanging technological expertise, the companies will establish value-added supply chains ...
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ArticlePayment scheme leads to supply problems at AvtoVAZ
Russia’s largest carmaker AvtoVAZ stopped production at its huge Togliatti plant last Thursday, just three days after restarting the assembly line following a month-long extension to its winter break shutdown. The stoppage was blamed on a component supply problem. "The conveyor was stopped on Thursday for an indeterminate amount of ...
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ArticleMichelin plans logistics centre in Serbia
According to reports from the World Economic Forum, which took place in the Swiss resort of Davos last week, French tyre maker Michelin is planning to open a logistics centre in Serbia before the middle of 2010. The announcement, which was reported by Serbia’s Tanjug news agency, follows a meeting ...