Oshkosh Opens Tianjin, China Plant
25 Oct 2010, 12:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new facility designed to produce JLG access equipment for China and other Asian markets has been inaugurated today by Oshkosh in Tianjin, China. The manufacturing plant was completed in the spring...
Opel to Close Antwerp Plant
6 Oct 2010, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The struggles German manufacturer Opel went through last year still cause agitation, despite the fact that, at first glance, the carmaker is out of trouble. The plant it operates in Antwerp, Belgium...
Ford to Build New Plant in China
26 Sep 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking advantage of the economic boom in China, as well as of the increased appeal of the local consumers for American vehicles, car manufacturer Ford announced today its decision to begin the build...
Opel Invests EUR5M in Hungarian Plant
21 Sep 2010, 12:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After Allison Transmission revealed it will be building a new production site in Hungary, located in Szentgotthard, Opel has also announced plans of investing EUR500 million to expand its operations...
Nissan Opens New Plant in China
21 Sep 2010, 07:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced yesterday it will open, together with it Chinese partner, Zhengzhou Nissan, it's second plant in the country. Located in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The fa...
Geely Picks Locations for Three Volvo Chinese Plants
20 Sep 2010, 13:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Rumors regarding a potential Chinese Volvo plant that would open its doors after Geely completes the transaction have surfaced even before officials of the two companies shook hands and smiled in fr...
Toyota Mississippi Plant Gets 9,500 Applications
3 Sep 2010, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In June this year, Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced it is resuming work at the construction site in Blue Springs, Mississippi and kicked off a hiring campaign which, so far, proves to be very ...
Caterpillar to Build New Plant in Brazil
2 Sep 2010, 15:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a good period in terms of financial performance, Caterpillar announced yesterday it has decided to expand its Brazilian operations by opening a new facility in the country. Located in Camp...
Continental Hires 100 at Fletcher Plant
20 Aug 2010, 12:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Supplier Continental announced today it will be hiring 100 people for its manufacturing facility in Fletcher, to meet the production demands for brake calipers. Continental plans to fill job openin...
GM Buys Own Strasbourg Plant
16 Aug 2010, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today it has decided to take over the Strasbourg transmission plant from the remains of the old GM, called Motors Liquidation Company (MLC), with the closing of th...
Lear to Open Plant in Detroit, Donates $5 Million
5 Aug 2010, 09:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American supplier Lear, who emerged from bankruptcy in November last year, announced today it will open a new manufacturing plant in the Detroit area and will be hiring at least 200 people in 2011. ...
Mitsubishi to Build 3rd Thai Plant
6 Jul 2010, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The automotive friendly environment carmakers seem to find in Thailand has determined the Japanese from Mitsubishi to consider building their third facility in the country, one which, local media sp...
Ford Makes $450M Investment in New Thai Plant
24 Jun 2010, 07:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Ford’s expansion plans in the Asia-Pacific region are on the right track, as the American carmaker announced today it is investing US$450 million (THB 15 billion) in a new passenger vehicle ma...
Toyota Mississippi Plant Revived, to Build Corolla
18 Jun 2010, 07:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced yesterday it has resumed work on the construction of the plant in Mississippi, with production here to begin in fall 2011. The carmaker says the fist model...
Official: New VW Plant to Be Built in Southern China
9 Jun 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German manufacturer Volkswagen revealed today it has signed contracts for the construction of a new Volkswagen plant at Foshan, in the Southern Chinese region of Guangdong. According to Martin Winte...
Magna Interested in Battery Production
27 May 2010, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if an expansion into the hybrid and EV sectors by the biggest automotive supplier in North America, Magna International, has been somewhat hinted by several of its executives, one of the compan...
CODA to Build New EV Battery Manufacturing Plant in Ohio
25 May 2010, 10:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / California-based electric car and battery company CODA announced today it is currently pending for approval of a Department of Energy (DOE) loan which would help it build an automotive-grade lithium...
Renault Modernizes Its Cordoba Plant in Argentina
7 May 2010, 12:57 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / On March 15, 2010 Renault opened a new production line at its Santa Isabel plant located in Cordoba, Argentina. The new, flexible production line was completed in five weeks and is able to produce f...
New Jobs at the Land Rover Solihull Plant
6 May 2010, 12:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Though many refrain themselves from daring to hope the financial crisis is soon to be over, carmakers seem to be confident in the future, posting sales increases and future investment plans. So is t...
Saab Resumes Production at the Trollhattan Plant
23 Mar 2010, 08:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After some one week ago, Saab was announcing new headquarters in Michigan, NA, the newly independent car manufacturer also revealed it has decided to resume car production at its Trollhattan plant y...