Nissan-Renault Opens Indian Plant
17 Mar 2010, 07:35 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The first dedicated Renault-Nissan Alliance vehicle manufacturing plant has just opened in Chennai, India. At the opening ceremony, Renault-Nissan Alliance Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn were present...
LG Chem to Build Battery Cell Plant in the US
15 Mar 2010, 11:50 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / LG Chem has just announced today that it intends to build a new $303 million lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Holland, Michigan. According to the officials, over 400 jobs could be creat...
Honda Builds Second Motorcycle Plant in India
11 Mar 2010, 11:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) revealed plans to build a second motorcycle production plant to meet the company's annual 20 percent increase in demand on the local market. HMSI wil...
Toyota UK Freezes Salaries in 2010
10 Mar 2010, 10:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following Toyota Manufacturing UK’s annual salary review process between company representatives and employee representatives, the company announced a number of changes set to take place this ...
Mercedes-Benz do Brazil to Increase Production
8 Mar 2010, 14:20 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mercedes-Benz has just announced that it signed a contract with the Brazilian bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Económico e Social (BNDES) for a loan in the amount of R$ 1.2 billion (rou...
Kia Opens Plant in West Point
1 Mar 2010, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The very first US-based plant belonging to the Kia-Hyundai Group opened its doors on Friday in West Point, Georgia, marking the start of what is hoped to be a very productive facility. The group hop...
GM Pondering New Chinese Plant to Meet Demand
22 Feb 2010, 09:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Chinese market is posting a huge increase and carmakers building cars in the country have turned to all kind of measures supposed to help them keep up with demand. But General Motors is trying t...
Toyota UK To Stop Production for One Week
19 Feb 2010, 13:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The problems for Japanese carmaker Toyota keep getting bigger, as the carmaker see itself forced to close the Derbyshire car assembly and Deeside engine plants for an extra week during Easter brake,...
Toyota to Idle US Plants. Again...
17 Feb 2010, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota announced yesterday it will have to close some of its North American facilities again, in an effort to keep the inventory levels as acceptable levels. Although the carma...
GM May Reopen Some Closed Plants
14 Feb 2010, 13:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last year when the then-bankrupt American manufacturer GM had to close it operations in Spring Hill, Tennessee or Janesville, Wisconsin, it would appear that now, thanks to what appears to...
EV Could Be Produced at Fiat’s Sicily Plant
9 Feb 2010, 14:37 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Sergio Marchionne’s decision to shut down production at Fiat’s Termini Imerese factory in Sicily seems to have serious repercussions, as the unions launched strikes in Fiat plants across...
Claudio Scajola Admits Offers for Fiat Plant Exist
8 Feb 2010, 16:27 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Sergio Marchionne’s decision to shut down production at Fiat’s Termini Imerese factory in Sicily seems to have serious repercussions, as both the Fiat Unions and the Italian government a...
Fiat and the Italian Unions to Meet the Economics Minister
5 Feb 2010, 13:09 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Italian minister of economics summoned Fiat and its four unions to a Rome meeting in an attempt to settle the conflict which started when the Italian automaker announced it will close its Termin...
Toyota US Plants to Be Reopened
2 Feb 2010, 08:59 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As Toyota is struggling to get out of the mess they’re in, there is finally some good news. According to Reuters, Toyota Motor Corp said it will restart production of the eight models involved...
PSA Restored Third Shift in Brazil Plant
1 Feb 2010, 11:57 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The recession is not yet a thing of the past, though it seems that predictions for 2010 indicate economy growth in many countries. It’s a fact that not all automakers can look back at 2009 and...
Hyundai to Start Building Plant in Brazil
1 Feb 2010, 11:25 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Hyundai had a great year in the US. The Korean manufacturer managed to sell more cars than in 2008, which was not an easy task considering the recession. The sales increase was due to the fact that ...
Fiat Idles ALL Italian Plants for Two Weeks
27 Jan 2010, 11:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if it joined forces with Chrysler, this doesn't necessarily mean that all things are going great for Italian carmaker Fiat. In fact, the domestic market is going from bad to worse, as both...
Nissan Named UK’s Largest Car Manufacturer in 2009
26 Jan 2010, 11:59 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Through its plant in Sunderland, Nissan was named UK’s largest car manufacturer for the 12th consecutive year. According to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Nissan managed to...
Kia's Zilina Plant Spits Out 500,000th Car
20 Jan 2010, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After back in July 2009 South Korean manufacturer Kia announced plans to invest 2.3 billion euros to make its European business, including the Zilina, Slovakia facility, a bit greener, the carmaker ...
GM Could Reopen Plants to Satisfy Demand
14 Jan 2010, 07:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After General Motors closed several US plants as parts of its global reorganization, the American automaker might bring some of them back to life in a move supposed to help the company meet higher d...