Nissan Confirms Huadu Plant Expansion
29 Jul 2009, 12:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the rumors which surfaced in the media during the past few weeks, Japanese manufacturer Nissan today announced the expansion of the Huadu passenger vehicle plant in Guangzhou City, China, ...
To NUMMI or Not to NUMMI
24 Jul 2009, 13:40 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / A cloud of uncertainty still reigns over the now former Toyota-GM NUMMI operation's fate. The 5,400-worker joint venture between the two, which dates back to 1984 could see its bitter end this ...
GM to Expand Production in Brazil
21 Jul 2009, 13:34 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / General Motors of Brazil is planning to invest $1.2 billion in its production facilities, making it the biggest investment since GM arrived in Brazil in 1925. Jaime Ardila, CEO, GM of Brazil, cle...
Volkswagen Invests $1Bn in Mexico
15 Jul 2009, 14:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With its sights set on producing a new model at their Mexico plant starting next year, German manufacturer Volkswagen plans to invest no less than $1 billion to expand and retool the facility. The p...
Toyota: We Won't Close NUMMI
30 Jun 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After yesterday GM announced it has decided to place its NUMMI operation in the "bad assets" basket, questions started surfacing about the fate of the plant and of its some 5,000 workers....
Chrysler Restarts Idled Plants
29 Jun 2009, 14:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Today marks a new beginning for Chrysler as the company relaunched the majority of its assembly plants, temporarily idled on April 30 when the American manufacturer filed for bankruptcy. The vehicle...
GM to Idle Russian Plant
29 Jun 2009, 13:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The stalemate in which the deal between GM and Magna seems to have got into is forcing the bankrupt American manufacturer to idle its Russian operations for at least two months. Of course, GM cites ...
Official: Michigan Orion to Build GM Small Car in 2011
27 Jun 2009, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported yesterday, increasing rumors were saying that GM is getting close to designate its Orion Township, Michigan plant as the one to build the company's future small car. GM has now c...
Chrysler Closes St. Louis Plant. Again
25 Jun 2009, 12:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nearly two weeks after American manufacturer Chrysler announced it will reopen the St. Louis North Assembly plant, the company has revised its decision and now says it will idle the facility on July...
GM to Shutter Shreveport, La. Plant by 2012
25 Jun 2009, 11:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors continues its restructuring process in the United States and announced workers at the Shreveport, La. production facility that they will be left out of work by 2012 as it intends to c...
Audi Q3 Plant Breaks Ground
24 Jun 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Spanish manufacturer Seat has today set the corner stone for the future bodywork workshop at the Martoreli plant, where the new Audi Q3 will be built starting 2011. Seat takes great pride in the fut...
VW Halts Part of Mexican Plant
22 Jun 2009, 14:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In spite of fairly decent financial results in this difficult economic environment, Volkswagen announced it will suspend the work of a part of its Mexican plant starting next week. The partial closu...
Nissan to Build EVs in the US
22 Jun 2009, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan plans to shift its future production of both its electric vehicles and the batteries required for them to the United States, as low-interest loan rates for green vehicle...
Chrysler Restarts Production in Seven More Plants
18 Jun 2009, 07:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are getting back to normal after the deal emerged from bankruptcy and completed the strategic alliance with Fiat and is now planning to resume production in most facilities its owns. After re...
Chrysler Restarts Viper Production Plant
16 Jun 2009, 07:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are slowly getting back to normal for Chrysler, the company which barely got its head to the surfaceas it is now living under Fiat's umbrella. According to a report by drive.com.au, the ...
BMW Spartanburg Plant Almost Ready
8 Jun 2009, 13:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things are going smooth for BMW in North America. as only one year after announcing their expansion of the Spartanburg, South Carolina facility, the German manufacturer says the construction is almo...
Nissan Opens Plant in St. Petersburg
2 Jun 2009, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just as we told you yesterday, Japanese manufacturer Nissan was getting ready to officially open its newest plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. Today they did, with all the fuzz required by such an occ...
GM Reveals List of Plants to Be Closed
2 Jun 2009, 08:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The time has finally arrived for General Motors and, together with the long-awaited bankruptcy filing, the American automaker revealed lots of already-known things. One of them is the company's...
GM to Shut Down 14 Plants on Monday
29 May 2009, 08:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The bankruptcy filing General Motors is going to announce on Monday will obviously have serious consequences over the American auto sector. According to a report by the Associated Press, the US car ...
McLaren Submits New Factory Plans
21 May 2009, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / McLaren Automotive has confirmed its plans to build a sports car manufacturing plant, as part of the separation process from the McLaren Group. The factory will be built near the existing one in Wok...