GM Announces Major Q1 2009 Production Cut
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is surely the most popular car manufacturer these days, but not necessarily thanks to the fact that it owns so many brands all around the world. It all started a few months ago when t...
Land Rover Ramps Up Production
11 Aug 2009, 08:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Land Rover announced it will increase production at its Solihull production facility, following strong demand for the revised versions of Discovery and Range Rover Sport models. Additionally, the co...
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...
BMW's Leipzig Plant Back to Normal Two-Shift Production
22 May 2009, 09:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although the economic recession is still deepening for some automakers - have a look in the backyard of either General Motors or Chrysler - some others are already seeing the first signs of recovery...
General Motors Cuts Hungarian Production
7 Apr 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are getting worse for American car manufacturer General Motors, even after the departure of CEO Rick Wagoner, as sales around the world show only slight signs of recovery. Furthermore, GM tod...
Honda to Cut Production and Worker Pay...
1 Apr 2009, 10:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ... and "cut" is an understatement. The Japanese manufacturer announced yesterday it will slash production on the North American continent by as much as 62,000 vehicles and reduce pay for ...
Toyota Idles Russian Operations Due to Falling Demand
17 Mar 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota today announced that it will temporary suspend operations at its Russian production facility between March 30 and April 6, citing the over-discussed economic recession and the falling demand ...
Mazda's Japanese Production Back to Non-Crisis Schedule
17 Mar 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda's Japanese production returns to normal following the cuts announced last months, the car manufacturer announced in a press statement today. The Hofu Plant No. 1 and the Hofu Plant No. 2 ...
Ford Confirms Production Cuts in Spain and Germany
16 Mar 2009, 15:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford is again fighting against the economic turmoil in Europe, announcing a series of new anti-crisis measures supposed to help align production with the market demand. To be more specific, the auto...
Audi Suspends Production in Hungary
11 Mar 2009, 16:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German automaker Audi announced that it will suspend production at its Hungarian plant in Gyor as part of an attempt to save jobs in the country while struggling to align production with the falling...
Ford Cuts Production by 41.9 Percent, Hopes to Reduce $10.4 Billion in Debt
5 Mar 2009, 11:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford Motor has decided to cut its North American output by 41.9 percent in order to align its production to the decreasing consumer demands. Total number of vehicles that will exit the company'...
Toyota Confirms New North American Production Cuts
13 Feb 2009, 08:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / And the story continues... Unfortunately for both automotive sector and for the North American industry, Toyota today confirmed a couple of new cost-cutting measure, pointing to the same over-discus...
Kia Temporarily Halts Production in Slovakia
12 Feb 2009, 15:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / South Korean automaker Kia Motors today announced it will temporarily halt production at the Slovak facility due to collapsing sales in Europe. Even though Kia officials did not mention the new prod...
Japan to Reduce Car Production by Three Million Units
28 Jan 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even though Japanese automakers are obviously in better shape than their American rivals, the country's top 12 companies may be forced to apply significant job cuts, as part of their attempt to...
GM to Fire 2,000 Workers, UAW Says It's Devastating
27 Jan 2009, 11:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just confirmed that it plans to cut approximately 2,000 jobs at two plants, adding that the company also intends to idle several plants in the United States. Basically, the Americ...