Ford is investing $1.1bn to expand its Kansas City Assembly Plant in the US, in order to meet the increasing demand of the F-150 and Transit vehicles. The move will include retooling of the assembly plant facility along with the expansion ...
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The Ford Mustang is celebrating twin milestones, with production of the classic American car entering its 50th year, and the production of the one-millionth Pony model at its current Flat Rock assembly plant. Forty-nine years after its ...
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Porsche will hire more than 1000 new workers for its plant in Leipzig as it gears-up for production of the new Porsche Macan compact SUV. The German automaker already has 1150 employees at the Leipzig factory meaning the company expects ...
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US based automobile manufacturer General Motors has started construction of a new bi-level paint shop at the Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant in Kansas, US. The new paint shop will have a footprint of 450,000sqft and is part of ...
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Cars sales have been falling in Western Europe as yet another economic downturn confirms expectations that the region’s recovery from the 2008 financial crisis will be a lengthy process. However, while demand for cars declines, ...
General Motors (GM) is planning to invest $600m to expand and upgrade the Fairfax assembly plant in the Kansas City of the US. The expansion, which is expected to be completed in two years, will increase the plant's footprint by over 15% ...
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Italian carmaker Fiat is planning to invest $1.3bn in its Melfi facility in Italy to manufacture two new car models including a new Jeep and a Fiat 500X models. The investment forms part of the carmaker's plan to slash losses in Europe ...
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The Bristol Old Vic, one of Britain's most historic theatres, founded in 1766 by 50 merchants, lawyers and politicians, has been given a spectacular pound 12.26m makeover in the first phase of a major redevelopment. Originally designed by ...
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A new chrome free pretreatment for the commercial aircraft maintenance market is being presented at MRO Europe by AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings.Under the name Metaflex SP 1050 Pre-treatment,the chrome free,water-based product is the most ...
The paint and coatings industry has put a tremendous emphasis on the Chinese market where the largest international paint manufacturers all have built major operations and continue to invest there. Chinese paints and coatings ...
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Czech carmaker Skoda, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, has started the production of Yeti sports utility vehicle (SUV) at GAZ's facility in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Skoda said it is the first vehicle to be produced at the facility under ...
German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to invest about EUR3.4bn ($4.4bn) in refurbishing its model lineup and facilities in Brazil. The investment, which runs through 2016, includes EUR126m to expand capacity at its engine facility in ...
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German luxury automaker Porsche is planning to unveil the new Cayenne GTS SUV for Europe at 2012 Auto Mobil International (AMI) in Leipzig on 1 June 2012. The new SUV will be powered by 4.8litre V8 engine, mated to an eight-speed ...
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German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is planning to invest INR4bn ($71.5m) over next few years to improve the capacity of its manufacturing plant in India by three times. According to the carmaker, the additional investment will bring the ...
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US carmaker General Motors (GM) is planning to invest $120m to build a 400,000 sq ft paint shop at its Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, US. GM will seek Unified Government Board of Commissioners to grant the investment in industrial ...
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