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PSA Settles with CGT Union to End Four-Month Strike
PSA Peugeot Citroen reached an agreement with the militant CGT union under which striking employees will return to work at the company's assembly plant in Aulnay, France.
VW Confirms New Car Plant in China
Volkswagen AG has started construction of a new 12 billion-yuan (€1.5 billion) assembly plant in Changsha, China, with joint venture partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.
Subaru Forester First to Ace IIHS “Small Offset” Crash Test
Posted: May 16, 2013 at 1:23 amThe 2014 Subaru Forester crossover is the first vehicle to earn a top score in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s new “small overlap” crash test.IIHS added the test, which is not required by federal safety standards, last year to determine what happens when the left front 25% of a vehicle strikes a rigid wall at 40 mph.The test, which is considerably harsher than the full-width frontal crash used by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is intended to simulate the impact of hitting a pole or the edge of an oncoming car.
GM Invests in Digital Tech in Michigan
Although you might think that this image is some sort of tribute to Star Trek Into Darkness, it is actually associated with the General Motors Warren Enterprise Data Center—“a state-of-the-art $130-million” facility that GM opened earlier this week on the ground of its Tech Center in Warren, Michigan.
Subaru Forester First to Ace New IIHS Crash Test
The 2014 Subaru Forester crossover is the first vehicle to earn a top score in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's new "small overlap" crash test.
Opel to Move MPV Work to Russelsheim Plant
General Motors Co.'s Opel unit says it will move production of its Zafira MPV from the factory in Bochum, Germany, that is slated to close next year to its underutilized assembly plant in Russelsheim, Germany.
Opel to Move MPV Work to German Plant
General Motors Co.'s Opel unit says it will move production of its Zafira MPV from the factory in Bochum, Germany, that is slated to close next year to its underutilized assembly plant in Russelsheim, Germany.
Jaguar Land Rover Expands Testing Capacity in Dubai
Tata Motors Ltd.'s Jaguar Land Rover unit has opened a new engineering test center in Dubai to conduct hot-weather vehicle research, development and testing.
Halt in Supplier's Shipments Disrupts Fiat Production
Fiat SpA has been forced to idle factories in Europe for several days in the past two weeks because of a shortage of plastic parts from supplier Selmat Group.
Making It in America
Last week at an Applied Materials plant in Austin, TX, President Barack Obama told the assembled, “After shedding jobs for a decade, our manufacturers have added now about 500,000 new manufacturing jobs over the past three years. That’s good news. Caterpillar is bringing jobs back from Japan, and Ford is bringing jobs back from Mexico. And after placing plants in other countries like China, Intel is opening its most advanced plant right here at home. This year, Apple started making Macs in America again. Outside the Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan, where Ford invested $555-million, in part, to capacitize the plant to build the Ford Fusion, which is also being built in the company’s plant in Mexico. “So there are some good trend lines there, but we've got to do everything we can to strengthen that trend. We've got to do everything we can to help the kind of high-tech manufacturing that you're doing right here at Applied. And we want to make sure it takes root here in Austin and all across the country. And that means, first of all, creating more centers of high-tech manufacturing. “Last year, we launched our first manufacturing innovation institute in Youngstown, Ohio, to develop new technologies and equip workers with the skills required to master 3-D printing techniques. And in my State of the Union address, I called on Congress to set up 15 more of these manufacturing hubs all across America, and I said that my administration was going to go ahead and move forward with three new hubs on our own, even without congressional action. “Well, today, we're launching a competition for those hubs. We are looking for businesses and universities that are willing to partner together to help their region -- help turn their region into global centers of high-tech jobs. Because we want the next revolution in manufacturing to be ‘Made in America.’ We’re going to do that.” Regardless of who you voted, for, we can undoubtedly all agree that making things in America is absolutely essential for the well being of our economy.