ands its battery production lines, the additional 15% probably still won't be enough to sustain expected demand. Musk said Tesla expects to begin volume production of the Model Y crossover toward the end of 2020, targeting “a car factory on each continent.”  Musk said that equipment, including stamping machines, a paint shop and battery module lines, are being installed at the new Shanghai Gigafactory. The company hopes to make a European lo...

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es Freightliner’s medium-duty models, will begin layoffs on July 18. The Portland plant, which builds Freightliner’s eCascadia and eM2 battery-electric trucks, as well as Western Star’s X-Series lineup, will begin layoffs also on July 18. The Gastonia, North Carolina facility, responsible for stamping, metal fabrication and sub-assembly of cab and chassis parts, will begin layoffs on July 25. The Detroit Manufacturing Plant in Redford Towns...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/01

ellantis Poland announced that the Tychy factory is one of four Stellantis plants in Poland and works closely with the others. It supplies engines to another Stellantis plant in Tychy, which builds the Jeep Avenger, Fiat 600, and Alfa Romeo Junior. Stamped parts for these cars come from the Gliwice Stamping Plant, while battery housings for the electric versions are made by the Battery Covers Centre in Gliwice. Stellantis factories in Poland are ...

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Volkswagen do Brasil, Sao Jose dos Pinhais Plant VW Golf (-2019), Fox (-2021), CrossFox (-2021), Fox GP (-2021), SpaceFox GP (-2021), T-Cross (2019-), Virtus (2025 -), Tarok (2026 - planning); Audi A3 Sedan (2015-2020), Q3 (2016-2019, 2022-), Q3 Sportback (2022-); Rear axle, Front end assembly Stampings Passenger car assembly and stamping plant - Number of Employees: 1,984 (as of Dec., 2024) - Investments:   2024-2028: BRL 3 billion (around USD...

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uction of the completely knocked down (CKD) car manufacturing plant in a 50,000-hector site near the Ngqura deepwater harbor. In Phase 1, welding, painting and final assembly lines will be built with a planned output of 50,000 units per year, including 60% of them for export, by 2022. In Phase 2, a stamping workshop will be built and the annual production capacity will be expanded to 100,000 units. The project will create some 13,000 direct and i...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/31

igan manufacturing plants after a fire at a Consumers Energy facility forced natural gas usage reductions during a record cold snap. GM initially halted operations at 13 manufacturing facilities and three corporate locations, but limited work will resume for second-shift workers at Lansing Regional Stamping, Flint Stamping, Flint Engine, Pontiac Stamping and Warren Transmission. GM facilities that remain closed are Bay City Powertrain, Orion Asse...

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150 million. The Córdoba plant employs more than 1,200 people, working in three production shifts. On May 4, Volkswagen announced it will invest USD 250 million in Argentina from 2022 until 2026 to continue the production of the Amarok pickup and Taos SUV at the Pacheco plant, in addition to a new stamping line there. The announced investment will also be used to begin assembly of Ducati motorcycles at the Córdoba transmission plant, as Argenti...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/31

Ford Motor Argentina, Pacheco Plant Ford Focus (4&5 door) (-2019), Ranger (Cab, Crew Cab, Super Cab) (1996-); Ford Everest SUV (planning); Engines: 2.2 L & 3.2 L Puma TDCi diesel engine (2012-), Lion 3.0L V6 (2024-), 2.0L Panther (2025-), Stamping Parts Stamping, engine and vehicle assembly plant, Ford Argentina S.A. - Investment:    2023: USD 660 million (USD 580 million for Ranger 2024, and USD 80 million for engines)    since 2010: USD...

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); 1.6L Duratec Gasoline Engines (September 2015-2019), 2.0L and 2.7L Euro-6 conforming Diesel Engine (2022-); Engine parts (2022-); Sollers-Yelabuga's plant, producing suspended for Ford models, Ford withdrew from Russia in Dec. 2022. - Investment:   (2025) – RUB 4.3 billion to localize the stamping production of body parts for its Atlant and Argo vehicles.   (2023) – RUB 2.2 billion. - On December 30, 2022, Sollers acquire Ford's s...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/30

19. The company is already at the stage of recruiting personnel for its production site. The first commissioning of the new plant is planned for 2018. The first-born should be the mid-size crossover Haval H6. The Haval plant in the Tula region will produce cars using the full cycle method including stamping, welding, assembly and painting. Production capacity - up to 80 thousand cars per year at the first stage and up to 150,000 cars - at the sec...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/30

0 new jobs through direct hire and 9,000 through indirect hire. Nissan celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony of a new plant in Aguascalientes on July 9. The new plant site covers more than 430 hectares, 2.5 times larger than the adjacent current complex. The first phase of the project will include stamping, body, painting and final assembly facilities, as well as a supplier park and a proving ground for quality validation. The construction durin...

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192 million to prepare for the Kicks. On November 28, 2022, it was reported that Nissan’s A1 plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, is the OEM’s fastest plant, with the capacity to produce up to 65 vehicles per hour. The factory has a workforce of more than four thousand employees to run five plants: stamping, body shops, paint, plastics plant and assembly plant.The announcement was made as part of the facility’s 30th anniversary. On December 20...

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er began pilot production of the model in Russia in 2014. The automaker will shift production of the model from the Sunderland plant to its plant in Russia. Mass production of the Qashqai SUV is scheduled to begin at the Russian plant in December 2015. Nissan announced on August 31, 2015 that a new stamping shop at its St. Petersburg plant in Russia has started operations on August 25. The new stamping shop with a floor area of 9,200 square meter...

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sembly of the new compact crossover Hyundai Creta Hyundai Motor Co. will launch the Tucson ix produced in Europe as the ix in the first half of 2010 and the Sonata in the latter half, to seize a leading share in the Russian import car market. A ceremony to mark the start of a trial operation of the stamping equipment was held at a comprehensive automobile production plant, including stamping, welding, painting and assembly processes, which is und...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/29

ts for the Chinese market. Volvo Car will reportedly produce five models in China after the S60. On August 28 Volvo Car announced that its plant in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, officially started operations. Chengdu plant is located in Longquan Economic and Technological Development Zone and has stamping, welding, coating and assembly lines as well as a quality control center, logistics facility and a test course. The plant will produce 100,00...

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Brazil by 2020 Volkswagen Virtus revealed in Brazil, launches in January 2018 VW resumes third shift at Anchieta unit as Virtus production starts Volkswagen do Brasil begins exporting new Polo from Anchieta plant Volkswagen do Brasil increases exports 52.2% in 2017 VW invests BRL 30 million for stamping, machining equipment in Brazil Volkswagen prepares for Virtus launch in Brazil Volkswagen do Brasil begins launch campaign for new Virtus se...

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curately transmits information at each end to achieve APS intelligent scheduling, intelligent inventory, intelligent human resource allocation and intelligent error prevention, comprehensively improving resource utilization. Concurrently, digital twin technology can empower the four processes of “stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly” to not only create multiple industry-first technologies, but also enhance the full automation rate ...

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Volkswagen do Brasil, Taubate Plant Voyage (1981-2022), up! (2014-2021), cross up! (-2021), Gol (2019-2022), Polo Track (2023-2025 ), Polo (2023-), SUV Tera (2025-); Stamping Passenger car assembly and stamping plant - Number of Employees: 2856 (as of Dec, 2024) - Investment :    2022 - 2028: BRL 13 billion (approx. USD 2.366 billion), for Anchieta, Taubaté, and São Carlos Plants    2016 - 2020: BRL 2.6 billion (approx. USD 470 million) - ...

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50 thousand LADA Largus are planned to be produced in Izhevsk by the end of this year, including the most localized Russian electric car, e-Largus. The press production in Izhevsk produced 13 stamped parts, mainly front elements. By the end of the year, it is also planned to master large and medium stamping parts - more than 60 positions in total. 13 robots were installed in the welding production. On July 26, Avtovaz announced that Avtovaz and i...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/25

HV DS9 E-TENSE *Final assembly of China made parts (2021-): assembly of mechanical parts and suspension for DS 9 E-TENSE, DS 3 MHV (2024-); Second Line: Peugeot 208 (2012-2019); Opel Mokka (2021-), EV Mokka-e/Mokka Electric (2021-), Mokka MHV (2024-); Stellantis (PSA)'s Passenger car assembly and stamping plant - Number of Employees: 2,600 (as of April 2025) - Established in 1938 Stellantis optimizes the air flow in the paint shop at Ho...

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