brate the start of operation of its smart plant in the city of Taizhou, Jiangsu Province. The plant is located in the Gaogang District in Taizhou. It has a total investment of CNY 8 billion and occupies a land area of about 782,000 square meters. The plant comprises four workshops responsible for stamping, welding, painting and assembly, respectively, and has an annual capacity of 100,000 vehicles. Construction of the plant began in November 20...

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(HMMA) announced the Santa Cruz compact utility vehicle will join the Santa Fe SUV and the Sonata and Elantra sedans at its plant in Montgomery, starting in 2021. The plant will require a USD 410 million expansion to support the addition of the Santa Cruz, which will include additional space in the stamping, welding and parts processing areas of the manufacturing complex, and 200 direct jobs at the plant. HMMA, which started vehicle production in...

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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...

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ling Q, its first micro truck. On September 2, Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (Foton Daimler) signed a cooperation agreement with the Huairou District People’s Government of Beijing Municipality. Foton Daimler will invest CNY 658 million in an upgrading project for final assembly and stamping shops at its Auman Intelligent New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Plant in Huairou District. After the upgrade, automated, digitalized, intelligent, gr...

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, adding up to 1,204 jobs by 2017. The Lafayette factory will increase production capacity by 100,000 vehicles annually from its current 300,000 vehicles. It is expected to start building Impreza sedans by the end of 2016 under a USD 400 million investment in new paint shop, expansion of engine and stamping areas and other improvements that the company had announced in May 2013. Subaru of Indiana America (SIA) has confirmed on November 9 that a n...

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dded TorqueFlite 8HP75 eight-speed automatic transmission. All Jeep Wrangler EcoDiesel models feature third-generation Dana 44 front and rear heavy-duty axles. On May 18, FCA restarted 8 North American plants, all on one shift, including Jefferson North Assembly, Sterling Heights Assembly, Sterling Stamping, Toledo Assembly Complex (North and South), Toledo Machining, Trenton Engine Complex, Warren Stamping t, and Warren Truck Assembly plants. On...

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diana. The retooling of the plant is scheduled to start in the third quarter 2011 and to end in the first quarter of 2013. The investment will retain 640 jobs. On May 18, FCA restarted 8 North American plants, all on one shift, including Jefferson North Assembly, Sterling Heights Assembly, Sterling Stamping, Toledo Assembly Complex (North and South), Toledo Machining, Trenton Engine Complex, Warren Stamping t, and Warren Truck Assembly plants. On...

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or the Warren Truck plant to USD 1.5 billion for 2021 production of the all-new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, along with electrified variants. Warren Truck will continue building the Ram 1500 Classic, while production of the all-new Ram Heavy Duty will continue in Saltillo, Mexico. The  Warren Stamping and Sterling Stamping plants will receive USD 245 million and USD 160 million, respectively.  On March 27, Fiat Chrysler leaders discussed p...

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Ford Motor, Chicago Stamping Plant Stamps outer and inner commodities Stamping plant - Year opened: 1956 - Employees as of July 2025: 1,107 Ford commits to USD 8.1 billion plant investment in new UAW contract Ford’s Chicago Stamping plant is company’s fourth plant paused for COVID cleaning Ford investing USD 1 billion in Chicago plants for Explorer, Police Interceptor, Lincoln Aviator Ford ends Taurus production at Chicago Assembly Plant Fo...

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Ford Motor, Woodhaven Stamping Plant Stamps outer and inner commodities Stamping plant - Year opened: 1964 - Employees as of July 2025: 475 Ford commits to USD 8.1 billion plant investment in new UAW contract On October 30, as part of Ford’s new proposed four-and-a-half year labor contract with the UAW, the company said it is committing to USD 8.1 billion in manufacturing-related investments over the life of the agreement, including: USD 20 m...

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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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all-new 2024 Ranger for North America Negotiations between UAW and Detroit 3 break down, simultaneous strikes start UAW strike affects other GM, Ford operations beyond targeted plants Ford Bronco seating supplier lays off 650 workers in Detroit over UAW strike Ford lays off 330 workers at Chicago Stamping, Lima Engine plants due to strike Ford lays off 400 more workers in Michigan in third week of UAW strike Ford and UAW reach tentative agreeme...

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ln, Alabama plant. By this investment it will hire 100 employees and raise its vehicle and engine production capacity from the current 300,000 to 340,000 units a year by 2013. The investment earmarked for preparation for the production startup of a luxury SUV "Acura MDX" will increase the number of stamping lines from the current 2 to 3. The Lincoln plant announced at the beginning of this year an investment of $190 million, totaling $275 million...

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ime in the automobile industry in the world. GAC Honda Automobile introduces water base paint in its whole plant operation and adopt the system in its second and final coating processes for all production models. Furthermore, GAC Honda has aggressively adopted Chinese made production equipment like stamping and injection molding machines. Guangqi Honda celebrates production of first Acura CDX Honda's Chinese-built Acura CDX goes on sale Guangqi H...

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e. The plant covers an area of 630,000 square meters. It is scheduled to begin production in 2024 with a basic annual production capacity of 120,000 units. Designed as a highly efficient, smart and sustainable next-generation EV plant, it will conduct complete processes for EV production including stamping, welding, painting, assembly and complete vehicle inspection. The plant will also introduce new automation technologies in processes such as ...

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, which will go on sale after the launch of the Ariya limited edition line-up, is expected to start at approximately JPY 5 million yen. It was announced on August 10 that production of the all-new Infiniti Q60 sports coupe has started at the company’s manufacturing facility in Tochigi, Japan. The stamping and assembly lines feature key improvements including the adoption of deep-body stamping technology and new tooling for the model’s resin t...

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this year”, said Carlos Zarlenga, president of GM South America, as the company also looks towards exporting the new vehicle. Between 2018 and 2019, the São Caetano do Sul plant underwent an extensive renovation of the entire production process, including the construction of new buildings and a stamping area. On April 6, GM do Brasil announced initial results of its efforts in Brazil working with the Ministry of Economy, SENAI and others on t...

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nced on July 28 that it will begin capital investment of about JPY 8 billion from August this year to manufacture a new electric mini-vehicle (EV) at its Mizushima Plant. The company is planning to install new assembly and inspection equipment for the newly-adopted drive battery, facilities for the stamping, welding assembly, and painting operations for the in-house production of the drive battery case, and additional equipment for the EV platfor...

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line. The work began in summer 2011 to build the successors to Espace, Laguna (estate & hatch) and Scenic (short & long) from 2014. By managing a wide diversity of vehicles from different range segments, the work will make the plant less dependent on market fluctuations and thus more efficient. New stamping technologies are introduced in the Douai plant for the first time in the Renault group. The technology brings reduction in weight since the s...

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Daimler Truck, Gastonia, NC Manufacturing Plant Cab and Chassis parts Daimler Truck NA stampings and part production - Operation started in 1977 - Employees as of September 2025: around 1,000 Daimler Truck faces strike deadline at U.S. manufacturing plants Daimler Truck, United Auto Workers reach tentative deal, avert strike in North Carolina Daimler Truck workers in U.S. approve contract with 25% raises Daimler Truck North America to lay off 2...

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