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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ion agreement with Chengdu Keruite Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. (Keruite) for an innovative project on the design, size, and intelligent manufacturing of buses. Keruite, a company specializing in solutions to the R&D of intelligent equipment, software, and simultaneous engineering for automotive stamping, welding, and painting processes, is a first-tier supplier to major Chinese automakers such as SAIC Motor, Geely, BYD, and Changan Auto. For ...

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social media updates on May 24, 2024) >>>Locations-The Company has more than 50 locations in total, with more than 40 production sites. Mar. 1901 Wilhelm Baier founded the Esslinger Draht und Eisenwarenfabrik. The Company starts out working on sheet metal and makes all kinds of products made by stamping, cutting and bending metal. The product range consisted of wire and ironware, bicycle parts, household goods, and later airplane parts. 190...

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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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ever MT shift lever Wheel carrier O Ring Oil seal Torsional damper Seat frame (Tier 2) Engine bearing Seat component (Tier 2) Rear door quarter window glass LED Mirror indicator Door wiring harness Engine room wiring harness Torque converter (via AISIN Autoparts (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) Hood seal Body stamping part 8 speaker audio system Valve guide Air duct acoustic insulator Exterior lighting seal Wiring harness protector Seat Seat trim Seat foam ...

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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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ansmission (RWD) Multi stage hybrid transmission (RWD) Planetary carrier (via Aisin AW) Aluminum transmission case AT rear cover Transmission aluminum valve body AT valve body 3-speed automatic transmission Transaxle case Driven plate Center support Primary driven gear Transmission hub Transmission stamping Transmission backing plate Valve assembly - transmission oil cool bypass Transmission plug Solenoids for automatic transmission Transmission ...

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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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nd large companies in the industrial sector, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and coordinated by IDAE, the project includes: replacing two fixed-speed screw compressors with higher-efficiency units to cut energy use in compressed air generation; recovering exhaust heat from Hot Stamping Furnace 4 (HSL4) to reduce natural gas consumption in hot water generation for part washing; and installing frequency converters on the hydra...

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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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