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Thursday, 22 February 2007 |
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Close to 100 delegates listened to and questioned 19 speakers from vehicle manufacturers and suppliers at the AMS Europe automotive manufacturing conference in Leipzig in February, and three themes dominated the discussions. Alongside presentations on new manufacturing technologies, several speakers highlighted the importance of addressing local markets in Eastern Europe, rather than just treating these regions as low cost manufacturing locations. Others, including Julian Hetherington, Director of the Manufacturing Business Office at Jaguar Cars and Land Rover, and Steven Woolley, Niche Vehicle Manager with Lotus, addressed the challenges of managing differentiation and customer-driven complexity in low and medium volume vehicles. |
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Thursday, 04 January 2007 |
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The future of car making in Europe will be the central topic of discussion when automotive manufacturing’s senior executives meet in February The role Eastern Europe will play in this future will also be debated at the Automotive Manufacturing Solutions Europe conference. With the rapidly increasing sophistication of manufacturing in India and China, the Eastern European factories that initially competed on low labour costs will find themselves competing as hard as those further west. Enhanced collaboration between Eastern and Western European factories could allow both to boost their competitiveness. Western Europe can share its experience of moving to ever more lean production methods, while closer component sourcing relationships will allow economies of scale to be built up across the entire continent. |
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Thursday, 23 November 2006 |
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Porsche Plant, Leipzig, Germany Porsche’s Leipzig production plant will play host to the 2007 Automotive Manufacturing Solutions Europe conference at which leading executives, plant managers and engineers will debate the industry’s most pressing issues. More than 30 leading figures in automotive manufacturing will discuss the current state and the future of automotive manufacturing with an audience including some key executives at a time when the European industry faces more pressure than ever from legislation and low cost economies. |
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Wednesday, 22 November 2006 |
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The Automotive Manufacturing Solutions Europe Conference is sponsored by: Gold Sponsor
Schneider Electric
Silver Sponsors Inos QAM Uddeholm Tooling With support from: Bentley BMW Porsche Volkswagen City of Leipzig Industrial Investment Council Saxony Economic Development Corporation Supplier Business |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 16 July 2007 )
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