Vehicle production in Mexico is growing by 9 percent p.a. But supplier business lags behind. Over the last five years, Mexico’s light vehicle production has been on a remarkable growth track driven by exports to…
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is set to become the world’s sixth-largest automotive market by 2018, it is expected that regional sales will double to nearly 4.7 million vehicles, from 2.4 million…
In the recently released Audio Interview, ”Lean Communication : how language, culture and distance impact your costs and competitiveness in our globalized economy”, Sam Yankelevitch, CEO, Xpress Lingo Solutions, explains how Lean Communication can…
GlobalAutoIndustry.com and GlobalBusinessProfessor.com have recently released an informative Audio Interview with Mr. Miguel Elizalde, Executive President at the National Manufacturers of Buses, Trucks & Engines Association, ANPACT. Audio Interview Guest Miguel Elizalde – elizalde@anpact.com.mx…
Brazil commercial vehicle sales declined 32% yoy in February. Quarter-to-date, demand is down 35-40%, roughly in line with our estimates. With little near-term hope for an economic recovery, we expect demand to remain pressured throughout…
A tough year in 2015 has many wondering how Brazil will right the ship as the auto industry – and economy as a whole – continues its downward spiral, and most agree that the worst…
Automotive supplier executives can learn the best strategies for selecting a manufacturing site in Eastern Europe by watching Csaba Kilian’s On-Demand Seminar. Mr. Kilian, CEO, Association of Hungarian Automotive Industry, produced the Seminar in partnership…
In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation profitable, by informing 2,100 of them at two facilities that it was…
In the most recent data, manufacturers contributed $2.17 trillion to the U.S. economy. This figure has risen since the second quarter of 2009, when manufacturers contributed $1.70 trillion. Over that same time frame, value-added output…