ASSEMBLY PLANTS

Excitement was in the air earlier on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at the Sevel plant in Atessa, Italy  as Stellantis, after 40 years of activity, rolled the seven millionth vehicle off the line at the plant, which is Europe’s largest light commercial vehicles (LCV) plant.  Sevel is home to Fiat Professional ...

It was another brilliant outing for one of the leading auto giant in Nigeria, Coscahris Motors Plc, through its local assembly arm of the business, Coscharis Assembly Plant , as it carted home the award of the Outstanding Auto Assembling Company of the Year at this years’ Marketing Edge 10th ...

The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) has appointed Bernhard Manson-Kullin as a Project Manager responsible for Component Manufacturing . His appointment takes effect from October 1, 2022. The primary objective of this role, according to AAAM,  is to develop and grow component manufacturing in Africa through the value chain and to ...

The only sedan in the Volkswagen model range, the new Polo Sedan, is now available for sale at Volkswagen dealerships.  The Volkswagen Polo Sedan, which is manufactured in Pune, India, has sold 44 267 units in the local market since its launch in 2011. The new Polo Sedan is set ...

Mahindra unveiled its new corporate identity last month, as the 10,000th South African assembled Pik Up rolled off the line in KwaZulu-Natal. This significant milestone follows four years after Mahindra opened its South African assembly facility at the Dube Trade port Special Economic Zone outside Durban. Speaking on the announcement, ...

The world’s vehicle population now exceeds 1,4 billion – every day, millions of engines start up with varying degrees of exhaust emissions clouding the atmosphere. While South Africa’s vehicle population of 11 million road vehicles is only 0,79% of the world total, responsible Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and fleet operators ...

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic and an ongoing semi-conductor shortage, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) reached a momentous milestone, Tuesday, May 3, 2022,  when the plant in Kariega built its 1-millionth Polo for export. The plant has been building Polos since 1996 and began exporting Polo models in 2002. VWSA currently ...

The president of Ghana, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, Thursday, March 31, officially opened the brand-new state-of-the art Nissan Navara assembly plant in the port city of Tema, outside Accra. The plant is the culmination of a journey that began in 2018 when Nissan became the first mover in the country to ...

Built on the philosophy of “Make in India, Make for the World” Nissan has expanded the number of export markets for its highly popular Magnite compact SUV to 15 in total, following an incredibly successful first year on sale. Magnite, produced at Nissan’s Chennai plant in Tamil Nadu, was launched in ...

Over 354 000 Vivos have been built in Kariega since 2010 Volkswagen Group South Africa celebrated a production milestone on Tuesday 25 January, with the 100 000th unit of the current Polo Vivo rolling off the production line at the plant in Kariega (formerly Uitenhage). This milestone, comes in just over four ...