Manufacturing

For the third consecutive year, Cox Automotive Canada has been named one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for 2022. The top employer competition has become the benchmark for workplace best-practices, evaluating organizations on eight key criteria for employee satisfaction: physical workplace; work atmosphere and social; health, financial and family benefits; vacation and time-off; employee communications; …

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Sales of new vehicles rose 37.3% year on year to 16,327 units. It was the strongest month of November on record for passenger and commercial vehicles. Year to date registrations rose 37.8% to 153,362. “The market remains buoyant despite stock levels remaining low,” the local Motor Industry Association said. Recent shipments of new vehicles have …

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Production of the redesigned 2022 Tundra has begun at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (TMMTX). The new range, including a hybrid, is the truck’s first major model change since the then new plant began assembling trucks in 2006. Twenty suppliers also operate on the site. In 2019, TMMTX announced a spend of US$391m to prepare for …

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Marelli has named David Fan EVP and president of China, effective from 1 January 2022. Fan has a 25 year career in the auto industry. He joins Marelli from Nexteer where he was global VP and president Asia Pacific. Previously, he spent five years with Delphi, based in Shanghai, where he was VP and president …

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Toyota Motor Europe’s French plant will supply Mazda Motor Europe with a rebadged variant of the Yaris hybrid which will be sold as the Mazda 2 hybrid from spring 2022. The two companies share a few models in North America. The Yaris based 2 will have an I3 1.5-litre petrol engine with Toyota’s hybrid powertrain. …

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Logistics UK says there is “cautious optimism” the HGV driver shortage will improve after a challenging few months, which has seen some disruption of goods supply in Britain. The Logistics UK Skills Report 2021, reveals significant steps have been taken to help address the recruitment issues, with government and industry working to increase capacity to …

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