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BMW | Conversion of Munich Plant for Electric i4
Production of a highly integrated electric drive; assembly of the gearbox
The Munich (Germany) plant of the BMW Group is now ready for the production of the fully electric BMW i4, in part as a result of the positive collaboration between the many in-house and external partners involved. Following the six-week conversion phase, the 5000 employees restarted vehicle production at the beginning of September. This marks the start of a new era for BMW’s home plant. “Our plant can now manufacture the fully electric BMW i4 on the same line as diesel, gasoline and hybrid cars. We have completed the comprehensive restructuring and conversion of the plant successfully, on schedule and without complications,” says plant director Robert Engelhorn. The conversion of the plant was the result of an investment of around 200 million euros. BMW had already invested around 700 million euros in the plant between 2015 and 2018 for the production of the BMW 3 Series.
Magna has held the groundbreaking ceremony for a fourth plant in the Slovakian town of Kechnec with the aim of expanding its powertrain business in the region. This is the company’s first plant for metalworking solutions for powertrains in Europe and it will cover an area of 7675 m². The plant is being built near Magna’s Kechnec campus and a transmission plant that it acquired in 2016, which is currently manufacturing transmissions for customers including the BMW Group. The construction work will be completed in March 2021 and the plan is to start production with around 50 employees in August 2021.
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Magna | Fourth Plant in Slovakia
Groundbreaking ceremony in Kechnec (Slovakia)
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ZSW | Mass Production of Fuel Cell Stacks
The Hyfab project is making progress with the mass production of fuel cells
The Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) is working with partners on the Hyfab project to develop automated manufacturing and quality assurance processes for fuel cell stacks. A research factory will be set up for this purpose at the ZSW site in Ulm (Germany). The Hyfab project is bringing together machinery manufacturers and plant engineering firms as well as companies from the automotive and fuel cell supply industries. The project is taking a modular approach and aims to remain highly flexible with regard to formats and components. This will make it possible to develop the individual stages in the process for different fuel cell stack designs independently of one another.
Hella is expanding its worldwide software expertise by setting up a Global Software House. The new venture is located on the premises of the company’s subsidiary Hella Aglaia in Berlin (Germany). “The future of the car will be largely decided by software developers. By 2030, the market for software and electronics in vehicles will have almost doubled,” says Hella CEO Dr. Rolf Breidenbach. Hella employs around 2000 experts worldwide in the field of embedded software.
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