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- 2001
Chrysler PT Cruiser Wins Motor Trend's Car of the Year
. - The new M3 convertible - BMW M performance plus open-air pleasure
-
Ford Motor Company To Donate $5 Million To Earthwatch Institute
. - 2001
Jeep® Grand Cherokee Wins Petersen's 4-Wheel & Off-Road "4x4
of the Year"
. - 100
million DM investment, 100 new jobs and extra shifts at BMW's Berlin
Plant, 30 additional apprenticeships by 2003
. - Dana Corporations Spicer Driveshaft Division Earns Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award / Becomes Danas Second Operation to Receive Honor
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News of November 28, 2000
100
million DM investment, 100 new jobs and extra shifts at BMW's Berlin
Plant, 30 additional apprenticeships by 2003
Munich,
Germany - Responding to great demand for BMW cars, BMW's Berlin Plant will
be creating no less than 100 new jobs in the next two years in
manufacturing components for BMW car production worldwide. "In the
next two years we will be investing a total of approximately DM 100
million for this purpose in the production of components in Berlin",
states Marco von Maltzan, the President of BMW Motorcycles and the Berlin
Plant.
Substantial
demand for motorcycles has also boosted motorcycle production to a level
exceeding the Company's plans so far, 8 extra shifts further increasing
production volume by the end of the year. And reflecting the growing
demand for skilled workers, an additional 30 apprenticeships will be
provided at the Berlin Plant by the year 2003. Throughout Germany, the BMW
Group has already established more than 1,000 new jobs this year, thus
ranking right at the top in the automotive industry.
100
new jobs and DM 100 million investment in the production of automobile
components
In
the next two years BMW will be investing approximately DM 100 million in
the production of automobile components at the Berlin Plant, thus creating
100 new jobs in this area. Hiring these additional, highly qualified
employees and building new production facilities, the Plant is responding
as a supplier of brake discs, camshafts and track control arms to the
great demand for BMW cars built at BMW assembly plants worldwide. The
increase in production involves in particular the production of camshafts,
new highly automated machining centers being established for the next
generation of BMW power units with their specific camshaft requirements.
Additional
shifts in motorcycle production
There
will be 8 extra shifts in both motorcycle assembly and the production of
motorcycle and running gear components between the end of October and the
end of the year. The current production plans with additional early
morning shifts on Friday and Saturday will be adjusted flexibly to the
substantial demand for BMW motorcycles.
The
Berlin Plant is expected to build well over 70,000 motorcycles this year,
by far exceeding the existing record of 58,946 motorcycles in 1999. No
less than 57,867 motorcycles already came off the assembly lines in
Berlin-Spandau by the end of September, among them 13,365 units of the
single-cylinder F 650 GS built in Berlin since its introduction in
February, just like BMW's two- and four-cylinder machines. The predecessor
to the F 650 GS had been built by Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aprilia
in the Italian town of Noale in a joint venture up to the end of 1999.
No
less than 62,391 BMW motorcycles were delivered to customers worldwide by
the end of September, that is 17 per cent more than in the same period
last year. The best sellers are the R 1150 GS and F 650 GS, accounting,
respectively, for 12,416 and 10,739 new registrations.
Thirty
new apprenticeships by the year 2003
To
meet the growing demand for skilled labor, the number of apprenticeships
at BMW's Berlin Plant will be increased from currently 62 to 92 by the
year 2003. The process of recruiting new apprenticeships has shown a
consistent, positive trend for three years already, apprentices being
trained at the Plant in 7 different professions: Industrial Mechanics,
Industrial Electronic Specialists, Mechatronic Specialists, Industrial
Business Managers, Office Business Managers, as well as Warehousing and
Catering Specialists.
Within
the last three years the number of associates employed at BMW's Berlin
Plant has increased from 1,830 to 2,150. The 320 new jobs created in this
process are shared out equally among motorcycle production and the
production of automobile components - and now 100 new jobs will be added.
The
BMW Motorcycle Plant builds up to 400 single-, two- and four-cylinder
motorcycles a day. In addition, some 18,000 brake discs, 5,500 camshafts
and 3,500 track control arms leave the Plant every day for BMW's worldwide
automobile production.
(November 21, 2000)
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