NEW AUTOMOBILE PLANTS BLAZE TRAIL IN NEW TECHNOLOGY AND GOOD PRACTICE
December 1st, 2008
BY DEIRDRE MASON, JAMES BURNS, and JULIAN RYALL
With technological change being forced upon the auto manufacturing industry by high oil prices, plants are being retooled faster than in living memory. At such a time, companies are always looking for new ideas and technology. The best place to assess new practices and machinery is always going to be a recently built or upgraded plant, because it is here that managers have tested them out on making vehicles. So, just-auto told three reporters on three continents to pick a plant that was well-known for innovation ...
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