MINI Cooper Convertible production returns to MINI Plant Oxford. +++ Built alongside MINI Cooper 3-Door and 5-Door, making MINI Plant Oxford the home of MINI Cooper. +++ Most emotional model of the MINI family since its launch in 2004.
+++ New BMW M5 Touring celebrates start of production at Plant Dingolfing +++ Third generation available for the first time with electrified drive train +++ Plant expands range of high-performance vehicles +++
+++ Sophisticated plant logistics with 50 tugger trains and 140 Smart Transport Robots handle around 10,000 trips daily, delivering parts to production +++ Intelligent connectivity through cloud-based traffic control system ensures optimal route guidance and on-time provisioning of parts to assembly line according to delivery priority +++
+++ 16 million euros invested in future of Leipzig site +++ New building opens, with 6,000 m2 space +++ Cutting-edge training spaces and workshops for employee development at Leipzig +++
+++ Construction of the new assembly plant for high-voltage batteries in Lower Bavaria is progressing rapidly +++ The last concrete pillar has been erected just over half a year after the building permit was approved +++ The structure of the production building will be completed at the end of the year +++
+++ BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Regensburg to obtain electricity from photovoltaic systems on plant roofs starting in 2025 +++ Total installed capacity of 14 MWp +++
+++ BMW Group’s local production has been essential to markets in Asia, North Africa and South America for decades +++ More than a dozen different models produced on same line +++ BMW Group Plant Araquari celebrates 10 years of production, with over 100,000 vehicles built +++ BMW Group continues its expenditure in Brazil as production location +++
+++ Green electricity, and district heating from locally sourced wood chips +++ Announced for 2025, introduced ahead of schedule in September 2024 +++ Arnold Schwarzenegger and BMW Board Member for Production perform symbolic energy switch +++
+++ The UK’s first “motionless” wind energy system has been installed on the roof of BMW Group’s Oxford Plant +++ It’s part of a BMW Group project trialling innovative technology for efficient energy solutions +++ This BMW Group Real Estate pilot is spearheaded by BMW Startup Garage, a programme dedicated to supporting early-stage startups working on innovative technologies +++
+++ Pre-series production set to launch in Hungary at the end of the year +++ High standards will ensure most resource-efficient production possible +++ Gas-free paint operations using power-to-heat process
BMW Group Plant Leipzig’s Exterior Components section, TEK, has scooped the prestigious Automotive Lean Production Award in the category for Lean Digital Transformation. It now ranks among Europe’s top production units for implementing lean production coupled with digital innovations – and sets new standards in the manufacturing sector.
+++ BMW Group Plant 02.20 in Dingolfing celebrates ten years of electric powertrain component production +++ Investment of more than one billion euros since 2015 +++ Over 1.5 million electric motors and one million high-voltage batteries produced +++
+++ Worldwide five new assembly sites for 6th generation high-voltage batteries +++ Current status from Irlbach-Straßkirchen (Germany), Debrecen (Hungary), Shenyang (China), San Luis Potosí (Mexico) and Woodruff (USA) +++
+++ Thermal purification powered by electricity rather than gas +++ Successful test operations in Germany and China +++ In series production at Plant Dingolfing and forthcoming Plant Debrecen, Hungary +++
+++ BMW Group creates spaces for collaboration +++ Iconic works by Karl Schwanzer, Zaha Hadid and the Vienna architect team Coop Himmelb(l)au +++ Architecture Day on 29 and 30 June +++
Investment of $200 million, with 200 new jobs at press shop +++ Plant Spartanburg celebrates 30th anniversary +++ Board of Management Member Nedeljković: “Fully-electric vehicles to be built in US from 2026”
+++ Fast, economical, and versatile with additive manufacturing +++ New bionic gripper at BMW Group Plant Landshut saves further weight +++ Innovative bionic gripper for entire floor assemblies at BMW Group Plant Munich +++ More than 400,000 parts produced worldwide using 3D printing+++
+++ 1 million cars made in last 15 months +++ Board Member for Production Nedeljković: “Focus on competitiveness and innovativeness” +++ Shenyang also continues preparations for Neue Klasse +++
+++ Autonomous robotic dog SpOTTO gathers data for plant’s fully connected digital twin and supports maintenance +++ Precise data collection and real-time monitoring +++ Virtualization, automation and artificial intelligence are important pillars of the BMW iFACTORY +++
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