To the extent that historical press releases reference BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC as the manufacturer of certain X model vehicles, the referenced vehicles are manufactured in South Carolina with a combination of U.S. origin and imported parts and components.
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BMW MANUFACTURING SIGNS CONTRACT WITH FEDEX TO TRANSPORT PARTS
Thu Mar 14 12:00:00 CET 2002 Press Release
BMW has signed a contract with FedEx Corporation for a parts delivery to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport once a day five days a week.
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BMW has signed a contract with FedEx Corporation for a parts delivery to
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport once a day five days a week.
On each of the five days, FedEx will deliver 427 cubic feet of overseas parts
to GSP and then those parts will be trucked to BMW Manufacturing Corp., which
is adjacent to the airport. During a year's time, FedEx will deliver more than
500,000 cubic feet of parts.
By flying from FedEx's U.S. hubs directly into GSP, the parts will arrive about
12 hours earlier and will be available for the start of the factory's early
morning shift.
"This is the fastest way to get parts from overseas to Spartanburg,"
said Alfred Haas, manager for Material Planning at BMW Manufacturing. "It has
helped us secure parts availability out of Europe."
The deliveries under the $1.1 million contract already have begun.
BMW Manufacturing Corp. is a subsidiary of BMW AG in Munich, Germany. Its
website address is www.bmwusfactory.com. In addition to the South Carolina
manufacturing facility, BMW's North American subsidiaries include sales,
marketing and financial services operations in the United States, Canada and
throughout Latin America; an information technology consulting and systems
integration firm in South Carolina; a production facility in Mexico; and a
design firm in California.