Fca, with Jeep in northeastern Brazil – BBC

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Milan , April 28, 2015 – 19:56

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E' was officially opened, in Goiana, in the State of Pernambuco, the new industrial complex Jeep Chrysler Fiat Automobiles has built in northeast Brazil. The ceremony took place in the presence of the President of the Republic of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, the Governor of Pernambuco, Paulo Camara, and the vertices of Fca, the chairman, John Elkann, and the CEO, Sergio Marchionne. The group stressed in a statement that “this is the first global factory of Fca; the first to be designed and built by a team that has been able to avail intercultural, from day one, the best practices developed by the group in each of the operational areas. “

” The installation of the largest group in the world “

The Pernambuco” is now the most modern and the largest in the world of Fca “underscores the group, and “represents the state of the art in terms of the production process and logistics management, adopting the highest standards of efficiency, quality and performance.” The construction work lasted about two and a half years and the total investment of 7 billion reais (over 2.2 billion euro). Later this year the plant will employ more than 9,000 people, including 3,300 in the factory Jeep, 4900 at suppliers and about 850 in services. In detail, were invested 3 billion reais for the Jeep plant, 2 billion reais for the park and the rest of suppliers for product development and other investments. This is the most significant investment in the automotive industry in Brazil last decade and one of the largest private investment in recent years. The new factory, equipped with 700 robots (650 in bodywork, 40 and 10 in the paint editor), covers a covered area of ​​260 thousand square meters and has a production capacity of 250 thousand vehicles per year.

Able to produce three different models

Today builds the Jeep Renegade destined for markets in Latin America, but it has the ability to produce three different models. The park of suppliers, located within the industrial perimeter and is closely connected with the production plant, covering an area of ​​270 thousand square meters on which they are located 16 companies, which produce 17 lines of 12 components in different factories . The construction of Pernambuco, underscores the group, “is a strategic plan for the international expansion of the Jeep brand and further strengthens the presence of Fca in Brazil, which even in 2014 was confirmed as a market leader, a position held for 13 years. “

April 28, 2015 | 19:56

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