In a bid to increase levels of global competitiveness, component manufacturers in the automotive hub of Nelson Mandela Bay have spent a week engaging with one of the world’s leading proponents of Total Productive Maintenance. The Eastern Cape Automotive Cluster, which is pioneering the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) approach to manufacturing in South Africa, has been undergoing intensive training with Automotive Industry Development Centre engineers and TPM expert Rajesh Parim, … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape Auto Cluster leads the way
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Thousands of jobs may be at stake
The Eastern Cape Automotive cluster says that SA's catalytic converter industry, once responsible for 16% of global production, will hit a wall over the next two or three years when a new EU regulation kicks in and that thousands of jobs may be at stake. Euro 6 is the common name for European emissions standards coming into effect for passenger cars in the bloc on September 1 2015. But, according to one insider, the local industry has seen "no upgrades or investments of consequence" to meet … [Read more...] about Thousands of jobs may be at stake
