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Precision workmanship BMW styleEvery millimetre counts
“We have been building cars in Spartanburg since 1994 – which has always helped
us to optimise our global value creation process. The decision to transfer production
of the BMW X3, and to invest 750 million dollars in expanding our capacity from
150,000 to 240,000 vehicles per year, is another important step.
We have taken advantage of the plant expansion over the past two years to
modernise our production capacity. Thanks to innovations such as an extremely
low-emissions paint finishing line, one of the largest existing fleets of hydrogen
forklift trucks, energy generation from methane gas from a nearby landfill and
ahighly flexible assembly architecture, Spartanburg is one of the most sustainable
auto plants in the world today. It’s truly world class.”
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Ups and downs. The US dollar / euro exchange
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pose a serious risk for global players.