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After a successful pilot project Scania decided for MIC to become its Global Customs Software Provider. In this case study MIC demonstrates how they streamlined the supply chain for a global organisation. Click on the link to read in full.

A Q&A with Videoton

Videoton is a close to 400 million Euro CEM (contract electronic manufacturer), realising roughly one third of its turnover, making it the largest indigenous Eastern European company in the automotive industry.

The company is managed by two Hungarian individuals - Otto Sinkó and Peter Lakatos. They acquired the company 20 years ago during the Hungarian political system changes; since then the management and ownership structure is unchanged.

Mr. Lakatos, joined AutoSEE to find out more about what they do and how they handle the challenges faced by businesses in the South East European automotive industry.

It is one of the country's core industries and accounts for 20 per cent of its total exports, with more than 630 companies providing work for 100,000 specialists in the sector, according to the Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency...

An Interview with Arif Hosgor, Plant General Manager, Mahle Filter Systems, Turkey

Turkey’s automotive industry is one that has been developing massively in a time where mostof the rest of the world has been struggling to stay afloat. So what have they been doing that’s bucked the trend, and more importantly, are there lessons you can apply to your own supply chain strategy?

Turkey is often seen as the gateway between the Middle East, Africa and Europe, so it's no wonder that it's become a key strategic location for the automotive industry and as a country experiencing exponential growth during a time of international economic crisis, it faces some unique supply chain challenges.

In part one we discuss current industry trends and strategies for achieving the 2023 targets set by the Turkish government.

In the second part we will be focusing on coping with shocks to the supply chain and extreme fluctuations of demand response plus a look at the processes they employ to ensure quality retention from both them and their supplier during periods of expansion.

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Professional regional EMS providers with dedicated operation for Automotive, Videoton are a turn-key contract manufacturing partner for outsourcing and transfer projects, providing complex services for the establishment and operation of industrial sites.

In this detailed presentation, find out all about how the company operates and what has led them to great success in South East Europe.

The company started the production of 0 302 type buses in 1968. In 1970, only 2 years after its foundation, the company started to export.

In 1986, parallel to the growth potential of Turkey, the truck plant started production in Aksaray in Central Anatolia.

Renault-Nissan is agressively expanding in Russia. It has now teamed up with the country's biggest automobile manufacturer, AvtoVAZ. But will they be able to turn the company around? On the occasion of the unveiling of the new Lada Granta, Pál Négyesi from ceauto.co.hu takes a hard look at the future of AvtoVAZ.