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MAN Truck, Bus SA set benchmark for sustainability
MAN Truck and Bus SA has officially announced the conversion of its Pinetown assembly plant to solar power. The truck and bus chassis assembly plant is now capable of operating entirely off solar energy... read more>>



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Volvo Car SA appoints new MD
Greg Maruszewski has been appointed as new managing director at Volvo Car South Africa (VCSA)... read more>>
Toyota acquires ISO 50001 energy management certification
Toyota Motor Corporation has acquired the international energy management system certification ISO 50001, which requires the introduction of comprehensive company-wide measures to use energy more efficiently... read more>>
GM appoints new MD for sub-Saharan Africa operations
Ian Nicholls has been appointed as president and managing director of General Motors' South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Israel operations, effective 1 June 2015... read more>>
Manufacturing & Parts
Swedish efficiency goes big

Mark Smyth

Sweden and SA have a long history of working together and this includes collaboration when it comes to the automotive industry. One of the major names in the game is, of course, Volvo, but in this case it's not the car company, but rather Volvo Group trucks, which also owns Renault Trucks and UD Trucks... read more>>
Tyre manufacturers appoint new executive
Nobuzwe Mangcu has recently been appointed as managing executive of the South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC). read more>>
Motorcycles
There'll be lots of noise at Africa Bike Week 2015
Africa Bike Week 2015, brought to you by Harley-Davidson, takes place for the seventh consecutive year in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, from 23-26 April 2015... read more>>
Retail & Rental
Volvo looks to travel a similar road to Jaguar

Mark Smyth

Since the Tata Group bought Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) from Ford, JLR has been thriving. Expectations that Tata would sit in the front seat and drive the business were dispelled when the company quickly turned itself around and stood on its own... read more>>
Ford sharpens its Focus

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

It's very difficult to improve on an already good car but the white coats at Ford sharpened their focus and added new engines and a host of new technologies to its new Focus, at the same time applying some skilful cosmetics to sharpen the looks and overall appeal of the popular range... read more>>
Business
How to get digital transformation right

Jayne Archbold

There has been a lot of talk recently about digital transformation and how every business has to be a digital business... read more>>
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