Assessment of North and South American plants over the first 6 months of 2015
- The assessment of car production (PC + LUV) in the Americas reveals a decrease of 2% in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014. This decrease is mainly due to the falling production rates of Brazil (-17%) and Argentina (-14%), which was not offset by higher North American production rates (USA, Mexico, Canada). Canada for that matter suffered from a decrease of 11% of its production volumes, mainly because of the fall in production of the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Caravan minivans.
- Among the top 20 by plants (Inovev counted 85 plants still operating in the region - excluding Colombia and Venezuela), a predominance of plants located in North America can be observed (mainly in the USA and Mexico) and a strong presence of GM (3 plants), Ford (3 plants) and FCA (3 plants) groups.
- Among the highest increases in production per plant, we note the strong performance of Shreveport, (+ 600% - 77 000 units) with the start of production of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon; of Goiana (+ 600% - 13 000 units) thanks to the start of production of Jeep in Brazil; of Araquari (+ 600% - 5 800 units) thanks to the start of production of BMW in Brazil; of Celaya (+ 575% - 78 000 units) with the start of production of Honda in Mexico; of Salamanca (+ 450% - 102 000 units) with the start of production of Mazda in Mexico and Resende (+ 305% - 21 500 units) and the start of production of Nissan in Brazil.
- Among the strongest decreases, we can observe the poor performance of Betim (Fiat) reaching 225 000 units (-37,5%) and Sao Caetano (GM) 36 000 units (-52%), two large plants located in Brazil; of Campana (Honda ) reaching 2200 units (-50%) in Argentina and Windsor in Canada reaching 77 000 units (-66%), following the collapse of the production of the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Caravan minivans.
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