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BMW Group makes additional funding in Plant Landshut: German element manufacturing facility continues its transformation to electrical mobility.

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Landshut. BMW Group Plant Landshut is constant to ramp up manufacturing capability – by increasing the manufacturing amenities for the central housing of the extremely built-in electrical drive unit to be fitted in Neue Klasse fashions. The BMW Group is investing an extra €200 million to this finish, bringing the entire channelled into the German manufacturing facility website since 2020 to round €1 billion.

Of this, some €500 million has been used for the plant’s growth to cowl electrical mobility. Annual manufacturing capability for fifth-generation and sixth-generation aluminium housings will increase by round 30 %. The new mannequin era will due to this fact profit from the know-how of the corporate’s largest element manufacturing website.

“We are continuously expanding our site’s expertise in both the production of our cutting-edge components and the development of new technologies,” says Thomas Thym, Head of BMW Group Plant Landshut. “This skill set provides us with the flexibility we are going to need in the future.” Manufacturing the central housing for the sixth-generation drive expertise within the Neue Klasse represents an extra step within the plant’s transformation to electrical mobility.

A model new manufacturing corridor is at present being constructed that will likely be unfold over three ranges. In future, manufacturing will happen right here on two manufacturing traces overlaying an space of 12,000 sq. metres utilizing the pioneering injector casting course of. Injector casting ensures that components are solid with optimum mechanical properties. It has the extra impact of shortening the cycle time and, consequently, lowering power consumption significantly whereas additionally slicing carbon emissions as a result of decrease casting temperature. This methodology ends in decreased consumption of sources too because it requires much less return materials.

In January of this yr, the BMW Group bought a plot of land immediately adjoining to Plant Landshut that’s about 30,000 sq. metres in dimension and has been earmarked for additional growth of manufacturing sooner or later. This strategic acquisition is a key aspect within the plant’s skill to reply to future demand. A last determination on how precisely the brand new land is for use will likely be made at a later date. 

3D printing expertise for large-scale manufacturing of complicated sand cores
Besides the foremost growth of manufacturing area within the gentle metallic foundry, the plant can also be investing in a state-of-the-art expertise for manufacturing its sand cores. These sand cores are deployed in six totally different cylinder head variants for manufacturing of BMW engines worldwide. The plant makes as much as 4,500 models on 17 printers every day in a large-scale 3D printing course of. The sand cores are moulded by printing them layer by layer on a print head system utilizing emission-free and environment-friendly inorganic binders.

Ongoing coaching programme types spine for transformation
A broad-based coaching initiative is being put in place to accompany the positioning’s gradual transformation. In order to satisfy future technological wants, the plant is focusing totally on abilities within the areas of robotics, high quality and course of administration, electrical and digital evaluation, upkeep and logistics.

Anna Sponsel, Head of Human Resources at BMW Group Plant Landshut, says: “I am convinced that targeted training modules are exactly what we need to address the changing skill requirements in our industry and counter the shortage of specialist workers.” One such module is a twelve-month electrics and electronics retraining course to qualify as an industrial electrician, which the corporate is providing to each inner workers and exterior candidates who take up a place with the BMW Group. Since final yr, Plant Landshut has additionally been setting new requirements with its personal high quality administration twin examine programme. 17 college students per yr can start their twin programme of research at Plant Landshut after which full them over the course of nationwide and worldwide assignments.

Last yr, Plant Landshut recruited greater than 250 new workers and at present has a workforce of round 3,700 folks. During 2024, the area’s largest employer is once more set to tackle tons of of latest folks, focusing primarily on momentary workers who’re already working on the website.

Production volumes final yr 
As nicely as manufacturing elements for the corporate’s all-electric fashions, Plant Landshut additionally stands out with its extremely versatile manufacturing system. The website in Lower Bavaria continues to fabricate propeller shafts, crankcases, cylinder heads and engines on a demand-driven foundation for the environment friendly ICE fashions within the product portfolio. 

In 2023, BMW Group Plant Landshut produced a complete of round 3.6 million solid elements, 430,000 plastic elements for automobile exteriors, over 300,000 CFRP components, 286,000 cockpits, 1.4 million propeller shafts and 20,000 particular engines. Cockpits for the BMW 5 Series, BMW 6 Series, BMW 7 Series and BMW iX and instrument panels in base, synthetic leather-based, leather-based, microfibre and cloth trim are made in Landshut, along with structural elements, roofs and bonnets comprised of CFRP, glove compartments, bumpers, spoilers and trim parts.

As nicely as Plant Landshut, the BMW Group’s in-house element manufacturing community additionally consists of the amenities in Dingolfing, Wackersdorf, Munich, Leipzig, Berlin and Shenyang (China). Together these provide elements to the corporate’s Digital, Powertrain, Driving, Exterior & Interior and High-voltage battery & Charging expertise clusters. Purchasing, Development and Production work intently with each other to make sure the switch of expertise inside the firm with regards to product, growth and manufacturing improvements.

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Change at the top at BMW Group Plant Landshut: Stefan Kasperowski hands over to Thomas Thym.

Landshut. Thomas Thym is set to take over as Head of BMW Group Plant Landshut on 1 December, succeeding Stefan Kasperowski. Thym, aged 52, has been at Plant Landshut since 2019 in the role of Vice President Purchasing, Quality and Production Cockpit and Door Panels. Kasperowski, after nearly four years at Landshut, will assume the leadership of high-voltage battery production at Dingolfing and Regensburg. Carolin Seidel will become the new Press Spokesperson for Plant Landshut on the same date.

“With his extensive production experience, procurement and supplier network expertise and his strong ties to Plant Landshut, Thomas Thym is well positioned to lead the facility to further success in the future,” says Joachim Post, Member of the Board of Management, Purchasing and Supplier Network at BMW AG.

Thym began his career at the BMW Group in 1997 as a project manager in vehicle assembly at Plant Regensburg. He then held positions at the MINI plant in Oxford, England and at Group headquarters in Munich. After leading the international purchasing office in India, Thym took on the strategic direction of the BMW Group’s purchasing and supplier network.

Since 2019, Thym has overseen global purchasing and the supplier network for interior components, as well as production of interior parts such as cockpits and door panels at Landshut and Wackersdorf. “I’m really looking forward to my new responsibilities and can’t wait to write the next chapter in the plant’s more than 50-year success story – together with the excellent Landshut team,” says Thym. “It’s also very important to me to showcase Plant Landshut not only as the largest employer in the region but also as an enduringly reliable local partner with a sense of social responsibility.”

Kasperowski was instrumental in driving the plant’s future direction Under Stefan Kasperowski’s leadership, the company invested around €700 million in Plant Landshut, reinforcing the importance of the BMW Group’s largest component plant worldwide. With Kasperowski at the helm, the light metal foundry – one of the most advanced of its kind – has constantly upgraded its production and logistics solutions, both in terms of efficiency and innovation, and as far as sustainability and circularity are concerned.

New Press Spokesperson at Plant Landshut Also taking on a new role on 1 December alongside Thomas Thym is Carolin Seidel, who will begin work as Press Spokesperson of the Bavarian components plant. Seidel has been at the BMW Group since 2013, focusing on hydrogen/fuel cell technology and sustainability communications in vehicle development in her previous position as Press Spokesperson. Born in Chemnitz, Seidel is excited about her new role and the parallels between her previous areas of focus and the Landshut facility. The 35-year-old is bringing with her a wealth of experience in the world of communications. She spent 2013 to 2016 at the vehicle factories and engine plant run by the BMW joint venture in Shenyang, China. She was then spokesperson for the pilot plant and main plant in Munich up to 2021. “In Carolin Seidel, we are welcoming as our new spokesperson at Plant Landshut an extremely experienced and highly skilled communicator – as far as both our products and production are concerned,” says Julian Friedrich, head of communications at the Dingolfing and Landshut plants.