Tråd: Alle-nye Land Rover til at være bygget i Saudi-Arabien

Land Rover har annonceret en helt ny model vil blive bygget i Saudi-Arabien efter en aluminium trykke på anlægget er establishedJaguar Land Rover er at udvide ind i Saudi-Arabien ved hjælp af en aluminium trykke på plante-og, i sidste ende, en produktionslinje, til at lave et helt nyt Land Rover model der.
Den britiske bil maker har underskrevet en hensigtserklæring med de nationale industrielle klynger udviklingsprogram i Saudi-Arabien til at købe aluminium fra hvad der bliver beskrevet som en af verdens største aluminium aluminiumsværker.
Det forventes derefter at producere karrosseridele for fremtidige modeller, og andre komponenter, på en helt ny, state-of-the-art trykke på en plante, der er ved at blive bygget i kongeriget.
Ralf Speth, CEO af Jaguar Land Rover siger nu at virksomheden er et solidt fundament, det har at udvide globalt. Han siger, han er overbevist om, at dette skridt er den rigtige virksomhed gør det muligt at sikre den billigste aluminium i verden.
Et aftalememorandum, som forventes at blive underskrevet i midten af 2013, før produktionen begynder i begyndelsen af 2015.
Theres ingen nyheder om hvilke nye model vil blive bygget i Saudi, men JLR kilder har antydet, at det kunne være baseret på den nye Range Rover platform.
Den nye model, (som kilder insisterer var aldrig beregnet til at blive gjort i Det Forenede Kongerige) vil i første omgang sendes til den saudiske linje som en bankede ned kit at tillade operation at få erfaring, før fuld produktion skifter til landet.
Den vigtigste drivkraft bag denne radikale flytte, siger Speth, er at sikre en stabil og omkostningseffektiv levering af aluminium, som den globale efterspørgsel efter materialet begynder at stige. Global fuel economy regler forventes at gøre brug af letvægts materialer i stigende grad vigtigt for bil industrien.
Saudi-Arabien er godt positioneret til dette projekt, fordi det har begge store bauxit indskud — den klippe, som er den vigtigste kilde til aluminium — og den billige strøm ideel til energikrævende proces, der har behov for at oprette aluminium.
Speth siger JLR er forpligtet til en let fremtidige og dens efterspørgslen efter aluminium vil stige betydeligt, med mindst fire Land Rover selskab modeller fremstillet af materialer. De fleste fremtidige Jaguars forventes også at være lavet af aluminium.

Land Rover has announced an all-new model will be built in Saudi Arabia after an aluminium pressing plant is establishedJaguar Land Rover is to expand into Saudi Arabia by using an aluminium pressing plant and, eventually, a production line to make an all-new Land Rover model there.
The British car maker has signed a letter of intent with the National Industrial Clusters Development Program in Saudi Arabia to buy aluminium from what is being described as one of the worlds largest aluminium smelters.
It is then expected to produce body panels for future models, and other components, at an all-new, state-of-the-art pressing plant that is being built in the kingdom.
Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, says now that the company is on a solid footing, it has to expand globally. He says he is confident that this move is the right one for the firm, allowing it to secure the cheapest aluminium in the world.
A memorandum of understanding is expected to be signed in the middle of 2013, before the production begins in early 2015.
Theres no news on which new model will be built in Saudi, but JLR sources have hinted that it could be based on the new Range Rover platform.
The new model (which sources insist was never intended to be made in the UK) will initially be sent to the Saudi line as a knocked down kit to allow the operation to gain experience, before full production switches to the country.
The main driver behind this radical move, says Speth, is to secure a steady, cost-effective supply of aluminium as global demand for the material starts to rise. Global fuel economy regulations are expected to make the use of lightweight materials increasingly important for the car industry.
Saudi Arabia is well positioned for this project because it has both vast bauxite deposits — the rock that is the main source of aluminium — and the cheap power ideal for the energy-intensive process thats needed to create aluminium.
Speth says JLR is committed to a lightweight future and its demand for aluminium will rise considerably, with at least four Land Rover company models made from the materials. Most future Jaguars are also expected to be made of aluminium.