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Carolina Casualty February Newsletter

CAARE Mission Statement Reduce Property Damage and Liability losses by coordinating efforts with the CCI Loss Prevention Department and our insured’s safety management through the exchange of information and services made directly to you on a monthly basis.

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Carolina Casualty January Newsletter

CAARE Mission Statement Reduce Property Damage and Liability losses by coordinating efforts with the CCI Loss Prevention Department and our insured’s safety management through the exchange of information and services made directly to you on a monthly basis.  

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Volvo making Remote Diagnostics standard

Volvo Trucks is expanding Remote Diagnostics to include Volvo-powered Volvo VHD and VAH vocational models, making it a standard feature across Volvo’s entire North American product line. The remote communication platform has been a standard feature on all Volvo-powered VNM and VNL models since mid-2012. Remote Diagnostics helps maximize vehicle uptime by providing proactive diagnostic and […]

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BMW Board of Management gets new representative for Production

Harald Krüger, the Board of Management member currently responsible for the MINI, BMW Motorrad and Rolls-Royce brands and BMW Group Aftersales, will take over from Frank-Peter Arndt, the Board of Management member currently responsible for Production, as he leaves in April.

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GLOBAL ROUND UP

GWM starts shipments with RZD Chinese vehicle maker Great Wall Motors (GWM) has begun shipping Wingle 5 pickup trucks from China to Russia with Russia Railways (RZD). The company is planning to move around 400 vehicles a month from GWM’s plant in Baoding to Gzhel, which is 60km east of Moscow. The shipments are being […]

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CAPACITY AND SAFETY CONCERNS FOR FTA

After several years of discussion the European Union and the United States plan to begin negotiations at the beginning of this summer on setting up a free trade agreement (FTA). The discussions will involve whether the tariffs on vehicles and parts should be lowered immediately or, as with the EU-South Korea FTA, gradually lowered over […]

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AGROMASH TO MAKE AND MOVE PEUGEOTS

PSA Peugeot-Citroën has signed an agreement with Agromash Holding for the assembly and distribution of the passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Kazakhstan. Agromash Holding is one of Kazakhstan’s largest producers of vehicles and agricultural equipment. According to the agreement, Agromash will start building the vehicles this coming June and these will include Peugeot […]

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THE FUTURE STARTS NOW

Competitive advantage for carmakers is no longer just about quality or the technology used in the vehicle, as the leading manufacturers are already on a level playing field there. Tomorrow’s differentiator is going to be logistics. This will be the rally cry for the industry, according to Michael Robinet, managing director at IHS Automotive Consulting, […]

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Toyota Shuffles U.S. Execs; Mark Hogan Appointed Outside Board Member

Toyota promotes several U.S. executives as it increases the responsibility of its North American leadership within the parent company, effective April 1. James Lentz, president and CEO-Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., is named CEO of Toyota’s North America Region. He also becomes a senior managing officer of the Japanese parent company and president and CEO-Toyota Motor America.

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