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In contrast to the largely automated processes in the Pressings Shop, the
Bodyshop and Paintshop, the human being comes right in the middle of things
in the Assembly Area. This, quite simply, is because the human being with
his hands is able to work in almost 30 different directions and angles, while
even the most advanced industrial robot is not able to handle more than seven
different operating levels at the very most.
Supreme competence in lightweight aluminium construction.
The BMW Group’s Aluminium Competence Centre is also based in Dingolfing,
conducting research activities and innovative developments benefiting all
brands within the BMW Group. Just one example is that the Dingolfing
Plant supplies the aluminium bodyshells for Rolls-Royce. And now the large
share of aluminium components within the overall body structure of the
BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo calls more than ever before on the outstanding
competence of the experts in Dingolfing.
BMW’s long-standing plant serving as a role model for efficiency
and quality.
BMW Plant Dingolfing, employing some 20,000 associates and therefore
BMW’s largest plant the world over, builds about 1,300 cars a day. In a com-
parison of performance standards, BMW Plant Dingolfing, so rich in tradition,
stands out through supreme quality and efficiency. This year the BMW Group’s
Suspension and Powertrain Components Division in Dingolfing won the
Industrial Contest for The Best Factory/Industrial Excellence Award 2008, mak-
ing BMW the first car maker to win this European award since its introduction
in 2002. The Award honours the outstanding production management ensured
by the most productive manufacturing facility in Europe. And in this contest not
only the operative unit as such is considered, but rather all processes along the
complete production and logistics chain – from the supplier all the way to the
final customer.
Apart from winning the Bavarian Quality Award in 2003, the Suspension and
Powertrain Components Division was also the first operation within the auto-
motive industry to win the most significant German award for corporate quality,
the Ludwig Erhard Prize, in November 2005. In 2006, in turn, the Plant received
the European Quality Award, the highest-ranking European award for all-round
corporate excellence.
The Suspension and Powertrain Components Division in Dingolfing, forming
part of the BMW Group’s worldwide production network, has become the
Group’s Competence Centre for vehicle suspension and axle transmission
systems, delivering components to all BMW car production plants in Germany
and abroad.
| Categories | BMW 5-Series Manuals, BMW Manuals |
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| Tags | BMW 530d, BMW 535i, BMW 550i, BMW F07, BMW Gran Turismo, Brochure and Catalogue |
| Model Year | 2010 |
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