AIDC News
THE FIRST ALL-NEW NISSAN NAVARA ROLLS OFF THE LINE: BUILT IN AFRICA FOR AFRICA
The first Nissan Navara vehicles to be manufactured in Africa by Africans have begun rolling off the Nissan manufacturing production facility in Rosslyn on their way to South Africa and...
Ford Creates 1 200 Jobs at Silverton Assembly Plant, Modernised Ranger Assembly Line Launched
Ford South Africa has created around 1 200 incremental jobs by adding a third shift as part of the $1.05-billion investment in its Silverton Assembly Plant. The local workforce has...
The AIDC achieves a Clean Audit
The Automotive Industry Development Centre has obtained a Clean Audit which is an Unqualified Report with no material findings for the for the 2020/2021 Financial Year. A clean audit relates...
BMW Group South Africa starts production of the new BMW X3 at its Rosslyn plant
The next chapter in South Africa’s automotive story gets underway this week as BMW Group South Africa starts production of the new BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) at its...
The AIDC’s Graduate Incubatee dazzles at the Africa Kaizen Annual Conference
The Africa Kaizen Annual Conference was held from the 24th to the 26th of August 2021. The government of Tanzania, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and the Japan International...
AIDC helps Emerging Black Businesses to break barriers
The Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) assisted Feasible Plastics through enterprise development initiatives to break barriers in the South African automotive industry. In line with its strategic objective of ensuring...
South Africa/Italy partnerships yield results for the automotive industry
Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) CEO Mr. Lance Schultz today participated in the Southern Africa and Europe CEO's dialogue contributing to the discussion around SMME’s as drivers of economic growth....
POST COVID-19 ECONOMIC RECOVERY
As the world has ground to a standstill this year, it is more important than ever to rebuild devastated economies. Rather than being cancelled altogether, the “Southern Africa Europe CEO...
The AIDC’s Kaizen Programme is recognised for excellence
The AIDC’s Supplier and Enterprise Development Department (SEDD) Automotive Kaizen Programme is the first runner up for a prestigious award during the Southern Africa Institute for Industrial Engineers (SAIIE)’s Awards....