Ineos Automotive Restructuring

[AWo]

US manufacturing seems to be a necessary step during the Trump Tarif era - Toyota made an announcement on that today

The problems to shift production to the US are time and money...

Either you start somehow from scratch, but is it a new car then which meeds homologation again? Or you bring parts from Europe to the US and pay tariffs again. Take the drivetrain from BMW and ZF...I assume Ineos has no way to produce that in the US so easy. So either they import it and pay tariffs or you get a new drivetrain from the US. Latter would mean Ineos has to integrate, test and all that again, what costs money andctime again. You can add many parts to the list. Like the body. Buying new tools to press these panels is very, very expensive.

Evennif they spend the money...it will take years.

AWo

 

[HereinDaRockies]

Here is a good article.. https://www.theineosforum.com/threa...ndred-jobs-to-focus-on-the-customer.12420429/

 

[LabRat]

In a related note, today it was reported that GM told their suppliers to divest from China with a 2027 deadline. Like it or not, global commerce and manufacturing is a changin.

GM wants parts makers to pull supply chains from China

 

[Itsdchz]

Rumors are rumors … Speculation, and perception create a reality. Let’s not lend to the nay sayers ….
I believe whole heartedly in what Ineos spoke about at Oktoberfest.
Believing in the brand, and continuing to promote it as we drive it, means the most.
We are all in this together, let’s keep looking towards a future where Ineos remains in the motor vehicle market.