Contract manufacturers to benefit from increased diversity

2015 has seen some notable contract manufacturing announcements. In November, Mercedes-Benz announced it would outsource some production of the GLC to Valmet Automotive. Production will begin at Valmet’s plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland, in Q1 2017. The facility already builds A-Class models. Meanwhile, Magna Steyr will build additional volumes of a future model for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) at its plant in Graz, Austria. Research from Automotive World suggests the model in question will be the new Defender.