MANUFACTURING
CNH Industrial N . V . a new global industrial powerhouse was created , and we are already finding huge synergies across all facets of our business — both globally and locally . We ’ re sharing resources , know-how and networks ,” said Bozzola .
“ CNH is essentially the bringing together of the group ’ s agriculture and construction arms , with the commercial vehicle and powertrain divisions , creating a global top tier capital and industrial goods company ,” said the Australian and New Zealand Head of Corporate & External Affairs for CNH Industrial , Ron Grasso . “ In addition to Iveco , within our suite of brands we have Case IH and New Holland Agriculture , Case Construction Equipment , New Holland Construction Equipment and Flexi-Coil , as well as various others , including an in-house engine design and manufacturing arm ; one of the largest in the world , which is FPT Industrial .”
Dandenong Manufacturing Plant The Dandenong plant originally covered 34,000 m2 and produced 2,000 vehicles in its first year . Since then , more than 230,000 trucks have been manufactured-more than any other truck manufacturer in Australia . Today , Iveco manufactures ACCO , Powerstar , Stralis AS-L and AD / AT models and bus chassis at its plant in Dandenong , Victoria . It is also the home of a large product engineering department that has a facility for building and testing prototypes built to suit Australian conditions . Iveco Australia continues to invest into its Australian manufacturing capabilities with new product launches .
“ We ’ re a bit special in that we have a single assembly line that
“ We have about 200 local vendors that we work with . A vast majority of them are manufacturing vendors here in Australia . We have up to 80 percent of local components in our models , which is remarkable .”
– CNH ’ s Australian Head of Manufacturing Edoardo Bozzola
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