Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine January 2015 | Page 37

MANUFACTURING
The CNH Industrial plant builds Iveco trucks and buses – many of which are uniquely Australian and designed to meet the demands of local customers .
manufacturing processes and product development in line with the growing needs of Australia .
Its strong tradition of local trucks manufacturing is closely linked with the creation of the Dandenong manufacturing plant . When it opened in 1952 it represented significant investment into the Australian truck industry . It was a significant expansion of International Harvester ’ s Australian activities and was built in Australia ’ s post war expansion phase ( even before General Motors Holden ’ s began supplying cars to the market ).
The Company ’ s strong tradition has been granted even greater capabilities and potential through internal synergies . “ Since the Fiat Group brought IVECO together with CNH , we are now the same entity , and we are finding huge synergies across all functions between our two businesses . We ’ re sharing resources , know-how and networks ,” said Bozzola . “ We also started doing some work for CNH here in our Dandenong plant . Just a few months ago , we started putting together tractors . Being able to bring in new business into a
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