Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine January 2015 | Page 41

MANUFACTURING manufacturing plant in Australia like that is unique and something we ’ re very proud of .”
“ CNH Industrial is essentially the bringing together of the industrial arm in CNH , which is agriculture and construction , creating a global top three capital and industrial goods company . CNH Industrial is ranked in the top three globally in terms of overall revenue and capital industrial goods . And the organization is very diverse in that it comprises commercial vehicles with the IVECO brand ,” said Head of Corporate & External Affairs for CNH Ron Grasso . “ It also has Case and New Holland Agriculture , the construction of equipment of Case and New Holland , as well as various other arms , including an in-house powertrain engine manufacturing and design capabilities ; one of the largest in the world , which is FPT ( Fiat Powertrain Technologies ).”
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

“ We have about 200 local vendors that we work with . A vast majority of them are manufacturing vendors here in Australia . We have approximately 80 percent of local components in our models , which is remarkable .”

– IVECO Trucks Australia ’ s Head of Manufacturing Edoardo Bozzola
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