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Magna (MGA) Opens Another Seating Facility in Czech Republic

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In sync with its expansion and business gains, Magna (MGA) opens another seating facility in Czech Republic.

Magna International Inc. MGA has opened a seating business and facility in Chomutov, Czech Republic, with BMW AG. The company’s facility will offer seating systems in a variety of configurations to support assembling BMW’s numerous vehicle models.

With an aim to increase efficiency and offer value products to customers, the hub utilizes smart factory manufacturing concepts. Having a manufacturing area of 6,000 square meters, the plant has the capability to create more than 360,000 sets of seats in a year. The current employee count of the hub is 150, which is expected to double in 2019. Manufacturing at the hub is anticipated to start by 2018 end.

The company’s seating business has six research and development centers, and 50 manufacturing locations across the globe. Out of total production locations, 16 hubs are in Europe, with five in Czech Republic.

This is not the first plant that Magna opened to supply seats for BMW’s vehicles. In March 2018, Magna announced that it opened a 230,000-sq-ft plant in Moore, SC. Manufactured seating systems at the Moore plant are supplied for the production of BMW’s X models.

Per Magna’s management, winning business from BMW, which is an existing customer, is significant for its global expansion. Further, the new business demonstrates Magna’s cost-saving and innovative seating solutions.

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