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They are phasing out the X5 in July. Paint is going to be slow Jul-Oct then ramp back up. The F15 will be in full production then. They are saying 800 a day compared to 1200 now. Paint is going to stay on present 12 hr schedule. BMW has hired a few MAU employees since the first of year. Maybe 15-20 in our area. I don't see them doing much more til production picks back up. They are saying 350,000 cars next year.
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I should point out that even though its a 12 hr schedule you only get 40 hrs a week. Basically you work 36 hr a week and then work one Sunday a month for 8 hr at double time which makes your 40 hr complete.
My daughter said there were 60 people in her training class but some did not make it through the 1st night. Typical for manufacturing. She said they are speeding her line up by 6 seconds soon. They have been asking people on her line to work OT for 3 hours but it could be due to absences, I'm not sure. She does 12 hour shifts but sometimes it's 5 days on then 5 off, then work 1 & after that I can't keep up! Whew. Bher schedule looks complicated! I did the 3/2 & 2/3 when I was at Hitachi. Every other weekend. Not too bad if you calculate it that way.
They are phasing out the X5 in July. Paint is going to be slow Jul-Oct then ramp back up. The F15 will be in full production then. They are saying 800 a day compared to 1200 now. Paint is going to stay on present 12 hr schedule. BMW has hired a few MAU employees since the first of year. Maybe 15-20 in our area. I don't see them doing much more til production picks back up. They are saying 350,000 cars next year.
Are they completely phasing out the X5? So no more X5?
Yes. its going bye bye soon. Look up F15 BMW on google. Its about the same car, a little taller and longer but basically the same look. While your looking that up also check on x4 which is coming in 2014-15. X3 size but looks like X6.
Futuretrader21... I'm sorry but you are mistaken. The X5 is not going anywhere.
Correct, it's just a refreshed X5 (F15 is the manufacturing code name). The plant will still produce the X3, X5 and X6 well into the future. Later this year, the X4 will begin production alongside the X3. (Which is why tours were canceled in Hall 52). The X4 should be available in showrooms, early 2014.
A new body shop has been built for the X4, a new paint shop is being built to help with the bottleneck in the current paint shop.
Farther down the road (years), the plant may see production of a 5 or 7 Series sedan which could push production to 500k/yr.
So there will be stability at Plant Spartanburg, but even with the expansions, don't expect a huge amount of hiring. I expect it to be more gradual.
Hey, can anyone tell me what ESA do at BMW and why BMW and 5 different places are hiring them so strongly? Is it hard work or do they treat ESA like crap and cannot keep people?
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