At the end of the 1990s, Fiat’s car production, excluding foreign production, was increasingly concentrated at the Group’s southern factories, due to the increase in the productive capacity of the factories built in the seventies, as well as the more recent construction of the new SATA factory at Melfi, and the FMA at Avellino for the production of engines; not to mention the acquisition of Alfa Romeo in 1986 and its plant at Pomigliano d’Arco, which has gradually absorbed the production of Milan’s Arese plant. In the framework of a progressive increase in the number of cars produced in the southern Italian factories, to the disadvantage of the historical Mirafiori factory in Turin, and the reduction of the volume of production in Italy, car linked industries are still concentrated above all in the northern regions. Car manufacturing in the nineties was also characterized by the growth of external supply lines, both in planning and in the complementary production of components and systems for manufacturers; moreover, in the case of FIAT, the agreement with GM led to the birth of two companies, Powertrain (engine manufacturing) and Purchasing, which were fundamental in the area of supplies.
The Weakness of Car Manufacturing: Industries Associated with FIAT SATA, Alfa Romeo and FMA Powertrain in the South of Italy
BUBBICO, Davide;
2005-01-01
Abstract
At the end of the 1990s, Fiat’s car production, excluding foreign production, was increasingly concentrated at the Group’s southern factories, due to the increase in the productive capacity of the factories built in the seventies, as well as the more recent construction of the new SATA factory at Melfi, and the FMA at Avellino for the production of engines; not to mention the acquisition of Alfa Romeo in 1986 and its plant at Pomigliano d’Arco, which has gradually absorbed the production of Milan’s Arese plant. In the framework of a progressive increase in the number of cars produced in the southern Italian factories, to the disadvantage of the historical Mirafiori factory in Turin, and the reduction of the volume of production in Italy, car linked industries are still concentrated above all in the northern regions. Car manufacturing in the nineties was also characterized by the growth of external supply lines, both in planning and in the complementary production of components and systems for manufacturers; moreover, in the case of FIAT, the agreement with GM led to the birth of two companies, Powertrain (engine manufacturing) and Purchasing, which were fundamental in the area of supplies.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
