Gauteng Business 2016 edition
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
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OVERVIEW<br />
plant were expected to double<br />
to approximately 100 000 units<br />
by 2014, creating around 800 jobs.<br />
The BMW facility at Rosslyn is a<br />
top manufacturer of the German<br />
marquee’s famous 3 Series cars<br />
and recently won a contract to<br />
make the newest model in the<br />
series. BMW’s current production<br />
is about 50 000 units per annum,<br />
approximately 80 percent of<br />
which is destined for export markets.<br />
The Ford Motor Company<br />
of South Africa has an assembly<br />
plant in Silverton, Pretoria. Ford<br />
intends to double its production<br />
volumes every year until <strong>2016</strong>, and<br />
plans to assemble 110 000 Ford<br />
Ranger pickup trucks per year at<br />
Silverton.<br />
A number of different types<br />
of vehicles – including armoured<br />
cars and standard passenger<br />
vehicles – are produced within<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong>. DCD Protected Mobility<br />
manufactures armoured cars in<br />
Boksburg, which are branded as<br />
Vehicle Mounted Mine Detectors.<br />
In nearby Benoni, BAE Systems<br />
OMC designs and manufactures<br />
protected vehicles. Turning to<br />
passenger vehicles, the Nissan/<br />
Renault plant at Rosslyn, Pretoria,<br />
produces the Renault Sondero<br />
hatchback, Nissan light commercial<br />
vehicles and the Tiida and<br />
Livina models.<br />
Tshwane automotive<br />
sector<br />
In its quest to improve economic<br />
growth, the City of Tshwane<br />
has earmarked its automotive<br />
sector as a bulwark to build the<br />
Automotive City. The Tshwane<br />
Automotive City (TAC) concept was started in 2008 as a shared vision<br />
between Government and the automotive industry to transform the<br />
City of Tshwane into a leading automotive investment destination. In<br />
June 2014, the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC), the<br />
City of Tshwane (CoT) and Tshwane Economic Development Agency<br />
(TEDA) entered into a three-year partnership that will see the completion<br />
of the TAC Development Framework, Master Plan and Precinct<br />
Plan TAC concept.<br />
The TAC programme is a strategic infrastructure programme<br />
aimed at stimulating automotive vehicle assembly and components<br />
manufacturing in the Rosslyn area by accelerating the development<br />
of key infrastructure such as logistics, residential, recreational<br />
and so on through public and private partnerships. The TAC<br />
vision is based on other well-established automotive cities such as<br />
the Shanghai Automotive City in China, ‘The Autostad’ in Germany<br />
and Toyota Automotive City in Japan. The TAC programme aims to<br />
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