Mini announces further £250-million investment in UK manufacturing

BMW Group has announced a further £250-million investment in its UK manufacturing operations by the end of 2015 at its manufacturing plant in Oxford, steel body pressings operation at Swindon and engine plant at Hams Hall near Birmingham. This is to support

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BMW Group Design wins the 2012 Green Good Design Award for the first time

A trio of BMW Group concept cars – the BMW i8 Concept, BMW i3 Concept and Mini Rocketman Concept – have been presented with the 2012 Green Good Design Award for sustainable product design. This is the first time a BMW Group product has been among

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BMW Group reports strongest first half year ever in sales

BMW Group achieved record sales for the first six months of the year, with a total of 900,539 vehicles delivered worldwide, an increase of 8.1 per cent over the same period last year (previous year: 833,391). The company also achieved its second highest sales

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BMW i Born Electric Tour makes first stop in Rome

The BMW Group inaugurated the BMW i Born Electric Tour at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni located at Via Nazionale 194 in Rome. The worldwide tour will go on to visit six other major cities over the next 12 months - Dusseldorf, Tokyo, New York, London,

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BMW Group launches International Management Associates Programme 2012 in India

BMW Group has launched International Management Associates Programme (MAP) 2012. As part of the international programme designed for young professionals for a fast track career growth, five management graduates will be appointed from India.

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BMW Group again named most sustainable automotive company

The BMW Group won two awards at SAM Group Sustainability Awards ceremony. The company earned SAM Gold Class Status and was also named Sector Leader, the best result among all vehicle makers. SAM Group presented the SAM Sustainability Awards for the

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Grand opening of new BMW Brand Store in Paris

The BMW Group celebrated the grand opening of its first new BMW Brand Store in the most luxurious area of metropolitan Paris in the Avenue George V. The store was designed by the well-known, luxury retail architect, Eric Carlson and his team from

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BMW Design under new leadership

Karim Habib will take over as Head of BMW Design on June 1, 2012. The 42-year-old Lebanon-born Canadian has been In-charge of Exterior Design BMW Automobiles since March 2011. He joined the BMW Group design team in 1998 and, among other achievements,

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BMW Group posts record sales for April

The BMW Group continued on its successful course as the world’s leading premium car company once again in April with an increase of 6.1 per cent in sales. A total of 145,505 (previous year 137,195) BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand automobiles were sold

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BMW Group has 'Best Factory 2012'

Germany's best factory is producing for the BMW Group in Landshut. This is the conclusion reached by the expert jury for the 'Industrial Excellence Award/Best Factory 2012', which voted the Exterior Plastics Production Department of the BMW Landshut plant the

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