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BMW PLANT MUNICH. FLEXIBILITY. INNOVATION. PASSION. The BMW Group’s parent plant. Production in the heart of a metropolitan city. Plant Munich PREFACE. Dear Reader, the heart of BMW beats in Munich. different technologies, ranging from years. Key projects include the expan- Here, right by the Olympic Park, are the press shop to the body shop and sion of the body shop and assembly as our parent plant as well as BMW Welt, the paint shop and on to assembly and well as a new, resource-friendly paint the BMW Museum and our landmark engine production. shop. BMW Headquarters. The beginnings of our plant date back to the year 1913. The complexity we are facing will But our greatest asset are the approx. So it is truly the starting point for what only grow further with the increasing 8,000 people who work at the plant. has since become the BMW Group’s electrification of our vehicle offering. It is their expertise and experience, global production network with 30 Already today, we produce cars with creativity and passion that allow us to sites in 14 countries. conventional petrol or diesel engines create the perfect car and inspire our on a single line together with plug- customers – a thousand times a day. The plant’s unique location in the in hybrids. In the near future, the center of a big city poses challenges all-electric BMW i4 will complement I hope you enjoy discovering for us on a daily basis. The confined our model range. In other words, our BMW Group Plant Munich. space increases the complexity of Munich site will soon produce all three logistics processes which are already types of drives on the same line. demanding in the automotive industry in any case. If you visit our plant, you To prepare Plant Munich for the will learn that making a car is much upcoming challenges, the BMW Group more than assembling thousands of has invested more than 700 million individual parts. It is all about the euros in innovative and sustainable Dr. Robert Engelhorn well-calculated interaction of our production structures in the past few Director, BMW Group Plant Munich BASED IN MUNICH, AT HOME AROUND THE GLOBE. Over the course of the past 100 years, continents. The same standards for than 10,000 individual parts are as- The smooth cooperation of production, the BMW Group has transformed from quality, safety and the considerate use sembled into premium vehicles ‘made logistics, transport and administration a local Munich-based company to a of resources apply worldwide. by BMW’. This also applies to BMW on premises of 400,000 square meters global player. Today, its international Innovative production technologies Group Plant Munich. The company’s in the heart of a metropolitan city is production network comprises and the high level of expertise of the parent plant is one of the mainstays of a major achievement in modern-day 30 locations in 14 countries on four workforce at all sites ensure that more the global production network. automotive engineering. Location: in the north of Munich, in the Milbertshofen Vehicle production BMW 3 Series Sedan, BMW 3 Series Touring, neighborhood range: BMW 3 Series Plug-in Hybrid, BMW 4 Series Coupé, BMW M4 Coupé Total premises: 400,000 sqm Engine production range: 3-, 4-, 8-, 12- cylinder petrol engines, Dimensions: approx. 1,000 meters wide and 500 meters long 6- cylinder diesel engines, high- performance engines Workforce: approx. 8,000 people with over for BMW M models 50 different nationalities Daily production output: up to 1,000 vehicles and over 3,000 engines Vocational training: more than 850 technical and commercial apprentices Awards: Lean Award 2015, Ludwig- Erhard-Preis 2016, in 14 different professions at the Munich site Lean and Green Award 2016 Production areas: press shop, body shop, paint shop, assembly, Investment: over 700 million euros between 2015 and 2018 engine production, equipment and seat production 5 STRENGTH THROUGH TRADITION, FUTURE FROM PASSION. 1922 1923 1924 1948 1951 1955 1961 1975 1988 Setup of Start of production Production of the Start of production Start of automotive Start of production Start of production The first 3 Series Start of production Plant Munich of aircraft engines first motorcycle, of series motorcycle production of the BMW Isetta of the BMW 1500 rolls off the of the Z1 the R32 models after WWII (500 Series) assembly line (hand-built) 6 HISTORY OF PLANT MUNICH. Since 1922, the plant has been located in Munich’s northern neighborhood of Milbertshofen. Up to 1951, the production range of In 1975, the plant in Munich started the Since the 1990s, the engine production been rolling off the plant’s assem- Plant Munich was limited to aircraft production of the BMW 3 Series, which team in Munich has been building all bly lines. The BMW 4 Series Coupé engines and motorcycles. The automo- has remained the most successful mod- large-volume engines and high-perfor- followed in 2013, the BMW M4 Coupé tive production in Munich began with el series of the BMW brand to this day. mance drivetrains. Another highlight in 2014. The latest milestone: in 2016, the BMW 501. Only four years later, It is currently produced at the plant in in the site’s history is the exclusive Plant Munich built 700 BMW M4 GTS the plant made the first BMW Isetta. its sixth generation. In 1987, BMW pre- Z8 roadster; 5,700 cars were made by cars, a limited edition based on the M4. The summer of 1962 saw the produc- sented its Z1 roadster, a sports car with hand between March 2000 and July tion launch of the first model front mid-engine that went into limited 2003. Since 2011, the now sixth of the ‘New Class’, the BMW 1500. small-series production in 1988. generation of the BMW 3 Series has 1988 1999 2008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Start of production Assembly of the Production Start of Start of Start of Start of production Start of M4 GTS limited of the Z1 Z8 in a workshop of the production of the production of the production of the of the BMW M4 production of edition (700 cars) (hand-built) specifically installed MINI E series sixth generation fifth generation BMW 4 Series the BMW 330e for this purpose BMW 3 Series BMW 3 Series Coupé Plug-in Hybrid Touring 7 BMW GROUP PLANT MUNICH – VEHICLE PRODUCTION RANGE. BMW 3 Series Sedan BMW 3 Series Plug-In-Hybrid BMW M4 Coupé 8 BMW 3 Series Plug-In-Hybrid BMW 3 Series Touring BMW 4 Series Coupé BMW M4 GTS 9 PRESS SHOP. My name is Isuf Haxhosaj. I am a disposer and line inspector at the Munich press shop. I have been working for the BMW Group for three years. The production of a car starts here in amount of steel in only twelve days the press shop. Every day, we produce that was required to build the Eiffel over 32,000 car body parts. In the press Tower. lines, sheet steel passes through several process steps to receive its final shape. The workforce of the press shop con- We only use galvanized sheet metal, sists of about 400 highly qualified peo- a first measure to protect cars from ple in production, quality assurance, corrosion. The presses fully automati- maintenance, and logistics. cally draw, bend and punch the sheet steel in several steps to give it the Press lines are fully automated, and desired shape. The car body of a a team of specialists – electricians, BMW 3 Series comprises over mechanics, toolmakers, logistics and 400 different pressed parts – from the quality assurance experts – takes care tank cap to the side frame. 20 different of the facilities. My colleagues and I kinds of steel, ranging in sheet steer, program and check the machines thickness from 0.7 to 2.2 mm, are and tools as well as pressed parts and processed. their quality. The entire process makes highly efficient use of material, and the At the heart of the press shop is a recycling rate stands at an impressive state-of-the-art high-speed servo press 99 percent. line which works at 17 strokes/minute. This facility processes about the same BODY SHOP. I am Marek-Dariusz Turkiewicz. I work in the production of body and side frames and am responsible for electrical maintenance. I have been with the company for 37 years. In the body shop, we connect the manufactured at the plant on a single technology, as well as traditional test individual steel parts produced at the line. methods using hammer and chisel. press shop to form a body-in-white On top of that, we are responsible for ready for painting. The result is a highly We apply different welding and joining maintenance and repair of the ma- safe car body with the highest-possible techniques, such as spot welding, chines as well as a smooth production reduction in weight. A car body weighs soldering, bolting and adhesive process. about 442 kg and consists entirely of bonding as well as the innovative laser zinc sheet. My 1,070 colleagues and I welding. Due to their sophisticated produce about 990 car bodies a day for design, the intricate processing as well the BMW 3 and 4 Series as well as the as the high and ultra-high strength BMW M4 Coupé. steels used, BMW car bodies are among the safest in the global automo- The procedures at the body shop are tive market. almost fully automated. Our over 800 industrial robots carry out the highly My highly qualified colleagues and I complex production tasks with constantly monitor the quality of maximum precision and place more welding points and ensure the car bod- than 6,000 welding points per vehicle ies’ dimensional accuracy and perfect accurate to a tenth of a millimeter.

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