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BMW Group opens new automated steel pressing facility at Swindon plant

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The building has numerous environmental features including water harvesting from the roof to provide water to all non-drinking water supplies. The construction of the new building started in June 2019, after the demolition and the clearing of ‘A’ Building on the Swindon site.

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Bright Automotives Plug-in IDEA Debuts on Tuesday

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Bright Automotive launched in January 2008 from Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) with the goal of building on the work of a consortium of organizations, including Alcoa, Google.org, Johnson Controls and the Turner Foundation.