PROFILE
Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) The AIDC is a project-driven organisation which focuses on excellence in technical project implementation and service delivery, while forming partnerships with the private sector to increase the level of innovation and co-operations within the Automotive Industry. AIDC was initially established in 2000 by the Gauteng Provincial Government, and its purpose is to develop the automotive manufacturing sector to globally competitive standards of excellence through a world-class value proposition which enables effective and sustainable socio-economic growth.
Automotive Incubation Centre at Silverton, Nissan expressed interest in establishing a similar facility at their plant in Rosslyn. The BEE entrepreneurs are earmarked to supply components directly to the production line for the next generation 1-ton pickup which will start production in early 2017.
The dynamic AIDC is currently involved in a number of projects aimed at technical project conceptualisation, implementation and service delivery in the automotive sector.
While the facility at Nissan is intended to replicate AIDC’s Automotive Incubation Centre at FMCSA, it will include the lessons learnt from implementation of the first incubation project at Ford.
Government Incentive Schemes
Operations Division
AIDC’s Government Incentive Schemes department administers government and automotive industry incentives designed to grow and develop the automotive sector. It was established in 2002 and it is one of the longest-serving departments within the organisation.
AIDC’s Operations Division is responsible for the planning, maintenance, ICT and Soft Services at its four sites, namely the Automotive Supplier Park (ASP) in Rosslyn, Winterveldt Enterprise Hub Automotive, Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre in Rosslyn, and Automotive Incubation Centre at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa in Silverton.
Incubation Programmes Department
Business Development
AIDC Incubation Programmes Department was responsible for launching South Africa’s first Automotive Incubation Centre at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa’s Silverton plant in 2011 and the Winterveld Enterprise Hub: Automotive in 2014. A second Automotive Incubation Centre has been created at Nissan South Africa’s plant in Rosslyn.
AIDC’s Business Development Department (BDD) provides strategic input and support to all Key Focus Departments and Infrastructure Programmes of the organisation, with the aim to enhance, expand, increase and deepen its services offerings to both Government and automotive industry clients. The BDD supports the AIDC with project acquisition and assists each department to source funding for future projects.
Ford acquired the assistance of the AIDC in 2010 to develop and manage an incubation model that could prepare them for the production launch of the T6 Ranger. Following the success of AIDC’s GAUTENG BUSINESS 2016
Supplier and Enterprise Development
AIDC’s Supplier and Enterprise Development
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