The Volkswagen Group reported a solid performance in the first nine months of fiscal year 2013, despite the ongoing difficult market environment. Including China, Group deliveries increased by 4.8 percent to 7.2 million vehicles worldwide. ...
Mercedes-Benz Vans and BASF have joined forces in the growth market of Russia. BASF is supplying all of the paints for the recently launched production of the Sprinter Classic van. Mercedes-Benz Vans manufactures the Sprinter Classic for ...
Tags: Paints, Construction
Bridgestone Corp. announced it will increase capacity at its Wuxi plant in China to meet rising demand for high-performance tires. The company will invest $139 million to boost production by about 5,300 tires a day. The capacity increase ...
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Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire, a group company of Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone, is set to invest CNY852m ($139m) to expand production capacity at its passenger car radial tire plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. This move by the tiremaker ...
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Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone is set to establish a new plant in Celaya City Guanajuato, Mexico with an investment of JPY1.4bn ($14.3m) for the production of polyurethane foam for automobile seats. This new plant marks the company's ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in August of the current year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey decreased by 5.4 percent year on year to 86,274 units, down 35.5 percent on ...
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The interior of the all-new Mercedes-Benz V-Class has been revealed ahead of its anticipated 2014 debut. The planned successor to the Viano van, Mercedes-Benz says the new V-Class will be its largest passenger car and the ideal vehicle ...
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In September this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 0.72 percent month on month and 10.2 percent year on year, with the growth rate in question down 0.2 percentage points compared to the year-on-year increase ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Industrial
Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam, a subsidiary of Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone, is set to invest JPY41.6bn ($422.8m) in its new passenger car radial tires(PSR) plant in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. This move of the company is aimed at ...
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Giti Tire has established two new Technical Centers, one in North America and one in Germany, Europe. The move marks a significant development in the research and development capabilities of the company, with both sites working in ...
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Centric Parts, a North American manufacturer and supplier of aftermarket brake components and systems, has released the Centric Parts 2014 Brake Systems Catalog (2010-2014). The publication details Centric's complete range of brake, wheel ...
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According to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD), in September this year Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 111,769 units, increasing 12.2 percent year on year. In September of the ...
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Mazda Australia has ruled out selling locally the diesel or hybrid version of its third-generation Mazda 3, which is due to go on-sale early next year. Although the Australian arm of the Japanese brand admits the diesel in the outgoing ...
According to the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD), in the first nine months of the current year motor vehicle sales in Turkey totaled 613,942 units, rising by 9.9 percent as compared to the corresponding period of the ...
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Affected by the Sino-Japanese relations for a long time, Japanese sales rebound in September. The China association of automobile manufacturers recently said that the Japanese passenger car sales in China in September increase 35.1% ...
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