Volkswagen and LG Electronics have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop a connected, cloud-based car service platform. The two companies will start working together on Volkswagen's Cross-Over-Platform, which ...
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Ceres Power has now finalised all agreements to begin its new relationship with Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd and M-Solv, as part of the funding arrangement from Innovate UK and The Office for Low Emission Vehicles ("OLEV") as ...
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The European Investment Bank will invest £12m in Gestamp Tallent Automotive to support and strengthen innovation and to help it develop specialised chassis and suspension products. European Investment Bank vice president Jonathan ...
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PPG has completed its new $10m coatings center of excellence at its existing complex in Tianjin, China. The new facility will serve regional customers in the automotive plastics and decorative accessories industry. The new coatings ...
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Scania has inaugurated a €10m Technology Centre in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, with engine test cells that will be used for the developing, testing and certifying of its engines. "With this initiative we are placing Brazil within ...
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The United States is expected to be the most competitive manufacturing nation, moving China into the number two position by 2020, according to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ...
Nissan will debut its concept of Micromobility at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. The new micromobility concept from Nissan is aimed at addressing the personal mobility challenges that people face or will be facing in the ...
British luxury car-maker TVR has confirmed that it will build a new factory in the Ebbw Vale Enterprise Zone in South Wales. The project will provide about 150 new high skilled jobs. Apart from creating new jobs, setting up the factory ...
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Leading automotive and transportation companies like General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Renault Nissan, Scania and Volvo Cars are supporting GSMA Embedded SIM Specification to help accelerate the growth of the connected car market. ...
The global LED production equipment market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 5% to $1.5bn in 2019, forecasts a report by analysts at Technavio. Demand for LED production equipment is currently being heavily ...
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British automaker Jaguar Land Rover is teaming up with engineering consulting company Altran to develop an open-source software platform for intelligent vehicles. The platform is expected to blend industrial and engineering techniques ...
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In response to the shift in the lighting market toward semiconductor-based technologies creating new growth opportunities, lighting company Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany says that it is to invest about €3bn in new technologies and ...
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German lighting giant Osram announced it will be spinning off its general lighting business including general LED lighting into an independent company. Osram Lamp According to the company statement: “This business includes the ...
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The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a new record high of €7.9 billion in 2012. Measured in euros the market grew 9 % over 2011, while measured in US-dollars the market grew only by 1 %. These observations ...
Sony is reportedly planning to venture into the automotive market after Google and Apple. The company is open to collaborate with traditional automakers and said that the advent of electric cars has lowered entry barriers for new ...
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