For the first time, Volkswagen Truck & Bus will be presenting itself to a broad public as a group of strong brands at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2016. On the evening prior to the opening of the world's largest commercial vehicles trade ...
The supervisory board of SUSS MicroTec AG of Garching, Germany, which makes photomask aligners, laser processing systems and wafer bonders, has appointed Dr Franz Richter as a new member of the management board (with a contract running for ...
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Following its sale earlier this year to the Chinese company Chengdu Techcent Environment Group, the former Bilfinger subsidiary Water Technologies has been renamed Aqseptence Group. “Combining the words ‘aqua’ and ...
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The technology and capital goods group voestalpine plans to increase its revenue in the NAFTA region from the present EUR 1.2 billion to EUR 3 billion by 2020. A new %500m order for its automotive sector brings the company one step closer ...
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Daimler Trucks has unveiled the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck, a fully electric heavy-duty truck with a range of up to 200km and an admissible total weight of 26 tonnes. The eTruck is based on a heavy-duty, three axle short-radius ...
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BMW has launched a new car-sharing service in Seattle called, “ReachNow”, similar to its European service, “DriveNow”. With this service, US customers will be able to choose from a range of services from bespoke ...
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Siegwerk Druckfarben, one of the international suppliers of printing inks for packaging applications, labels, and catalogs, has signed a contract to purchase the printing ink manufacturer ACTEGA Colorchemie and its subsidiaries. The ...
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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen will be exhibiting the digitized future of the print media industry under the motto "Simply Smart". At its heart, this topic is about the pressing need for print shops to continuously improve their efficiency ...
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LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the polypropylene (PP) compounding assets of Zylog Plastalloys (Zylog) of ...
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BASF/Wintershall and Gazprom have already been cooperating successfully for a quarter of a century: The two companies laid the foundations for their cooperation in autumn 1990 with a long-term agreement to market Russian natural gas in ...
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Sports car manufacturer Porsche, an arm of German automotive giant Volkswagen, will pump in more than Eur1.1bn for modernizing its manufacturing units for launching more car variants by 2020. The initiative comes under an agreement, ...
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German automobile major Volkswagen (VW) is set to undergo a restructuring process that will ultimately end up splitting the firm into four holding companies for managing its 12 brands. In what has been dubbed as decentralization of ...
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MAHLE is opening two new manufacturing plants this week in Ramos Arizpe and Celaya, Mexico, to support automotive customers with assembly operations in the central and northeastern regions of the country. Grand opening ceremonies for a ...
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Volkswagen has launched a new integrated commercial vehicles group, Truck & Bus GmbH, bringing together a structured framework for business with mid-sized and heavy trucks and buses. Led by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft management ...
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Croatian food company Podravka has agreed to purchase 51.55% regular shares of Slovenia’s food producer Zito for a total amount of €33m. The Croatian firm will pay €180.1 per share and the acquisition is subject to ...
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