German technical and decorative plastic materials firm Benecke-Kaliko has kicked off work for construction of a new 7,000 square metre unit near its plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, for producing Tepeo and Tepeo 2 foils for automotive ...
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ThyssenKrupp has opened a new automotive steering components plant in Puebla, Mexico. The facility complements ThyssenKrupp's existing plants that produce components for the automotive industry in Mexico. The company's products include ...
SAS Textiles, a Los Angeles based fashion fabrics marketer has launched SAS Sport line of synthetic performance fabrics developed for athletic, outdoor, and lifestyle customers. SAS has utilised its wide range of equipment to offer a ...
US based synthetic yarn producer, Unifi, Inc. said it is expanding polyester texturing capacity in the US and Central America to support growing demand for synthetic yarn in the NAFTA and CAFTA regions. Unifi is expanding capacity at ...
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Volkswagen has announced its plans to invest $1bn to expand and modernize its Puebla plant in Mexico. The German automaker is planning to manufacture Tiguan compact crossover SUV in the Mexican plant, which currently produces Golf on ...
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FCA US is recalling 66,819 older-model pickup trucks with manual transmissions to replace their faulty clutch ignition interlock switches. The company will recall certain Dodge Dakota, Dodge Ram 1500, 2500, 3500 and Mitsubishi Raider ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has introduced a new Ostar Stage LED for stage lighting that, compared with previous members of the product family, offers more than twice the lumen output but with a component surface ...
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Disc brake technology maker Brembo is planning to invest $39 m to build a new aluminum caliper production plant in Mexico. The plant expected to produce two million calipers per year for users in NAFTA region which includes US, Canada and ...
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Pierluigi Dinelli was named chairman and CEO of Pirelli’s NAFTA region, effective Janaury 2015. Pirelli Tire North America Inc. named new leadership to head its operations in North America, effective January 2015. Pierluigi ...
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Lonza Inc. has appointed Koda Distribution Group (KDG) as its representative for the Functional Chemicals line of products, effective December 1, 2014. The functional ingredients are typically sold into the plastic additives and ...
According to the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), August exports increased 4.1 percent from their July level to total 1.05 million net tons. Exports had fallen 3.3 percent in July, after being nearly unchanged in June and ...
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According to the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), to just over 1 million net tons. While exports to Canada were virtually unchanged from June to July at 536,892 net tons, and the amount of steel sent to Mexico increased ...
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US-NAFTA freight totaled $103.0 billion in June 2014 as all five major transportation modes – air, vessel, pipeline, rail, and trucks – carried more freight by value in June 2014 than in June 2013, according to the TransBorder ...
Austria-based steel producer voestalpine has announced that it has signed another agreement with Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) for the supply of 400,000 mt of hot briquetted iron (HBI) produced in Texas. ...
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CRP Automotive announced that it is the first to market with ContiTech replacement belts for applications that use start/stop technology. The new belts, ContiTech Silent Grip and ContiTech Tough Grip, were originally developed by ContiTech ...
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