The domination of prestige electric cars looks like becoming a reality, at least in California, with Elon Musk’s Tesla Model S already outselling a host of luxury competitors in the first half of 2013. A report by the Californian ...
South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor has completed the expansion of its vehicle assembly plant in Turkey with an investment of EUR475m. The Turkish facility, Hyundai Assan Otomotive Sanayi (HAOS) in Izmit, was built in 1997 and it is ...
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SCIGRIP, the global leader in adhesive solutions, has appointed Mark Rogan as European Key Account Manager. Mark will be responsible for SCIGRIP's sales activity and customer account management in select regions of Europe and the ...
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Northwest European acrylonitrile-styrene-butadiene and polystyrene producers are raising their competitiveness in order to retain market share in the fast growing Turkish market, market sources said this week. European producers are ...
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Telecommunications giant Telefónica is to deploy Microsoft Office 365 and Yammer across its business to encourage collaboration and standardise the use of software among its 150,000-strong workforce. Telefónica has a ...
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Provider of integrated communication solutions, Telefónica, has announced that it will deploy Microsoft Office 365 and Yammer across its operating businesses to employees worldwide. The technologies are part of the company's global ...
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According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q2 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), the total steel tube output in the European Union is estimated to have decreased by one ...
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The next-generation Nissan Micra will mark the return of European production of the city car, with manufacturing to start at a Renault plant in France in 2016. Taking advantage of the existing alliance between Nissan and Renault, an ...
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Ford is planning to invest £24m at its Bridgend engine plant in Wales for manufacturing the new 1.5L EcoBoost gasoline engine. Additionally, Welsh Government has supported Ford's investment by offering £12m in non repayable ...
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DAF Trucks, the Netherlands-based truck manufacturing firm, has launched the new PACCAR MX-11 engine, which is complaint with Euro 6 standard. The new 10.8L, six-cylinder, in-line engine generates an output between 290hp and 440hp, while ...
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The all-new Ford Fiesta ST will hit the road running in the UK, with over 600 orders taken for the baby hot-hatch before it arrives in showrooms later this month. Ford UK expects to sell at least 5000 of the 1.6-litre turbo Fiestas, ...
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Western European production of ethylene, propylene and butadiene in the fourth quarter of 2012 was down from the same period of 2011, according to the Association of Petrochemical Producers in Europe this week. Ethylene production in the ...
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BASF has expanded its partnership with Nissan, now supplying the automaker with coatings and paints for the Pathfinder and Infiniti models at its Smyrna plant in Tennessee. BASF supplies Nissan with coating solutions from e-coat and ...
Indian flexible packaging manufacturer Uflex will secure EUR30m financing for its third expansion project in Poland, from KfW IPEX-Bank in Germany. Uflex is establishing its first European production facility in Wrzesnia, Poland, which ...
International Glass Machinery Industry The glass equipment industry has high dependence on the international market, building safety regulations in many countries have mandatory use of architectural glass, high-rise buildings, and energy ...
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