The 2015 Polyurethanes Technical Conference will highlight issues and topics specific to the automotive market at the three-day event this October. Hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), the conference is set to take ...
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Electric motors and motion subsystems firm Johnson Electric Holdings will purchase Stackpole International group of companies, an engine and transmission pumps powder metal components supplier for automotive sector in a deal valued at ...
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Test systems and position sensors suppliers MTS Systems Corporation and CATARC (China's Automotive Technology & Research Center) have consolidated their tie-up with the latter’s opening of a new test facility in China. Backed by the ...
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R&P and Shanghai Hop Zenith Chemical Trading have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for floating a joint venture to set up a unit in China for production and distribution of Thermoplastic PolyOlefin (TPO) compounds for the ...
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Japanese automotive test systems firm Horiba has acquired the vehicle engineering, research and product testing business of UK-based Mira, extending its portfolio to next generation mobility. The new entity, henceforth known as Horiba ...
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Automobile major Volvo Cars has acquired 100% stake in Swedish high performance carmaker Polestar as well as the brand, set to be utilized as model name for high performance vehicles out of its stable. Currently developing and ...
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With funding of about €3.9m from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 12 partners in the German automotive sector, its supply industry and the sciences (led by Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany) are ...
Spanish automotive supplier Gestamp is looking to develop advanced high strength steels, with improved stiffness and reduced weight, fit for chassis manufacturing. As part of the project co-funded by Centro para el Desarrollo ...
US-based liquid and powder coatings firm Axalta Coating Systems, which caters to the automotive sector including OEM vehicles and commercial vehicles, has launched zinc-rich, corrosion-resistant coating system called Ganicin. Fused ...
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Richard Eden, senior analyst (Power Semiconductors) at market research firm IHS Technology, attended the recent PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2015 tradeshow in Nuremberg, Germany (19-21 May), and in a Research Note has ...
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Over the past 10 years, visible light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been adopted widely in many different applications, as prices have fallen and new technologies have been developed to make full use of them. The infrared LED market is now ...
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SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association released a report today titled, “Plastics Market Watch: Plastics in the Fast Lane,” that anticipates an increased use of plastics in automobiles as economic and demographic forces ...
Luxembourg based steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to build an automotive steel manufacturing facility in India. As per the MoU, both the ...
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Automotive emissions control systems manufacturer Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies (FECT) is planning to establish a new production facility in Columbus, Indiana. The proposed 400,000ft2 facility will see around $61m in investment, ...
Raytheon Professional Services (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company has signed a long-term contract with Honda Motor Europe Limited for the outsourcing of all development of their Pan-European dealer training, as well as domestic ...
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