PPG Industries recently held a ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new automotive coatings development and application center in Tianjin, China. This facility is the first of its kind locally, and it will focus on the development of ...
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Float glass is the largest process type, accounting for a lion’s share of the global flat glass demand. In developed markets like Europe and the United States, vehicle manufacturers are gravitating towards the use of laminated side ...
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The market for automotive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in China is forecast to grow to a value of $3.1bn in 2019, up from $971m in 2013, according to a recently published report by IMS Research. Adoption of ADAS products are ...
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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recommended car makers limit in-car distractions related to electronic communications, entertainment and navigation devices due to an increased crash risk. Released as a ...
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With 700Nm of torque sent to the road via the rear wheels, the Ford Fiesta E-Wheel Drive isn’t your typical city car. Developed by German engineering company Schaeffler in collaboration with Ford, the Fiesta E-Wheel Drive debuts the ...
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It's full speed ahead for connected cars as more consumers crave and demand integration of smartphones and vehicle dashboards. A recent study capturing the opinions of 8,000 consumers across eight countries discovered that buyers "expect ...
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Brazil-based ArcelorMittal Vega, part of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced that it has completed a $10 million investment to install new post-treatment technology on its galvanizing line No. 1. The new technology ...
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The new Toyota RAV4 is practical, fuel efficient, spacious, and, overall, a really easy car to live with. But there's one thing that is unexpectedly complicated: child seat installations. We install child restraints into every vehicle we ...
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The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has called on Australian governments to show more support for the nation's manufacturing sector. The union claims governments are now buying fewer locally-made cars at a time when they ...
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PATNA: The city traffic cops, it seems, are yet to take any lesson from the Delhi gang-rape incident that took place in a moving bus with tinted glass and heavy curtains. All the vehicle repair centres in the city openly put coloured films ...
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Brazil's motor vehicle output in February this year decreased by 17.9 percent from the previous month to 229,300 units, according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Anfavea). The country's motor vehicle output ...
Little Guy Worldwide, one of America's fastest growing recreational vehicle manufacturers, has teamed up with survival expert Tim Ralston to produce and promote the "Bug Out Survival Shelter" or BOSS, for short. The BOSS trailer is based ...
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French engineering and technology consulting firm, Alten, is planning to set up an automotive testing facility in Chennai, India. The facility is aimed at assisting automobile manufacturers surrounding Chennai to outsource testing of ...
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Brazil's motor vehicle output in January this year increased by 7.7 percent from the previous month to 279,300 units, according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Anfavea). Brazil's motor vehicle output was up by 39.1 ...
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German chemical company BASF is delivering paints for the ComfortClass 500 bus produced by Setra, a brand of Daimler subsidiary EvoBus. The new bus, which was unveiled at the 2012 International Automobile-Ausstellung (IAA) Commercial ...