French automaker Renault has agreed to boost its presence in Iran and step up the brand's growth. The company signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with the Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) and PARTO NEGIN ...
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As early as 2013, SHACMN had exported 18,000 heavy trucks, nearly half of which was delivered to the five countries in Middle Asia and Russia. Now, SHACMAN not only set up a whole vehicle plant with an annual production of 50,000 units in ...
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Japanese automobile technology firm FOMM is scouting for a local partner to set up an electric vehicle plant in Thailand, picturing the country as a hub for European exports. The unit, estimated to entail an investment of $10m, would ...
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Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors (GWM) has signed an agreement with the Russian Tula Oblast Government for construction of an automobile manufacturing facility with investment of CNY3.2bn ($513.44m). The company will ...
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South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor is set to commence the production of heavy-duty trucks in China in 2014. The company will produce its Trago cargo and dump trucks at a new manufacturing plant in Sichuan province, which is slated to ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor is set to establish a new engine plant with an investment of BRl140m ($60m) at its new vehicle plant in Resende, Brazil. The new engine plant will open in 2014 and have a capacity to produce up to 200,000 ...
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Foton announces on October 28 that it will increase capital in Beijing Foton Cummins through cash in two phases: phase one 300 million yuan and phase two 304 million yuan. Another share holder Cummins will also increase capital based on its ...
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FAW Group has reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding to construct a vehicle plant in Rason, a port city in North Korea's far north east, close to the Chinese and Russian borders. North Korea's car industry is famously almost ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen’s Chinese joint venture Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) has opened a new vehicle manufacturing plant at Urumqi in Western China. Claimed to be the first plant in Xinjiang region and the Group's 102nd plant ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor is planning to invest about $120m to build a engine machining factory at its new vehicle production facility in Mexico. Expected to be commissioned in October 2014, the new factory will produce SKYACTIV ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan has unveiled the next-generation Teana in China. The vehicle is expected to be powered by 2.5L QR25DE petrol engine, which is mated to a Xtronic continuous variable transmission (CVT) and it is expected to ...
Renault-Nissan alliance is planning to invest about $320m (JPY30bn) to set up a low-cost vehicle manufacturing plant in India The alliance is expected to invest the amount to construct a second manufacturing plant at the company's site ...
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Malaysia based Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua (Perodua) is planning to invest RM790m ($253.8m) to set up a vehicle plant in near its current manufacturing facility in Rawang, Selangor. The new plant will produce 100,000 vehicles per year on a ...
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South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor has broken ground on a commercial vehicle plant in Ziyang, China. The plant named, Sichuan Hyundai Motor, is a 50-50 joint venture (JV) between Hyundai and China's Sichuan Nanjun Automobile Group. ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to invest EUR250m to build a new 30,000m2 engine plant in Kaluga, Russia. Volkswagen's new engine plant, which will be built next to the carmaker's vehicle plant in Kaluga, will manufacture the ...
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