GE Capital Fleet Services has opened a new vehicle innovation center at its headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US, allowing its customers to experience electric, natural gas, propane, hydrogen and other formats of alternative fuel ...
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Novelis, a provider of aluminum automotive sheet, will invest $100m to build a new its first automotive sheet manufacturing plant in Changzhou, China. The new Changzhou plant, which will be built on more than 160 acres, will have a ...
Sevcon and Flextronics Automotive have entered into an agreement to provide hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) drivetrain systems to automotive OEM customers in Germany and other central European countries. The deal will allow combination ...
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China Motor(CMC),a Taiwan-based automotive original-equipment manufacturer(OEM),has expanded its use of Altair Engineering's HyperWorks computer-aided engineering(CAE)solutions for automobile design and development. Since 2002,engineers ...
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Plastic components manufacturer Top Plastics Poland has announced plans to move production from its plant in Bielsko-Bia? A to a larger facility in Tychy, both in Poland. The new factory will have a total space of some 2, 800m2, and it was ...
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Stanley Black & Decker announced first quarter 2012 financial results. -- 1Q'12 Revenues Increased 12% To $2.7 Billion; Organic Revenues Up 3% -- 1Q'12 Diluted GAAP EPS, Including M&A Charges, Was $0.72 -- Excluding M&A Charges, 1Q'12 ...
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5 June 2012 SiC drives material innovation for high-power electronics Due to its superior thermal and electrical properties, the wide-bandgap material silicon carbide (SiC) has emerged as a key enabling material that has the potential to ...
Tags: SiC material, MOSFET, performance criteria, Defense agencies