The Indian steel rim producer Steel Strips Wheels Ltd (SSWL) has announced that it registered net sales of INR 754 million ($14.15 million) in January, down 7.25 percent compared to the corresponding month of 2012. In terms of units sold, ...
In December last year, South Korea's new car registrations fell 14.5 percent month on month and were up 35.3 percent year on year to 10,663 units, according to the data released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association ...
In November 2012, the turnover in France's manufacturing industry decreased significantly by 1.9 percent month on month, following a month-on-month rise recorded in October, according to France's National Institute of Statistics and ...
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Solera Holdings, a provider of software and services to the automobile insurance claims processing industry, has completed purchase of HyperQuest. The acquisition is expected to further strengthen the company's claim solutions offering ...
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Images purportedly revealing the planned design of the never-released 2013 Saab 9-3 have been leaked by a Swedish automotive website. Three low-resolution screenshots of the next-generation Saab 9-3 were published by Auto Motor und Sport, ...
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Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. has completed its acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings for $4.9 billion and announced that the company is being renamed Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems is a ...
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Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan has opened a paint plant in Smyrna, Tennessee in the US, which the company claims as its most advanced plant. The new 250,000sqft facility will be located adjacent to the company's vehicle ...
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In January, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.4 percent, down by 0.2 percentage points month-on-month, still above the threshold. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was ...
Manufacturing growth began 2013 on a strong note in January, according to the January Manufacturing report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, ...
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Tegile Systems, a pioneer in primary storage de-duplication in virtualized server and desktop environments, announced today that Billion Automobile, GMC's fourth largest U.S. dealership, has implemented Tegile's Zebi Storage Array to serve ...
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General Motors has recalled about 13,680 vehicles of different models with diverse problems. The recall effects 8,519 units of 2013 modeled Chevrolet Malibu sedans in the US, due to one or more rear suspension bolts that have not been ...
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Microsoft this week launched the first two of its new pay-as-you-go subscription plans for Office. The company's rarely-shy CEO Steve Ballmer called the sales approach "an entirely new way to think about the productivity experience," and ...
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Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Zhangjiagang Yangtze Cold Rolling Co., a subsidiary of Shagang Group, has carried out a successful hot run test on its new continuous pickling line unit No. 1, which is part of its 1,420 mm cold ...
Japanese automobile production in December 2012 totaled 702,285 units, decreasing by 145,965 units or 17.2 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. December was the fourth straight month of decrease following year-on-year ...
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American Honda today announced it will integrate support for Siri into its 2013 Honda Accord and Acura RDX and ILX models as a dealer installed option. Later this year, owners with a compatible iPhone running iOS 6 can direct Siri to ...
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