In August of the current year, new motor vehicle registrations (including automobiles and commercial vehicles) in the German market totaled 236,610 units, down 22.81 percent month on month and increasing by 0.31 percent year on year, ...
Korean automaker Kia announced it will invest more than US$2.5 billion with their suppliers in Nuevo Leon, as Ternium is ready to supply steel to them. The company will build an assembly plant in the town of Pesquería, which is ...
Tags: KIA, Automotive Industry
LG Innotek, a leading global components manufacturer, today announced that the company has developed world's first "rare earth free" automotive dual-clutch transmission (DCT) motor. The development of the new DCT motor and associated ...
Tags: LG Innotek, DCT Motor, Auto
Taiwan's industrial production index in July this year increased by 6.08 percent as compared to July 2013 and was up 4.03 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's seasonally ...
Tags: Taiwan, Production Index, Energy
The Productivity Commission’s final report into Australia’s automotive manufacturing industry neglects the profound effect the implementation of the government’s budgetary measures will have on the automotive component ...
Tags: Automotive Industry, Budget Victim, Service
Malaysia has initiated a safeguard investigation against hot rolled plate imports after the complaint filed by the domestic producer Ji Kang Dimensi Sdn Bhd, according to the country's official gazette on Monday, August 18. According to ...
Hyundai Motor is planning to build two vehicle manufacturing plants in China. The car maker is planning to remodel one of its partners, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding's plant and wants to build another plant in the sub continent. ...
Tags: Hyundai Motor, Vehicle Manufacturing Plants, Auto Parts
Turkey's leading steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann Boru has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half this year, posting a net profit of TRY 18.2 million ($8.4 million) in the second quarter, rising from ...
Tags: Borusan Mannesmann, Results, Energy
In recent years, the optoelectronic component market has been dominated by a number of applications, namely LEDs, backlighting and the emergence of solid state lighting. In the optocoupler and photo-relay markets, the focus has been on the ...
Tags: Automotive Industry, LED lighting
BASF and the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), building on a decade of successful joint research and development, are expanding their cooperation on emissions reduction. Under a new strategic agreement, the two ...
Tags: BASF, CRAES, Construction, Decoration
Net Driven announced that strong growth in online marketing investments by North America’s automotive businesses is fueling continued expansion at the provider of website and Internet marketing solutions for tire, automotive service, ...
Tags: Net Driven, growth, Auto Parts
TDK Corporation has developed a new series of 3-terminal feedthrough filters that are designed to meet the automotive industry’s demands for EMC components in emerging safetyClass X capacitors are used in “across-the-line” ...
Tags: TDK, Electrical, Electronics
CEO and President Patrick Sandone recently hosted an open house for Net Driven's new headquarters in Scranton, Pa. So much went on at the inaugural meeting of the Automotive Dealer Council that we needed a second Web item to cover it all! ...
Tags: Tire, Social Media, Accessories
Brazil’s car fleet will triple by 2050, said government-run energy research agency Empresa de Pesquisa Energetica (EPE). According to an EPE report, Brazil should have 130 million cars running on the streets by 2050. The growth in ...
Tags: Brazil, Car Fleet, Metallurgy
Measurement Specialties, an expert in sensor design and manufacturing, has received TS 16949 certification as well as a renewed ISO 9001 at its Bevaix, Switzerland facility. These two certifications demonstrate that the facility employs the ...