BASF Shanghai Coatings has opened its new €50m automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China, in a move to strengthen its position as a leading coatings supplier to the automotive industry. The ...
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The optoelectronic component market has been dominated by a number of applications in recent years. For LEDs, backlighting and the emergence of solid state lighting are the main applications. In the optocoupler and photo relay markets focus ...
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KSR International, Inc., a leading Tier One automotive supplier, has acquired Electronic Motion Systems (EMS), an innovative electronics supplier with Manufacturing based in Swansea, Wales and a Development Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, ...
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Commercial vehicle manufacturing volumes in the UK dropped by 23% in the first half of 2014 to 37,460 units, compared to 48,664 units in the same period last year, according to the latest data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and ...
The University of Warwick has been selected as the site for the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), a £1bn project for the development of low carbon propulsion systems. With a national Spoke network, the center will enable ...
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Test systems and position sensors supplier MTS Systems has unveiled a new Motorsports Technology Group in its test business. The new group will provide technical solutions and support to the motorsports sector in automotive industry. ...
Mercedes-Benz, division of German manufacturer Daimler, has inaugurated a new training center in Shanghai, its fifth such facility in China. Claimed to be the brand's largest passenger car training center in the world, the facility ...
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OLEDs from Osram OLED panels will be on a par with LEDs in terms of performance by next year, according to a market report. The report by UBI, a South Korean research company, said the OLED lighting market will still be very small in ...
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In the first four months of this year, Spanish steel exports amounted to 3.2 million mt, up 6.9 percent year on year, while the value of these exports totaled €2.44 million, according to the Spanish steelmakers association Unesid. ...
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Japanese automotive components manufacturer Denso has revealed plans to strengthen its transmission components manufacturing capabilities at its plant in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The $53.8m project will allow the company to cater to ...
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Taiwan's industrial production index in May this year increased by 5.19 percent as compared to May 2013 and was up 4.51 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's seasonally ...
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UK-based vehicle manufacturer and a subsidiary of General Motors, Vauxhall Motors is set to start production of its new Vivaro van at its Luton plant with an investment of £185m over the next ten years. Of the total investment, the ...
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Electronic components manufacturer Pulse Electronics has introduced a new concept to provide EMC/EMI protection for automotive electronics, the HOT ROD I-Bar chokes for automotive networks. I-Bar HOT ROD range of chokes are said to be ...
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LASYS 2014 to see demo of high-power welding with online seam tracking; BMW-Mini already a fan. Laser positioning and deflection technology developer Scanlab and subsidiary Blackbird Robotics will be presenting their new robot-assisted 3D ...
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Korea-based auto supplier Hanil E Hwa Interior Systems Georgia will expand its existing LaGrange facility by investing $5.5m at the Troup County facility over the next two years. "The international automotive industry has repeatedly ...
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