In April of the current year, new motor vehicle registrations (including automobiles and commercial vehicles) in the German market totaled 300,650 units, down by 8.61 month on month and decreasing 3.51 percent year on year, according to the ...
Tags: Auto Output, motor vehicle
BASF has invested €2.5 million in its Demarchi coatings site, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, to expand its capacity to service Brazil’s automotive industry with waterborne automotive coatings. The goal is to ...
Tags: Automotive Coatings, BASF
On the occasion of the upcoming World Convention 2014 of the IACDE, the Human Solutions Group is organizing a visit to its headquarters in Kaiserslautern on 6 May this year. Managing Director Dr. Andreas Seidl will illustrate the ...
Steel is still expected to remain the main material of choice for carmakers, as shifting to aluminium is a costly process and Asian markets are unlikely to be open to taking on these costs, according to a report published Friday by ...
Tags: Aluminium, Auto-Making, Steel
"We had a good start to the year in our chemicals business and in the Agricultural Solutions segment. We sold more. This more than compensated for the negative effects on sales from the comparatively weak U.S. dollar and currencies in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemicals, Oil, Gas
BASF was named a 2014 Automotive News Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence (PACE) Award winner in the product category for the Ultramid A3L polyamide resin. The mold-in-color high touch, high gloss black product was ...
Tags: Basf, Construction, Coating
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel Ltd (Kobe) has issued its financial results for the fiscal year 2013-14 ended March 31. For the given period, Kobe Steel has reported a net profit of JPY 70.2 billion ($686.4 million), compared to a net loss ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Construction
BASF sponsored and participated in the 2014 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, April 8-10, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. As among the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, BASF offered ...
Tags: Construction, BASF, Chemicals
Taiwan's industrial production index in March this year increased by 3.05 percent as compared to March 2013 and was up 18.29 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that the Chinese steelmaker Angang Steel Company (Angang) has ordered a continuous hot dip galvanizing line. The line will be installed in a new plant near the city of Guangzhou in the province of ...
Tags: Angang Steel, Galvanizing Line
BASF sponsored and participated in the 2014 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, April 8-10, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. As among the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, BASFoffered ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
HELLA, a developer and manufacturer of lighting and electronic components for the automotive industry, has teamed up with Paul Vahle to develop inductive wireless charging systems for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles (EVs). Inductive ...
Tags: EVs, Wireless Charging Systems
Overall, 2014 is expected to be a great year for the supercapacitor industry. Based on 2013 industry results, IDTechEx confirms its outlook for a 30% CAGR in the next 10 years. The supercapacitor market will reach a value of $6 billion in ...
Tags: Automotive, Supercapacitors
In March this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume increased by 16.3 percent year on year to 277,314 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA). In the given ...
Tags: Auto, light commercial vehicle, car, vehicle
Toyota Corolla is now exported from Mississippi to the World. With this move, a total of nine US-Assembled Toyota Models are now exported to 32 countries. At a ceremony this afternoon with team members, elected officials and community and ...
Tags: Toyota, Corolla, Toyota Models