China's passenger car sales grew nearly 8 percent in the first four months from a year ago, with deliveries of SUVs soaring almost 49 percent, according to latest data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers yesterday. From ...
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Winter tires, also referred to as snow tires, cold weather tires, and thermal tires, improve the road safety for vehicles during winter, and thus play an important role in reducing road accidents. These tires are made of soft rubber ...
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Germany-based Erdrich Umformtechnik has expanded its operations in China with a new automotive components facility in Changzhou. The 20,000m2 facility will produce automotive parts and components that are used in steering and suspension ...
China introduced new measures on Tuesday to accelerate the quality upgrading of refined gasoline.Quality upgrading is key to preventing and controlling air pollution and will help improve the environment and living standards, said a ...
Volvo is planning to unveil a new four-seater model of the XC90 dubbed XC90 Excellence at the Shanghai International Automobile Show, which according to the company is the most luxurious car designed by the automaker. According to Volvo, ...
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The US LED lighting market should grow to $5.2bn in 2015, driven by continuously declining LED prices (due to decreasing production) cost coupled with US government initiatives such as the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and increasing consumer ...
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Philips originally planned to spin off its wholly-owned subsidiary Lumileds and automobile lighting business to make them an independent company by the end of the first half 2015. But on March 31, Philips announced a deal to sell a 80.1% ...
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Aston Martin Racing (AMR) and Hanergy have agreed to extend their partnership in the UK to further develop the capability of solar panels equipped on Aston Martin GTE racing car roof. First announced in June last year, the partnership ...
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Crash! Crunch! There are few things less like music to a homeowner's ears than the sound of a vehicle (your own or someone else's) backing solidly into your garage door. And the sight of willful damage to the garage door, whether by an ...
Trusted Computing (TCG) has unveiled solutions and a prototype designed to address security concerns in automobiles. The solutions are designed to address challenges associated with transmission of data between remote entities and ...
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BASF will once again be present with its polyurethane experts at the 2015 UTECH International Polyurethane Exhibition and Conference in Maastricht (NL). For the first time, the company will display a new roof module based on the PU system ...
Tags: "Green"Coatings, Marine Coatings, Decoration
Ford along with its Chinese partner Chongqing Changan Automobile is planning to invest $1.08bn to buy a plant owned by Chinese automaker Harbin Hafei Automobile. Changan Ford Automobile, a joint venture between Ford and its Chinese ...
German automobile manufacturer Audi is developing a new central driver assistance controller (zFAS) with high-end computing power for piloted driving. Audi has awarded a contract to technologies specialist Delphi to supply systems for ...
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Global industrial coatings market is expected to witness growth owing to increased importance of corrosion resistance, high temperature performance and enhanced service life in automotive, marine, construction and oil & gas industries. ...
Marine logistics company Oricon Enterprises (OEL), a flagship company of Parijat Enterprises, will be acquiring 70% stake in India-based Oriental Containers for $16.77m (INR105cr). OEL will buy the company from its Mauritius-based joint ...
Tags: OEL, water closures, Packaging