Major Chinese steelmaker Baosteel has announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Netherlands-based Nedschroef Group, a leading global producer of fasteners. Accordingly, Baosteel's high-strength cold forging steel will be ...
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British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is set to invest GBP100m in a car manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia to expand the production. This investment follows the company's investments in China and Brazil to establish new ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor, along with Sumitomo, has inaugurated a joint venture production plant, Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO), in Mexico. MMVO is a joint venture established by Mazda and Sumitomo to improve operations of ...
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XMOS today announces a major expansion into automotive markets, with the announcement of a range of xCORE multicore microcontrollers that are qualified to AEC-Q100 standards. "The xCORE architecture is an ideal fit for many applications ...
American auto-parts manufacturer BorgWarner is manufacturing two-speed, parttime four-wheel drive transfer case for Toyota Motor’s 2014 Toyota Tundra pickup truck in the US. The auto-parts maker is currently manufacturing the ...
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Taiwan's industrial production index in January this year decreased by 1.78 percent as compared to January 2013 and was down 2.93 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
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In January this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume increased by 2.7 percent year on year to 249,400 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA). In the given ...
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In 2013, China's total crude steel output was 779 million mt, up 7.5 percent year on year, according to a report on the overall situation in Chinese industry in 2013 released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ...
BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. “2013 was again a demanding year, with a lot of headwind for our industry. Nevertheless, we achieved our goal: We sold more, worked more closely together with ...
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Germany’s VDMA predicts positive prospects for machine vision 13 Feb 2014 National market expected to grow by 5% in 2014; Frankfurt roundtable assesses global opportunities. The German machine vision (MV) industry is on a stable ...
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Offer prices in the Argentinian ferrous scrap market are up 50% in February compared with January levels, a reflection of the steep devaluation of its currency, sources said Wednesday. On January 23, the central bank of Argentina scaled ...
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Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it will supply a new continuous galvanizing line for Chinese steelmaker Pangang Group's Chongqing plant. The line will process 450,000 mt of high-strength cold strip ...
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German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced that it has begun the construction of a new automotive supply plant in Brazil. Accordingly, in the coming months a new production facility for assembled cylinder-head modules will be built in ...
The Government of Canada has announced an additional $500m commitment over two years for innovation and new investments in Canada's auto industry included in Economic Action Plan 2014. This latest announcement expands on the government's ...
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BASF was honored with the Technological Progress Award from Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd (SGM) for the first time. The award recognized BASF's outstanding contributions to the technological progress and local innovation of SGM in ...
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