In January this year, new passenger car registrations in the German market remained stable year on year at 192,100 units and were down six percent compared to December 2012, according to the data released by the German Association of the ...
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According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q1 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), the total steel tube output in the European Union decreased by 5.5 percent year on year in ...
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It was less than 20 years ago that Samsung was seen as a cheap electronic supplier with its fair share of quality issues, yet today it's a major player in electronics – everything from smartphones to televisions and whitegoods. The ...
Italian Anfia automotive industry association announced recently, Italian new car sales reached 113,525 vehicles in January this year, down 17.58% year on year compared to 137,745 vehicles in January, 2012. Fiat Group Italian sales ...
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Italy's new car registrations amounted to 113,525 units in January, down 17.6 percent year on year, according to the Italian automotive industry association Anfia. Anfia president Roberto Vavassori stated, "The opening of 2013 witnessed ...
French media reported in January the French vehicle license registration declined by 15%, the French automotive industry recession continued. Too much demand for small cars leads to the predicament of the local automotive industry in ...
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German carmaker Audi has opened a Research & Development (R&D) Center in Beijing, China to strengthen its innovations in Asian region. The center is spread across an area of 8,000sqm and houses aboratories, prototype and R&D workshops. ...
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Newlife returns to Première Vision for the PE 2014, with its Eco-Innovation Library – hall 5, booth D15 – packed with new items and new ideas, and fortified by an exciting end to 2012. In November 2012 the Newlife ...
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General Motors has appointed former Volkswagen chief Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann to the role of CEO of its European operations, Opel. Neumann, 51, becomes chairman of the management board of Adam Opel AG, effective March 1, 2013, as well as ...
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BASF Shanghai Coatings, a subsidiary of the German chemical company BASF, has started construction of a new automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China. Scheduled to start production in early 2014, the new ...
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BMW and Toyota have revealed more details of the partnership that will see the two global automotive giants collaborate on a pair of new sports cars and technology for a range of next-generation hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles. Having ...
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Daimler, Ford and Nissan have entered into a unique three-way alliance that will see the three leading global automakers collaborate on a common hydrogen fuel cell system to power their future zero-emission vehicles. The joint venture ...
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In recent years, Baosteel increases input in material development and application and fully supports national energy strategy engineering and automobile industry development. On January 18, at 2012 National Science and Technology Awards ...
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Taiwan's industrial production index in December 2012 climbed by 2.4 percent as compared to December 2011 after rising by a revised 5.9 percent year on year in November, and was down 2.55 percent month on month, according to the country's ...
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The stringent requirements for energy efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions make the selection of the electrical components increasingly important in the design of cars. From electric power-steering and stop-start technologies ...
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