Automotive safety system maker Autoliv has joined the Drive Me project under which the company will work with Volvo to accelerate the autonomous driving (AD) initiative. Drive Me project was established in 2013, and it is a joint ...
Tags: Autoliv, Volvo, autonomous driving
The joint venture (JV) between French automotive company Renault and Chinese automaker Dongfeng is planning to build a mid-sized all-electric sedan for the Chinese market. The JV Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company (DRAC) said that the ...
Tags: Dongfeng, Renault, all-electric sedan
Specialty label and packaging company CCL Industries is planning to invest around $35m in its facility in Guanajuato, Mexico over the next three years. The investment will see the addition of new equipment to manufacture plastic laminate ...
PPG Industries has completed the expansion work worth $27m at its coatings manufacturing facility in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico. Work under the expansion included the addition of space for production, product development and ...
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) together with analog foundry ...
Tags: Panasonic, CMOS, Semiconductor, wireless communication, automotive radar
At the International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL 2015) in Darmstadt, Germany (29–30 September), Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany is unveiling the Oslon Black Flat S, a surface-mount technology (SMT) LED ...
Tags: Osram Oslon, LED, Semiconductors, headlamps
Closure Systems International's (CSI) capping equipment designers, systems engineers and closure designers collaborated to develop the Intelli-Torq Servo Capper. This computer-controlled capping machine continuously monitors and ...
Tags: Closure Systems, Capper, glass bottles, plastic bottles
At the recent European Coatings Conference on Automotive Coatings on September 24 and 25 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Dr. Klemens Bartmann, Global Technology Director at Axalta Coating Systems, a leading manufacturer of liquid and powder ...
Tags: Coatings, Advanced Coating
Orion Engineered Carbons (Booth B/9) will highlight five Specialty Carbon Black pigments, including its new generation of treated Specialty Carbon Blacks, at ABRAFATI 2015 in São Paulo, Brazil, October 13th through 15 th. COLOUR ...
Tags: Orion, Carbon Blacks, Pigments, industrial coatings
BASF is expanding its range of engineering plastics for the dynamic market of electric and hybrid vehicles. Tailor-made Ultramid® and Ultradur® materials are now available globally for equipping vehicle-interior and -exterior ...
Tags: BASF, engineering plastics, coolants, flame retardant
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has introduced a new platform of liquid and powder coatings systems for the automotive parts and accessories industry across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The new platform ...
Tags: PPG, liquid coatings, powder coatings, sealants, adhesives
Ford has introduced all-new SYNC 3 technology including advanced voice recognition and touch screen user interface to create apps that enhance the in-car user experience. "Ford challenges developers to find new and exciting ways to ...
Tags: Ford, SYNC AppLink, voice recognition, touch screen
BorgWarner supplies Eco-Launch stop/start accumulator technology and multi-segment wet friction plates for the new 8-speed rear-wheel drive automatic transmission (8L45) from General Motors. To enable the transmission's stop/start ...
Tags: BorgWarner, transmission, Eco-Launch stop/start accumulator
Japanese automaker Subaru has announced plan to invest $140m in its Indiana plant in the US to boost its production capacity by 100,000 units per year. The plant currently produces 300,000 units. The investment will be made by Subaru ...
Tags: Subaru, Fuji Heavy Industries, Indiana
Mercedes-Benz said that it would be investing $1.3bn in its Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama to increase production of its next generation SUVs. The investment is expected to allow the company to be more flexible and efficient in the ...