In the first half of the year, the strong performance of the Renault and Dacia brands in Europe, driven by the success of Clio, Captur, Duster phase 2 and Sandero, enabled the Group to offset the sharp slowdown in its main emerging markets. ...
Tags: Renault, Dacia, Auto Parts
Mando, a part of Halla Group, has opened a new auto parts facility in Meriwether, Georgia, US marking its second plant in the state. The new plant can accommodate 170,000 rack type-electronic power steering (R-EPS) systems, 600,000 ...
Tags: Mando, auto parts facility, Auto Parts
US-based food company General Mills has opened its new $15m technology and quality centre in China, as the company plans further investment and growth in the country. The 75,000ft2 facility will focus on developing a wide range of food ...
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Brazil's motor vehicle output in June this year decreased by 23.3 percent from the previous month and fell by 33.3 percent year on year to 215,934 units (excluding agricultural vehicles), according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle ...
Tags: auto parts, auto, Motor Vehicle, Vehicle
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., one of South Korea's leading steelmakers, plans to become a global supplier of high-end steel products as part of efforts to brush off tough competition with Chinese and Japanese rivals, South Korea's media said on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first five months of this year finished steel imports from China to Latin America increased by 81 percent year on year to 3.4 million metric tons. Latin America, which ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Finished Steel, Steel
Nike dealers in Brazil have marked down its official team jersey for Team Brazil by 35 percent due to a glut of counterfeit jerseys in the country, Bloomberg News reported. The magazine reported that a survey of stores operated by one of ...
Austria-based steelmaker voestalpine has announced that it will supply 120,000 mt of high-strength linepipe plates for Brazilian multinational Petrobras' third pipeline in the world's largest oilfield, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
German automobile producer BMW has announced that it will invest $1 billion in its first production plant in Mexico, which is to be built in close proximity to the city of San Luis Potosí. BMW board member Harald Kruger said the new ...
Brazil's national statistics agency (IBGE) has reported that in May this year industrial production in the largest Latin American country decreased by 0.6 percent compared to April, declining for the third consecutive month on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Metal Product
Significant decreases of futures contracts of cotton traded at ICE Futures have been concerning Brazilian sellers. The lower interest from China and expectations of a higher supply in Brazil as well as in the United States have been ...
For the first time, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will be organizing the 25th edition of Bangladesh Apparel and Textile Exhibition (BATEXPO) outside Bangladesh. BATEXPO-2014 will take place in ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Textile
Compared to other industries, the technology industry has a truly cross-regional reach. Supply chains for products like semi-conductors, consumer electronics, mobile devices, PCs, tablets and printers are global in nature, as parts are ...
Back in 2010, the European Union's Ad-Hoc Working Group on Defining Critical Raw Materials published its first criticality analysis for raw materials. Its goal was fairly simple: to define the raw materials critical to the EU’s ...
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Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials, fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials, announces the opening of its South Korean subsidiary. Lectra has been ...
Tags: Textile