Axalta Coating Systems, a supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has acquired United Paint’s automotive interior rigid thermoplastics coatings business for undisclosed sum. Following the deal, production will temporarily remain at ...
Tags: Axalta Coating Systems, powder coatings, liquid coatings
u-blox has expanded its product offering with automotive qualified product variants added to their range of positioning and cellular wireless connectivity modules. The additions comprise the NEO-M8Q-01A and NEO-M8L-01A, and respectively ...
Tags: U-Blox, Connectivity Modules
The AgieCharmilles AM S 290 Tooling, based on the EOS technology, is GF Machining Solutions’ first 3D printing solution fully aligned with the mission of resolving manufacturers’ real-life application and business challenges ...
Tags: Plastic Injection, EOS technology
Car washing equipment is a must-see exhibit category among others at this year’s Automechanika Frankfurt, staged September 13 through 17 (photo courtesy of UDN.com). The leading international names from the car-wash business will ...
The Netherlands-based Lightweight Containers is opening a new production plant in Grossbreitenbach, Germany. The fully automated production line has a capacity of 400 KeyKeg® Slimlines per hour and will be operational in the third ...
Workshops for repair specialists at Automechanika Frankfurt are a long-standing tradition and, this year, trade visitors can choose between twelve different professional-development courses – free of charge and in German or English. ...
Tags: Auto Repairing, BASF Coatings
Daimler Trucks has unveiled the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck, a fully electric heavy-duty truck with a range of up to 200km and an admissible total weight of 26 tonnes. The eTruck is based on a heavy-duty, three axle short-radius ...
Tags: Daimler Trucks, heavy-duty truck
Ford Motor and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working together on a new research project that measures how pedestrians move in urban areas to improve certain public transportation services for ride-hailing and ...
Tags: Ford Motor, Electric Shuttles
FCA US has secured orders to deliver 580 Dodge Charger Pursuit police sedans to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The sedans will replace aging sedans and utility vehicles in CHP's fleet. FCA will deliver the vehicles in the next two ...
The University of Glasgow in Scotland, UK has signed a partnership agreement with a state-owned enterprise company in China to develop an international optoelectronics industry base in the Lingang area of Shanghai. Earlier this year, a ...
Tags: Optoelectronics Industry, MoU
Robots are no longer the unyielding, one-task giants doing humans' dull and dangerous work. The new breed can perform more than one task and work alongside humans without being a physical threat. As a result, manufacturers across industries ...
Tags: Next-Gen Robots, Robots
Sichuan HYUNDAI is going to launch new self-owned product, Zhidao 800w heavy truck. 800w is assembled with Weichai Power and focuses on main stream heavy truck market. Zhidao 800w is assembled with Weichai high torque and efficiency ...
Tags: Hyundai, Heavy Truck, Weichai Power
The commercial vehicles sales of the first half year has been released at present. The light truck market continued to go down with the influence of economy stagflation and emission standard upgrading. However, JAC light truck had a good ...
Tags: commercial vehicles, JAC
Protean Electric announced that it received $70m in new funding from GO Scale Capital, Zhejiang VIE Science & Technology Co. Ltd., and Tianjin THSG Corporation. The investment follows Protean's announcement in May that the Company is ...
Tags: Protean Electric, in-wheel motors
High performance with competitive costs is among striking features of Taiwan-made machines. High performance, excellent energy efficiency and low requirements for manpower and space are growing trends in the global market for machinery. ...