BASF has invested €2.5 million in its Demarchi coatings site, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, to expand its capacity to service Brazil's automotive industry with waterborne automotive coatings. The goal is to meet ...
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In March of the current year, South Korea's new car registrations increased by 13.6 percent month on month to 15,733 units, up 30.4 percent year on year, according to the data released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that Severstal-Gonvarri-Kaluga, a joint venture between Severstal and Gonvarri , has begun producing blanks for interior and exterior parts of the Volkswagen Jetta. This is the second Volkswagen ...
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British sports car manufacturer McLaren Automotive is set to unveil a new supercar, McLaren P15 in 2017. Performance and features of the new car will be similar to the company's recently announced 650S and P1 models. McLaren P15 will be ...
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In the first two months of the current year, new car registrations totaled 1,796,787 units in the European Union (EU), with an increase of 6.6 percent year on year, according to the latest figures issued by the European Automobile ...
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U.S. officials are planning to announce Monday whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle ...
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Peugeot will unveil two all-new models and two innovative engine technologies at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show. They signal the start of the next phase in the revamp of the Brand’s entire model range, which is already the youngest ...
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In January of the current year, new car registrations totaled 935,640 units in the European Union (EU), with an increase of 5.5 percent year on year and up 3.24 percent month on month, according to the latest figures issued by the European ...
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Following its global debut almost exactly one year ago in Geneva, new international car brand, Qoros, presents the world premiere of its second series production car, the new Qoros 3 Hatch, at the 2014 Geneva International Motor Show. ...
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Axalta Coating Systems officially unveiled the 2014 Brilliant Flames paint scheme on the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS race car, driven by four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon, last week at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in ...
Investors are second-guessing the underlying strength of the world’s two biggest economies as each faces homegrown challenges. China is still expected to maintain steady growth this year, albeit without the vim it once had. But its ...
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Mercedes-Benz started into the new year with an increase in sales by 15.4%. Worldwide the company delivered 109,477 vehicles to customers, more than in any January before. "After the record year in 2013 we are starting into another year ...
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China is aiming high on the industrial ladder. Getting there requires advanced equipment such as robots that is still firmly in the hands of foreign enterprises. Industrial robots are used to do things like bolt panels on cars or ...
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While the Japanese government struck a more upbeat chord in its January economic report, measures of consumer confidence paint a grimmer picture of things further on, as a tax hike in April threatens to put the breaks on household spending. ...
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The latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show that in 2013 new car registrations totaled 11,850,905 units in the European Union (EU), with a decrease of 1.7 percent from 2012. In December last ...
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