General Motors is planning to invest $200 m at two of its plants in Michigan to prepare for its future vehicle program. In Orion Assembly plant, the compnay will invest $160 m for tooling and equipment while $40m will be invested in ...
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Dymax Corporation has announced the appointment of Mark Porter as a Territory Sales Manager. In his new position, Mark will report to Mike Acker, Regional Sales Manager, and will provide a key service in helping manufacturers in the ...
GW Plastics Vermont-based manufacturing company works to boost local economy and introduce students to world of manufacturing BETHEL, VT. (September 1, 2014) – GW Plastics is pleased to announce the graduation of their first summer ...
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Smith & Nephew plc has figuratively yanked the job-security bandage off 108 employees at its St. Petersburg, FL, wound-care plant. The company plans to close the factory and lay the workers off by January 9, according to a report in the ...
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Jerome Lentz of Challenger Lifts in Louisville, Ky. was elected chairman of the ALI board for 2015. Jerome Lentz of Challenger Lifts in Louisville, Ky. was elected chairman of the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) board of directors for ...
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Auto repair shops can extend their shop management systems into the driveway and service bays with Mobile ManagerPro, a wireless program that works with any Android tablet and is fully integrated with Mitchell 1's Manager SE. VIN and ...
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Back when Sears Holdings Corp. was more of an automotive service force with which to be reckoned, an advertised price from a Sears newspaper ad or flyer was noticed by tire and auto service retailers everywhere. With the reduction in ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has introduced the Propel Power gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system, which incorporates single-wafer ...
Automotive cyber security vendor TowerSec is planning to introduce its embedded product ECUSHIELD at the Embedded Security in Cars Conference (ESCAR). ECUSHIELD is designed to protect internal and external channels of vehicle ...
Telecom giant AT&T announced that LG Electronics has joined AT&T Drive Studio to develop new services and technology for the connected cars. AT&T Drive Studio is a connected car center located in Atlanta which is dedicated towards ...
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) has a new certification category for technicians servicing hybrid vehicles. The ASE says it created the category in response to industry requests for light-duty, ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany and Corning Inc announce a co-marketing agreement to promote Corning Fibrance Light-Diffusing Fiber, a first-of-its-kind technology that embeds lighting into products using Osram laser ...
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For the first time since 2011, automotive supplier merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is expected to increase. PwC estimates about 211 deals for the year, a 13 percent increase over 2013, according to PwC's seventh annual Consolidation ...
The nation’s first operational, all-electric car share service launched in Golden, Colo. eThos Electric Car Share will provide the Golden and Denver-metro area with American-made, all-electric sedans (EVs) for short-term rental. "We ...
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Rhodia, the synthetic fibre and polymer specialist from France, is prepping up to showcase its first-ever line of skin and body friendly jeans, Emana Denim, at the forthcoming edition of the Barcelonan denim-led trade fair, Denim by ...
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