The recycling of rigid plastics excluding bottles rose to nearly 1.02 billion pounds in 2012, an increase of 10 percent over 2011 and triple the amount recycled in 2007 when the industry first began tracking rigid plastics recycling. The ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been recognized as the world's most admired motor vehicle parts company by Fortune magazine. Goodyear topped the list of global companies in its category in five of the nine attributes evaluated: people ...
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Port Metro Vancouver's customers are starting to feel the pinch of the ongoing strike by over 1,000 container truckers demanding better wages and shorter wait times at terminals. "The impact of truckers walking off the job is in the order ...
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Tenneco Inc. has expanded its Rancho brand suspension system for Dodge four-wheel drive trucks and diesel trucks. The four-inch performance suspension system is designed for 2013-2014 Dodge Ram 1500 4WD trucks, and the Level It suspension ...
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Virginia Tire & Auto will host racing legend and Firestone brand spokesman Mario Andretti on Thursday, April 3, at its location in the Broadlands community in Ashburn, Va. Andretti was named Driver of the Century by the Associated Press. ...
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Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has entered into a cooperative agreement with Dalian’s municipal government in China to supply 1200 zero-emission, electric buses to the city. Under the deal, the city government will ...
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The UK government is set to offer GBP13.3m in funding for the country’s automotive industry under the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI). The AMSCI funding is worth GBP45.5m, of which GBP13.3m will be offered by ...
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Mazda Motor Corporation today unveiled its next-generation subcompact concept model, Mazda HAZUMI, at the Geneva Motor Show*1. Foreshadowing Mazda's next-generation subcompact car, Mazda HAZUMI incorporates the four key pillars of Mazda's ...
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German chemical company BASF has commenced the construction of its new resin and electrocoat (e-coat) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai. This move by the company is to address demand for coatings solutions in ...
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Mercedes-Benz sold 104,968 units in February, thus achieving a growth of 16.5%. Since the beginning of the year 215,753 cars have been delivered to customers (+16.6%). "We are keeping up the high momentum of the previous months - with a ...
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Dana has introduced two new lightweight Spicer S140 Series axles for medium-duty applications. The company says its Spicer S140 Series drive axles are up to 50 lbs lighter than competitive offerings. They feature Dana's GenTech gearing, ...
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Port Metro Vancouver is readying itself for labour unrest by upping its security measures. This weekend, members of Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers' Association (VCTA) and the United Truckers Association (UTA) both voted against a ...
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Eaton and Cummins have expanded their SmartAdvantage integrated powertrain offerings. The companies have approved the ISX15 SmartAdvantage - consisting of the Cummins ISX15 engine coupled with the UltraShift Plus automated manual ...
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ATDynamics has announced it's on pace to deploy 200,00 trailer tails by 2017, including some in Canada, where provinces could begin approving their use as early as this April. Steven Rodger, director of marketing with ATDynamics, said ...
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Accuride has introduced a new aluminum wheel it claims to be the lightest in the market. The new 14-inch Accu-Lite Duplex aluminum wheel weighs just 56 lbs, about four pounds less than its predecessors. Rick Dauch, president and CEO of ...
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