About 7%-8% of the world trade is fake, and the financial value of global counterfeit markets is US$700 billion, Geert de Vries, senior manager of KPMG in The Netherlands reported during the AIPIA i2live webinar, "Active and Intelligent ...
International automotive supplier Continental will launch production this month of short range radar sensors for advanced driver assistance systems at its plant in Seguin, Texas. Expanding our manufacturing capacity takes us a step closer ...
Automotive parts maker Commercial Vehicle Group (CVG) is set to close its production and warehouse plant in Tigard, Oregon by the end of December 2014. Currently, the company produces interior trim components such as instrument panels and ...
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Texprocess Americas takes place in Atlanta from 13 to 15 May 2014 and runs parallel to Techtextil North America. Texprocess is the largest North American trade show displaying pioneering innovations for the international clothing ...
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Bridgestone Americas Inc. has pledged $30,000 in funding to Mind Drive, a non-profit educational program that uses the automobile and experiential learning techniques to teach at-risk high school students about math and science. In ...
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According to the J.D. Power 2014 Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Study, tire quality continues to improve as the number of problems owners experience with their factory-installed tires drops. Study respondents ranked Michelin ...
Centrifugal pump is an essential device in your commercial establishment. This device moves any type of liquid, like water, through an acceleration mechanism. It moves the water in a radial direction outward to an adjacent volute casing. It ...
We’re already familiar with the basics for how ultracapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential ...
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PSA Peugeot Citroen today announced plans to use IBM Big Data and Analytics and IBM MobileFirst solutions to launch a new era of connected vehicles that deliver customized services. The rapid adoption of mobile devices is redefining ...
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South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor is set to establish its fourth plant in Chongqing, China, with an investment of $926.48m. This move is aimed at increasing the company's global market share in the automotive industry. The ...
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In February this year, South Korea's total automotive (cars and commercial vehicles) output amounted to 361,115 units, up 6.89 percent year on year and down 1.93 percent month on month, according to a report released by the Korea Automobile ...
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it has received an order from South Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel for a continuous bloom casting machine, a large bar rolling mill and a small bar and wire rod mill ...
Risk management has been a common topic for the electronics supply chain for a long time. Recently, though, supply chain risk management chatter has reached an all-time high. Perhaps the intense interest has been driven by extreme events ...
Wanxiang America, an affiliate of Chinese automotive parts maker Wanxiang Group, has purchased a Delaware plant from American electric car maker Fisker Automotive for $18m. Following an agreement signed last week, Fisker's plant has been ...
Global petrochemicals producer Oxea is to raise its European production capacity of dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP), a general-purpose plasticizer, by 50,000 mt/year by the fourth quarter of 2015, it said Monday. Oxea has signed a memorandum ...
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