Volvo Cars will sell its Swedish component manufacturing unit in Floby, which makes brake discs, wheel hubs and connecting rods for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, to global automotive components firm Amtek Group. With around 70% ...
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TomTom (TOM2) has announced the availability of its complete TomTom connected navigation solution in the new ‘Masterpiece reloaded’ Fiat 500 Uconnect 5” Radio Nav LIVE system. For the first time on a Fiat 500, the ...
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Seiko Instruments has announced the release of the new S-35720 Series convenience timer IC suitable for managing relative time after engine shut-down with its optional alarm time in 1 second increments from 1 second to 194 days. The ...
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International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and carmaker Chevrolet have joined hands for making the latter a founding partner at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) under the $400m Daytona Rising redevelopment project. The project, set ...
XSpark, BASF’s Coatings division has developed a color effect that has now been honored in one of the world’s most prestigious design competitions: the Red Dot Award: Product Design. For the first time in the 60-year history ...
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The world’s first plastic transmission crossbeam in the rear axle subframe has been developed by ContiTech Vibration Control and BASF for the S-Class from Mercedes-Benz. It is made from the engineering plastic Ultramid A3WG10 CR, a ...
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ContiTech Vibration Control and chemical producer BASF, both of them based in Germany, have introduced plastic transmission crossbeam in the rear axle for Mercedes-Benz’s S-Class vehicles leading to weight reduction by around a ...
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American private investment firm Bain Capital has completed acquiring UK-based automobile fluid storage firm TI Automotive. TI Automotive president, CEO and chairman of the board Bill Kozyra, who will go on discharging his current ...
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PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cuming Microwave Corporation based in Avon, Massachusetts, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Cuming-Lehman Chambers, Inc., based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Financial ...
Tags: Specialty Coatings, PPG, Specialty Materials, paint pigment, coating
PPG Industries has announced the completion of a $5 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany. The project added equipment to existing buildings on the campus, supporting up to a 35 percent increase in ...
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Japan-based Kyocera Corporation will come up with a new facility for industrial cutting tools in China’s Jiangxi Province to cater to the increasing demand from the automotive industry. With operations set to start in January ...
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Japanese automotive major Honda Motor is all set to come up with a new car manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Gujarat, moving towards inking a state support agreement (SSA) with the government by next four weeks. The Indian ...
The Skoda model campaign continues full steam ahead. Just like the hatchback, the Skoda Superb Combi attains a new level in terms of creativity and technology. With the new Superb Combi, Skoda demonstrates the brand's emotional strength ...
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Chinese automotive firm JAC Motors has geared up to take the wraps off its mini SUV S3, powered by 1.5L VVT engine generating top speed of 175km/h, in Chile in the middle of next month. The new avatar, which was rolled out of JAC Motors ...
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US-based Evatran Group has notched up $1.6m in strategic investment from automotive parts manufacturer Zhejiang VIE Science and Technology Company (VIE) as part of the first phase of a partnership to introduce ‘Plugless’ ...