CarAdvice spoke with Hyundai WRC team principal Michel Nandan at the WRC test sessions in Spain about the challenges of developing a new motorsport program and Hyundai’s use of Australian Chris Atkinson as a factory test driver. CA: ...
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In Clarksville, Tenn., $800 million will build you a consumer tire plant. Hankook Tire Co. Inc. will begin construction of its eighth tire production facility worldwide – and first in the United States -- in Clarksville in 2014. ...
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Japan and Canada formally cemented a bilateral pact Friday to stimulate trade and investment opportunities in oil and LNG by sharing information and creating a forum to deal with energy issues. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister ...
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The exports of garments and textiles from Vietnam increased by 18 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the current year to US$ 13.154 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Of this, the ...
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Aluminum rolling and recycling firm Novelis has completed the two-year expansion work worth $400m at its Yeongju and Ulsan aluminum rolling mills in South Korea. With the expansion of aluminum rolling mills, the company has increased its ...
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Plastic Omnium has opened a new automotive development center in Lozorno, Slovakia, to support its exterior and structural components operations. The company invested nearly €2m in the construction of the engineering center that will ...
Breaking away from the flat screens found in so many smartphones, Samsung is releasing its Galaxy Round handset with a curved display. The new Android phone will only be released in South Korea on Thursday, but is the world’s first ...
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Flat glass exports from Liaoning province reached 4.68 million metric tons in the first eight months of 2013, up 35 percent year-on-year, according to Shenyang Customs. The total export volume was $24.79 million. The glass, widely used in ...
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Brazilian ethanol exports to US plunged in September to 139.4 million liters (37 million gallons), down 51% from August's 2013 peak and down 53% on September 2012, Secretariat of Foreign Trade data Tuesday showed. The volume sent to the ...
South Korea has imposed ban on the imports of beef from the US after finding a banned feed additive, zilpaterol, in a 22-ton meat shipment. Zilpaterol is a feed ingredient used to boost marketable meat in cattle. Due to raising concerns ...
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On September 26th, Fortune magazine released the results of assessment for 2013 Most Esteemed Chinese Companies. Ranked 15th , Baosteel is the only listed enterprise in iron and steel industry. Beginning in 2006, Fortune magazine focused ...
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After reporting revenue for first-half 2013 in late July, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has now reported its earnings for the period. ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's hot rolled (HR) flat steel exports totaled 1.27 million metric tons in August this year, increasing by 1.9 percent month on month and up 6.6 percent compared to August ...
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The average retail prices for LED light bulbs equivalent to 60W incandescent bulbs in the US, Europe, Japan and South Korea declined by 1.5-3.8% on month in September, Digitimes Research has found. September average retail price for 40W ...
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The next big opportunity for growth in the global solar business lies in small, emerging markets where photovoltaic (PV) installations are forecast to rise at about triple the global average during the period from 2012-2017. Annual ...