American powertrain supplier BorgWarner has completed the acquisition of German automotive parts maker Gustav Wahler. Gustav Wahler produces exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves and tubes, and engine thermostats for both on- and ...
Tags: Auto Parts, cars
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 ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Tigard Production Plant, Automotive
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 ...
Japanese steelmaker Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pakistan-based manufacturer of automotive parts and components Dawood Engineering (Pvt.) Ltd to jointly establish a new steel processing ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Eco-friendly vehicles distributor Green Automotive (GAC) has entered into a binding agreement to purchase British automotive parts remanufacturing business Transhock. Based in West Midlands, UK, Transhock is a re-manufacturer and ...
Tags: Green Automotive, Automotive Parts
American automaker General Motors (GM) is set to invest $14m in the installation of a progressive press at the Parma Metal Center in Ohio. The press will be used for both die tryout and regular parts production. It is expected to start ...
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WSA Capital and Australia-based Venture Asean have established a new joint venture (JV) company, WSA Venture Australia (M), to produce automotive component parts in Malaysia. These parts will exported to Australian, Asian and global ...
Tags: Automotive Parts, WSA Group
German automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen plans to establish a new testing center for transmissions at its R&D Center on Graf-von-Soden-Platz in Friedrichshafen, Germany in 2015 and 2016. The Group will merge development ...
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Wanxiang America, an affiliate of Chinese automotive parts maker Wanxiang Group, has received an approval from the US bankruptcy court to acquire the assets of American electric car maker Fisker Automotive for $149.2m. The company has won ...
The technology of 3D 'bioprinting', the medical application of 3D printing to produce living tissue and organs, is advancing so quickly that it will spark a major ethical debate on its use by 2016, according to Gartner. At the same time, ...
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Metso has received significant orders for its Neles and Jamesbury valves from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company. The valves will be delivered ...
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ORBIS Corp., an international manufacturer of sustainable reusable packaging and an expert in supply chain optimization, introduces a new sealed edge technology that creates a more efficient alternative to using a stitched top edge or ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Industrial Equipment, Components
LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced that its methanol plant at Channelview, Texas, was placed into service in the fourth-quarter 2013 to take advantage of low-cost natural gas from shale formations. The unit had been out of service ...
Tags: LyondellBasell, methanol plant, Channelview, re-start
German supplier ThyssenKrupp opened a factory in this southwest city to produce springs and stabilizers. The plant will produce up to 3 million springs and 1.5 million stabilizers annually.ThyssenKrupp formed a 60-40 joint venture with ...
Tags: Thyssenkrupp, new factory, China
Automotive parts supplier ZF Lenksysteme has received a contract from the Hungarian transport company Volánbusz to offer driveline and chassis technology for new vehicles of the urban public transport authorities in Budapest and ...