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Tata Motors take Forster for a new CEO
Gaydon, UK – Tata Motors has named Carl-Peter Forster, former head of GM Europe, as its new CEO. The Indian carmaker said that the job would entail ‘overall responsibility of Tata Motors’ global operations’. Forster resigned from GM Europe after the decision was made not to sell the division to ...
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Pflanzl leads BASF Coatings’ Automotive
Münster, Germany – Harald Pflanzl has been appointed head of BASF Coatings’ Automotive Refinish Europe business unit. Pfl anzl succeeds Christoph Hansen, who now heads the Dispersions for Adhesives and Constructions Europe unit, based in Ludwigshafen.Pflanzl has been with the company since 2000, when he was appointed managing director of ...
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Lotus has made two changes to its senior management
Hethel, UK – Lotus has made two changes to its senior management. Dr. Robert Hentschel has been appointed Director of Lotus Engineering. Hentschel will lead expansion of Lotus Engineering’s thirdparty consultancy work.Paul Newsome, previously Managing Director of Lotus Engineering, will now take over as Director of Product Engineering for Lotus ...
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Mueller takes over as chief executive at Rolls-Royce
Goodwood, UK – Rolls-Royce has announced that Torsten Mueller has taken over as the company’s new chief executive officer. Mueller assumed his new role in Spring 2010 from Tom Purves, who retired after 25 years with the BMW Group.www.bmw.com
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ArticleQuality under Control
Faro EuropeHexagon MetrologyHommel-Etamic/Hommel-Movomatic JenoptikSAPX-RiteThe Control exhibition offers automotive professionals the opportunity to examine what new equipment is on offer in the field of metrology and quality control. The 2010 Control fair, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 4-7 May, will include an automotive industry-oriented presentation platform held by the Fraunhofer IPA, ...
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ArticleSustainability on show
ArcelorMittal Automotive EuropePepperl+FuchsDassault SystèmesEuchnerPilz AutomationThe 2010 Hanover Fair, themed with the headline ‘Efficiency - Innovation - Sustainability’, runs from 19-23 April, 2010, and, as in previous years, will be showcasing innovations, new developments, technologies and materials from many manufacturing areas. The three main display categories are Factory Automation, Process Automation ...
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ArticleProduction systems return competitive edge
Virtual assemblyFord plans for global modelLean machine: GMS propels the new GMFord’s flexible bodyshopNissan flexes in TennesseeChrysler goes commonJapanese firms build on past successFlexible plants across the USFlexible production now lies at the heart of global automotive manufacturing. Using reprogrammable tooling in bodyshops, standardized equipment in paintshops and common build ...
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It's time that Chrysler and Italy’s Fiat SpA will need each a leader
Auburn Hills, MI. – Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne, who is running the thirdlargest US automaker as well as Italy’s Fiat SpA, said each company will need its own leader within 24 months. Marchionne is splitting time between Italy and the US trying to integrate the two automakers.He said he’s ...
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Samuelson and Hornung resigned MAN
Frankfurt, Germany – Truck maker MAN has lost its CEO Hakan Samuelson and CFO Karlheinz Hornung. Both men resigned at the end last year.Hornung said he was leaving for “personal reasons” and that his departure wasn’t linked to a corruption probe at the company, according to a statement from Munich-based ...
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Wide-ranging senior management changes at the Mahindra Group
Mumbai, India – As part of wide-ranging senior management changes at the Mahindra Group due to take affect this April, Rajesh Jejurikar will assume the position of Chief Executive, Automotive Division, while Pravin Shah has been appointed Chief Executive, International Operations (Automotive and Farm Equipment).Rajen Wadhera will take up the ...
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ArticleElectrification – market stagnation?
Challenges and opportunities for component suppliersTransfer the quality of present-day machine tools to new fields of applicationGROB Hall 16, Stand G36ISCAR Hall 9, Stands A21, B45 and D09MAG Powertrain, MAG Europe Hall 16, Stand G34The future, it would appear, belongs to the “electrifiers”. Audi, for example, is investing in the ...
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key leadership changes at GM
Detroit, MI. – Following Fritz Henderson’s departure as CEO from GM his replacement Ed Whitacre has announced key leadership changes.Mark Reuss is now president of GM North America, Nick Reilly becomes president, GM Europe and Tim Lee has been named president of GM International Operations, overseeing GM’s Asia-Pacific, Latin America, ...
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ArticleThe dragon defies the downturn
GM China - common practices and global systemsUpper segment boomLabour laws – improving but still restrictiveProduction equipment – German versus localGreat Wall - a domestic tigerHigh strength from hand-welding and finishingLabour and skill setsHyundai - dealing with demandNew technologies increase speedQuality by numbersIn April 2009, the general consensus was that ...
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ArticleLightweighting the perfect body
Stiffness benefitsMulti-metal motorsBreaking the weight spiralAudi accelerates its aluminium expertiseCentre of excellenceDownmarket gainsAluminium may be the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust, but it still has a long way to go if it is to replace steel as the default material for car body construction. However, some applications engineers ...
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ArticleShaping the future
Uddeholm – Böhler Uddeholm Deutschland, Hall 8, Stand F49FKM Sintertechnik, Hall 11, Stand D28Haas Automation, Hall 9, Stand D66Hexagon Metrology, Hall 8, Stand C85Industeel ArcelorMittal Group, Hall 8, Stand C22SSAB Tunplat, Hall 8, Stand D10Stratasys, Hall 11, Stand 29As centres of manufacturing technology appear around the world, advances in machining ...
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ArticlePerformance and a greener world
Lightweight MercedesMaster of lightweightingLeightweight construction experienceAudi cuts the fatThe SuperLIGHT-CAR project lighter and leanerIn the past, aluminium chassis and bodyframing has tended to be the preserve of supercars and advanced prototypes. Increasingly, with the pressure of high fuel prices and demands for cleaner-running vehicles, OEMs are looking to the ...
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ArticleHands-off high tech
Euchner, Hall 7, Stand 440HMS Industrial Networks, Hall 6, Stand 222Moeller, Hall 9, Stand 371Pilz, Hall 9, Stand 370Schneider Electric, Hall 4, Stand 310Over the last 20 years, SPS/IPC/DRIVES has become firmly established as the exhibition and conference for electric automation technology. This year's event, held at Messe Frankfurt ...
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ArticleAluminium clean up for Alcoa and BMW
Supercar weight savingAn environmentally-friendly solutionAluminium in powertrain applications has not always followed a logical evolution. The 1961 F-85 Oldsmobile all-aluminium V8 was quickly replaced by a cast-iron V8 in 1965 as the company perfected thin-wall iron casting techniques, while the BMW S54B32 engine used in the company’s performance-orientated M Cars ...
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ArticleRust never sleeps
With five and seven year corrosion warranties being offered on many cars, the need for e-coat protection has never been greater Always aheadProtection and support with a global reachFor over 40 years, e-coats have been protecting cars from corrosion. BASF Coatings has now landed a coup with CathoGuard 800 and ...
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Kidder will be Chairman of Chrysler Group
Detroit, MI. – C. Robert Kidder, former Chairman of Borden Chemical and of Duracell International will succeed Robert L. Nardelli as Chairman of Chrysler Group on completion of its acquisition of the operating assets of Chrysler and once it completes a global alliance with Fiat SpA.www.chrysler.com