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ArticleWinkler to lead Bentley in the Americas
US – As president and CEO of Bentley Motors Inc, Michael Winkler will report directly to Kevin Rose, member of the board for Sales, Marketing and Aftersales. Taking up his new role on April 1, Winkler will succeed Christophe Georges, who was recently appointed director of Product and Marketing for ...
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ArticleLocal reinforcement of thermoplastic compression moulding compounds
Lanxess claims its Tepex performance composites improve the mechanical strength of components made of fibre-reinforced thermoplastic compression molding compounds. The company offers the example of a cover on the rear muffler of the BMW i8. This is fabricated in a direct long fiber thermoplastic (DLFT) process from a polypropylene compression ...
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ArticleCompact programmable safety controller
An expandable programmable safety controller featuring a small footprint and Boolean logic has been introduced by Banner Engineering. The new XS26-2 Controller monitors numerous input devices including e-stop buttons, rope pulls, enabling devices, protective safety stops, interlocked guards or gates, optical sensors, two-hand controls, and safety mats, says the company. ...
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ArticleBelt noise test stand
SAKOR Technologies has supplied a belt noise test stand to Ford, which the carmaker will use to meet new SAE specifications for belt noise in vehicle Front End Accessory Drive (FEAD) applications, as well as other noise testing requirements. The new belt noise test stand uses a high-speed AC dynamometer ...
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ThyssenKrupp expands Silao blanking operations
Mexico – A $20m investment will add nearly 55,000 sq.ft plus a new aluminium and carbon steel blanking line to the facility in Guanajuato, raising its annual capacity by 70% to 270,000 metric tons. ThyssenKrupp Materials de Mexico expects to complete the expansion and begin production in Q4 2015. The ...
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ArticleNew mixed-material joining for CT6
Watch the video hereUS – The special combination of techniques, described as “a first for any General Motors’ model”, will be deployed at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, Michigan, in a new, fully automated bodyshop that is dedicated to CT6 production. The 138,000 sq.ft facility is equipped with new tooling and 205 robots.The ...
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ArticleBenecke-Kaliko JV breaks ground at Changzhou
China – The joint venture between Benecke-Kaliko and its Chinese partner, Jiangsu Changshun Group, plans to manufacture Acella Eco trim material at the upcoming facility. Benecke-Changshun ECO Trim says it has been seeing high demand from the Chinese automotive industry for what it calls “eco-optimised surface solutions”, which can help ...
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ArticleJLR welcomes funding for automotive skills
UK – Business Secretary Vince Cable has earmarked £11.3m for an initiative by the Automotive Council, the government-industry association, which will introduce a range of programmes benefitting companies across the automotive supply chain.Manufacturers will work together to identify and meet skills needs, create an industry-standard jobs framework and attempt to ...
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ArticleFirst CLA Shooting Brake made at Kecskemét
Hungary – Less than three years after its opening, the youngest Mercedes-Benz plant has officially commenced production of the second model to be exclusively made there, after the CLA. The B-Class is also produced at Kecskemét, and the total output for the existing two models was 150,000 in 2014.Following an ...
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ArticlePark to lead Hankook’s British operations
UK – As managing director of Hankook Tyre UK, based in Daventry, Jong Jin Park will be in charge of the company’s second-largest entity in Europe. He replaces Gaugseung Lee, who has now assumed the position of vice-president of marketing and sales at the European headquarters.Park has over 10 years’ ...
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ArticleNemak expands for export to Shangahi
Canada – With C$1.5m (US$1.3m) from the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, the company is upgrading its production line to increase the volume of aluminium engine blocks it delivers to Shanghai General Motors in China. The expansion will create 80 new jobs over the next four years, while retaining almost 200. ...
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ArticleEvolution assists tooling relocation
UK – The specialist logistics company, which has British and German locations, recently delivered body panel press tooling to the UK from China by air, cutting the transport time by three weeks compared with sea freight and eliminating any risk of delay to a vehicle launch.“This project has been a ...
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ArticleElio Motors pioneers new engine
US – Claiming to be the first new vehicle manufacturer to develop its own combustion engine since Nash Motors in 1951, next month the American company will debut a 0.9-litre, three-cylinder prototype at the premises of its partner, engine developer IAV. The power unit is intended for use in a ...
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ArticleKia hits new European production record
Slovakia – The OEM’s factory at Žilina made 323,000 cars and 493,000 engines in 2014, a 3% increase in vehicle output and a small rise in engines that also represented a new record. The biggest markets for Žilina’s product remained Russia (18%), the UK (13%), Germany (9%), Italy (6%) and ...
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ArticleProduction extended for VW Caddy Black
UK – The limited edition for the UK market, which has been on sale since October 2014, will now continue to be made until March 31, 2015, due to popular demand, says Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.Based on the Highline specification, the Caddy Black features additional equipment and comes only in short-wheelbase ...
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ArticleCalsonic opens fourth site in Sunderland
UK – Costing £800,000 ($1.2m), the 100,000 sq.ft warehouse at Doxford International Technology Park brings the part manufacturer’s total floorspace in the city to over 500,000 sq.ft.“The opening of our warehousing building is an important move for us… it means that we are in-sourcing warehousing for the first time,” said ...
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ArticleNew entity AGCO-RM for farm vehicle production
Russia – The joint venture between Russian Machines, a subsidiary of the Basic Element industrial group, and AGCO, a manufacturer of agricultural equipment, will enable both companies to strengthen their presence in the Russian market.With the main objective of achieving a leadership position, the JV will localise production and adopt ...
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ArticlePeng to lead Aston Martin’s Chinese arm
China – Moving from Porsche China, where he served for six years as director of sales and most recently director of PR and press, Michael Peng will assume operational responsibility for all aspects of business at Aston Martin Lagonda China.Peng has 22 years of automotive industry experience, beginning with management ...
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ArticleSKYACTIV-Drive now made at Chonburi
Thailand – The automatic transmission is now being mass-produced at the newly established Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing Thailand (MPMT), which has an annual capacity of 400,000 units. Together, MPMT and Hofu Plant in Japan will provide Mazda with a global capacity of 1,540,000 units.“We’ve made great efforts to ensure the manufacture ...
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ArticleAston Martin opens new engineering facility
UK – The 15,800 sq.ft building at the new MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton will, in the vehicle-maker’s words, add “vital” engineering capacity as it steps up its model development efforts.Ian Minards, product development director at Aston Martin, commented: “The cutting-edge facilities at MIRA, together with its reputation for quality ...