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Automotive Insulations set to expand
UK – After securing £5.5m of funding, the Rugby-based specialist in the design and manufacture of noise reduction systems and thermal management solutions will relocate to larger premises, purchase new equipment and hire extra personnel.Automotive Insulations currently has a 100-strong workforce and over the past 12 months has commenced business ...
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ArticleWuest goes worldwide with Infiniti
Hong Kong – As vice-president, Global Operations, Gaby-Luise Wuest will have responsibility for international Infiniti sales and aftersales, fleet sales, retail network development, and sales and product training. She will oversee the brand’s markets in the Asia/Oceania region, with the exception of China.Wuest takes over from Francois Goupil de Bouille, ...
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ArticleWatch Mini make the new Hatch
Production of the five-door model comes on the back of a £750m investment by BMW in its UK facilities between 2011 and 2015, and follows the launch of the Mini Hatch in November last year. The new version will go on sale this autumn.The five door Mini being built at ...
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ArticleOxford: First Mini five-door Hatch made
UK – Production of the new model comes on the back of a £750m investment by BMW in its UK facilities between 2011 and 2015, and follows the launch of the Mini Hatch in November last year. The new five-door version will go on sale this autumn.The five-door Hatch is ...
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ArticleDENSO to grow in Nuevo Leon
Mexico – The company has announced investments of $53.8m and $35.8m respectively to expand in Apodaca and to establish a new facility in Salinas Victoria City. The expansion will enable increased production of transmission components; the new plant will produce solenoids for engine and airflow control units.The Apodaca expansion by ...
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ArticleTravel blog: In the Bombay mix
Travelling on the roads in India is a mixture of joy and terror. Firstly, the joy part: the roads here are filled (quite literally) with a wide variety of vehicle types, representing different decades and varying degrees of road-worthiness.From seemingly ancient trucks inching their way up the slightest incline, to ...
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ArticleKirchner takes up leadership roles at Edscha
Germany – Taking over from Torsten Greiner, Markus Kirchner will become chief commercial officer of the Edscha Group and managing director of Edscha Holding, where he will be in charge of sales and project management. Greiner, who is CEO of the Remscheid-based automotive supplier, has been temporarily looking after these ...
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ArticleRenault-Nissan and Daimler agree Mexican JV
Mexico – The 50:50 partnership will see the construction of a new plant at Aguascalientes, in the vicinity of an existing Nissan facility. The new plant will have a workforce of 5,700 personnel and an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles after ramp-up. Production will begin in 2017 with Infiniti models, ...
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Mercedes-Benz to make S-Class 350 CDI in Chakan
India – Localised production is being implemented at the plant in Pune in line with a ‘Year of Excellence’ strategy and in response to what the OEM says is “overwhelming demand” from Indian customers. A diesel option will also be offered.Eberhard Kern, managing director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, described the ...
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ArticleSolutions on the spot
Recent innovations are ensuring that spot welding is a viable joining method for aluminium automotive parts and structures While spot welding has been the joining method of choice for automotive BIW applications, one area where it has shortcomings is welding aluminium. The use of this material in BIW structures has ...
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ArticleEditor's note: Ranging far and wide
Electric vehicles (EVs) continue to be a curiosity. Not from the point of view of the vehicle-makers, who between them have invested considerable amounts in developing cars that capture the interest of their environmentally conscious customers; or not, as the case may be. Put simply, there is a lack of ...
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ArticleHonda hits new production highs in May
Japan – Compared with the same period the year before, worldwide output rose by 9.4% to 380,416 units, while production outside the OEM’s home market increased by 1.9% to 299,916 units; both were records for the month of May. Within Japan, volumes increased by 50.7% to 80,500 units.Outside Japan, production ...
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ArticleNissan starts new Juke production for Europe
UK – The OEM has invested £20m at its Sunderland plant to make the revised model, enabling a range of design enhancements, new engines and technologies, as well as a personalisation programme. The car is now on sale in the UK and will be launched in all European markets in ...
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ArticleDetroit Electric to make sports EVs in the UK
UK – The electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer recently secured additional funding and its SP:01 sportcar has undergone further development. The vehicles will be made at a dedicated new facility in Leamington Spa, where the workforce is set to increase to 80 personnel by the first quarter of 2015.The company is ...
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ArticleTopsoe to establish Brazilian catalyst plant
Brazil – The company has leased two buildings in Joinville, Santa Catarina, and is working to achieve regulatory approval as well as placing orders for production equipment. Operations to manufacture catalysts for diesel vehicles such as buses and trucks are planned to commence within the coming year.“Establishing production locally is ...
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WebinarAutodesk: Explore and validate vehicle lightweighting with plastics
Improved vehicle performance is required to meet increasing fuel efficiency regulation requirements. The use of plastics within vehicles continues to increase, due to the benefits of design styling, weight reduction and manufacturing efficiencies. Plastics represent upwards of 50% of a typical vehicles volume, but only accounts for approximately ...
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ArticleGWM and Mando sign strategic co-operation
China/South Korea – Great Wall Motors (GWM) and the automotive parts manufacturer will work closely together in the fields of steering, suspension and braking systems. The two companies have previously collaborated on shock absorber, vacuum booster and rear parking brake assembly for the Great Wall H6 and M4 models.According to ...
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Magna supplies Hyundai Genesis
US – The company’s Powertrain unit is providing the all-wheel drive (AWD) system for the 2015 Hyundai Genesis, the first sedan from the OEM to feature an AWD known as HTRAC.Hyundai’s new HTRAC AWD was developed as a multi-mode system, providing an electronic, variable torque split clutch with active torque ...
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ArticleChrysler to expand Michigan stamping plant
US – An investment of $63m will be used to purchase new equipment and increase capacity by 12,000 hits per days, or 3.6m parts per annum. The expansion at Warren, which already produces 80m parts per year, will support vehicle production at five North American plants.Adding to the existing 12 ...
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ArticleGM to add solar arrays in Michigan
US – The OEM’s processing centre in Swartz Creek and engine plant in Flint will feature 150-kilowatt, ground-mounted solar arrays capable of generating 400,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy per year.Following these latest installations, GM will benefit from more than 38 megawatts of solar power at 13 facilities around the ...