All Mitsubishi articles – Page 4
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ArticleEdging out inefficiencies
Tooling innovations matched with supplier partnerships are proving critical to competitive gain at automotive machine shops the world overFord’s Bridgend engine plant in the UK, which produces over 750,000 petrol engines a year, has engaged in a cutting-tool partnership with Mapal to help the factory to hit its SPC targets ...
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De volta à pista
Os fabricantes de automóveis que operam no Sudeste Asiático estão testemunhando a diminuição da escuridão conforme o mercado de carros começa a crescer novamente depois de dois anos preocupantes.Com exceção da Tailândia e, em menor medida, a Indonésia, ambas as quais construíram veículos para exportação, a produção local no Sudeste ...
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Enderezando el rumbo
Los productores de automóviles en el Sudeste Asiático comienzan a ver la luz al final del túnel con la recuperación del mercado después de un par de años problemáticos Con la excepción de Tailandia y en menor medida Indonesia, los cuales construyen para exportación, la producción en el Sudeste Asiático ...
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ArticleBack on track
Automotive manufacturers operating in South-East Asia are seeing the gloom lift as the car market begins growing again after a troubling couple of yearsWith the exception of Thailand and, to a lesser extent, Indonesia, both of which build vehicles for export, local production in South-East Asia is mainly aimed at ...
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Seven key issues for tier suppliers
Taking examples from across the world of automotive tier supply, AMS looks at the seven key considerations from supply base consolidation, vertical integration and outsourcing to the changes that the move to electric, autonomous and connected vehicles might mean for the supplier industry1. Supply base consolidationWhile car companies make most ...
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ArticleTransfer of power
GKN is supporting the growth in electric and hybrid vehicle production with the development of its eDrive powertrainsThe company has spent the past 15 years acquiring the production experience needed to transfer the technology from niche vehicles to high-volume mass-market applications,” says Peter Moelgg, All-Wheel & E-Drive CEO at GKN ...
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ArticleCarlos Ghosn – hungry for even more power?
As the end of the year approaches, news from Japan has emerged about what Nissan – or more specifically, Carlos Ghosn – intends to do with Mitsubishi. Japanese corporate law allowed Nissan to take control of its troubled compatriot by acquiring just 34% of the company for 237 billion yen ...
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ArticleShifting priorities
OEMs are keeping their options open on transmission supply, with many moving away from established in-house production and looking to source externallyBody panels, engines and transmissions are the fundamental component areas that the major carmakers tend to produce in-house. However, behind this established pattern lies a changing supply network for ...
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ArticleSwitching to SUVs
FCA has announced big investments in the US and Canada in recent years but its Mexican factories have also received steady funding. At Toluca, this may result in a new focus on SUVs on the CUSW architectureAnnounced investments for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ US and Canadian plants between June 2009 and ...
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O plano para o Japão
Em face de um iene fortalecido e queda nas vendas domésticas, o Japão está lutando para manter sua rede de produção de veículos admirada internacionalmente, relevante e rentável.O país no ano passado fez 9.28m veículos, colocando-o em terceiro lugar globalmente atrás da China e dos EUA. No entanto, o número ...
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El plan de Japón
Ante el fortalecimiento del yen y la caída de las ventas nacionales, Japón lucha para que su internacionalmente admirada red de producción de vehículos siga siendo relevante y rentableEl país fabricó 9,28 millones de vehículos el año pasado, situándose en tercer lugar a nivel mundial después de China y EE.UU.. ...
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The plan for Japan
In the face of a strengthening yen and falling home sales, Japan is battling to keep its internationally admired vehicle production network relevant and cost-effectiveThe country last year made 9.28m vehicles, putting it in third place globally behind China and the US. However, the overall number was down 5% on ...
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ArticleThe plan for Japan
In the face of a strengthening yen and falling home sales, Japan is battling to keep its internationally admired vehicle production network relevant and cost-effectiveThe country last year made 9.28m vehicles, putting it in third place globally behind China and the US. However, the overall number was down 5% on ...
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ArticleBoosting production
Turbochargers are a key technology in the drive to cut emissions and boost fuel efficiencyEurope has the highest fitment rates for turbochargers, but other major markets, such as North America and China, are catching up. They are standard on diesel engines in Europe and North America, where diesels cannot to ...
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ArticleGKN makes 300,000th eAxle
Italy – The cumulative total was achieved by the company’s production lines at its Italian and Japanese centres of excellence. GKN has been making the electric axle (eAxle) since 2002 and has seen demand rise alongside the popularity of vehicles with hybrid electric all-wheel drive (eAWD) technology.“Plug-in hybrids with eAWD ...
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ArticleJapan shifts toward consolidation
Toyota will complete its takeover of Daihatsu later this year and already effectively controls Subaru. Since 2015, it has also had a wide-ranging technical alliance with Mazda, although without any capital involvement on either side.Full control of Subaru and Mazda by the largest Japanese car company may well transpire before ...
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ArticleNissan and Mitsubishi strengthen alliance
Japan – The two OEMs have signed a basic agreement according to which Nissan will take a 34% stake in Mitsubishi for 237 billion yen ($2.2 billion). The strategic alliance will build on the existing collaboration between the two companies over the past five years.Nissan and Mitsubishi have agreed to ...
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Atingindo o gás
Conforme OEMs aceleram os seus programas de sustentabilidade, dois principais participantes estão chegando em marcos-principais. A AMS relata como projetos de biogás têm contribuído grandemente para o sucesso de energia renovável da GM e BMWNo ano passado, pela primeira vez, o BMW Group conheceu a maioria de suas necessidades de ...
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A todo gas
A medida que los fabricantes intensifican sus programas de sostenibilidad, dos actores principales están alcanzando los hitos cruciales. AMS informa sobre cómo los proyectos de biogás han contribuido en gran medida al éxito de GM y BMW en las energías renovables El año pasado, BMW Group obtuvo por primera vez ...
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Hitting the gas
As OEMs step up their sustainability programmes, two leading players are arriving at key milestones. AMS reports on how biogas projects have contributed greatly to the renewable energy success of GM and BMWLast year, for the first time, the BMW Group met the majority of its electrical energy needs by ...