Volvo Trucks is investing US$69m in equipment, processes and plant redesign at its New River Valley (NRV) assembly facility in Dublin, Virginia.
During an announcement of a second round of new investments, to follow immediately after the expansion of its São José dos Pinhais, Paraná state plant is completed, Renault-Nissan's CEO Carlos Ghosn said the time to invest in new products and increase the Renault model range in Brazil had come.
During an announcement of a second round of new investments, to follow immediately after the expansion of its São José dos Pinhais, Paraná state plant is completed, Renault-Nissan's CEO Carlos Ghosn said the time to invest in new products and increase the Renault model range in Brazil had come.
Denso Manufacturing Michigan, Alabama Plant (DMMI-AL), has opened a US$2.2m warehousing facility - part of the supplier's expansion plan to invest nearly US$1bn in North America during a four-year period.
During the January-March quarter, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) completed negotiations for three wage settlements with workers, reports The Financial Express.
China may relax its 50 percent ceiling on foreign automakers' ownership of joint ventures, but this may not lead to Western companies ditching their local partners if recent moves by BMW and VW are anything to go by.
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Pilot operation proves a hit, and could be expanded across UK
Official Mitsubishi importer/distributor Grupo Souza Ramos - which manufactures the Pajero TR4, Pajero Dakar, L200 Triton and ASX locally at its Catalão, Goiás state factory - is pushing for more Brazilian engine production to meet local content targets established by the Inovar-Auto programme.
Tata Steel, has unveiled a new slitting line to process advanced and ultra high-strength steels.
Kongsberg Automotive (KA) has secured a US$159.5m contract from an unnamed major European OEM for the supply of gear shifters for both automatic transmissions featuring shift by wire and manual transmissions.
Philips will merge its LED components and automotive lighting divisions into a stand-alone subsidiary which may be spun off. The lighting division sells light sources to carmakers including VW, Audi and BMW.
Toyota asked the U.S. auto-safety regulator for a two-year exemption from a rule governing electric cars to clear the way for the company to sell its new fuel-cell vehicle.
General Motors has announced another four recalls covering 428,211 vehicles in the United States plus some in Canada. This takes the automaker's total number of recalls for 2014 to date to 48.
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The super efficient VW XL1 is on sale in the UK for £98,515, with a total of 200 set to be built
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's visit to Italy last week to solve a labor dispute that threatened Maserati production shows how important the country's plants are becoming to the company's future, a union boss said.
Beijing's municipal authority plans to build 10,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles by 2017.
Chrysler International has appointed Edaran Otomobil Nasional (EON) as its exclusive distributor for Chrysler and Jeep in Malaysia.
A spokesperson for MG Motor UK has told just-auto that despite revealing a forthcoming sedan to selected media in England last week, there are no plans to sell the car here.
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