Faurecia has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Angell-Demmel Europe GmbH - the global market leader for real metal automotive interior trim parts. Angell-Demmel will become part of the French firm's interior systems business group, to further strengthen its technology leadership in complete automotive interior solutions.
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The new unit of the Hankook Tire Rácalmás plant has started operation, well ahead of its target date. Construction of the factory's second phase started in September 2009 and will reach its full capacity by the second half of 2011. The new 58,000 sq m unit will then be able to produce a further 16-17,000 tyres a day taking daily production at the plant to 34-35,000 units.
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Johnson Matthey performed well in the first half of 2010/11 benefiting from good growth in most of its markets, especially catalysts for light duty vehicles in North America and Asia and a steady recovery in catalysts for heavy duty diesel.
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Ford reportedly is planning to set up a second Indian plant and has approached the Gujarat government for land.
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BMW will increase its investment in India to US$40m by the end of 2012 and start assembling the X1 SUV at its local plant by the end of this year, a top official said.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems when it comes to the Italian automotive industry and, after a relative lull, battle looks to be joined again tomorrow (25 November) in Turin.
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Nissan Motor India will launch the diesel Micra in the second week of December, a top company official said on Thursday.
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Cerberus Capital Management is seeking buyers for auto lender Chrysler Financial, which the private equity firm acquired as part of its takeover of Chrysler in 2007, people with knowledge of the matter have said.
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Top General Motors executives acquired shares in the IPO and some added to their stakes afterward, led by chief executive Dan Akerson and chairman Ed Whitacre.
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Porsche said it would bring the 2.7% wage increase agreed for April 2011 forward to February.
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Hunting, camping, fishing--the Ram 1500 Outdoorsman is outfitted for duty away from the urban jungle. Editor Bob Gritzinger gets the truck dirty and tells his story. Then stick around for a Thanksgiving flashback.
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A Fiat union maintains it is "not optimistic" concerning tomorrow's (26 November) meeting in Turin to discuss the future of the Mirafiori plant.
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Volkswagen opens order books for facelifted Eos, priced from £22,895.
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Vauxhall’s off-roader gets a new look and new engines but a lower price.
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Russia's car output rose 95.7% between January and October compared to the same period a year ago to 954,000 units according to data from the economic development ministry.
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A former Ford employee has pleaded guilty in a US federal court to two counts of theft of trade secrets.
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AvtoVAZ has delivered the first batch of 470 cars to Venezuela. The Lada Kalina, Priora, and Niva models are part of a deal struck in April to supply 2,250 cars to the South American country.
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Porsche has reported continued growth course in the first three months of its short fiscal year 2010 - August 1 to December 31 with 21,218 vehicles sales, up 86.4% although this compares with a relatively weak three months last year.
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It's official: Toyota's Etios small car will debut in India on 1 December in Bangalore.
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Latest set of light photo paintings feature Bugatti Veyron, Jaguar C-X75, Ferrari 458 Italia and more.
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