The joint venture of Chery Auto and Quantum LLC, an American subsidiary of Israel Corp., will soon break ground on its plant in Changshu, Jiangsu, which has a designed annual capacity of 150,000 units. The Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection is set to ratify the project’s environmental evaluation report, which had been open for public review from August 31 to September 4. Assuming construction will…

CAST STRATEGIES LLC of Dublin Ohio has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Aluminum Casters’ Association of India, ALUCAST, to actively promote the activities and interests of Indian die casters in North America. With a burgeoning automotive sector India is poised to become a significant non-ferrous castings market over the next several years and offers significant growth opportunities for…

Thresher Industries announced it has relocated to a new manufacturing facility in Hanford, Calif. The company said the new 10,000-sq.-ft. facility is more energy efficient than its predecessor and equipped with an improved security system. Thresher expects to add a dedicated metallurgy lab to the facility, as well. “The new facility has excellent high bays along with great ventilation, as well as…

The Aluminium Association reported that by 2012 the use of aluminium in automobiles could reach record highs. The organization cited a Ducker Worldwide survey that shows North American automakers will increase their use of aluminium 53% to 500 pounds by 2025. Fuel economy standards in the United States are forcing carmakers to seek lighter weight materials for production. Aluminium is seen as one of the…

The latest lightweight vehicle production data out of Ward’s Automotive has US production leaping by 54% from July and 15% from August of 2010. This increase reflects seasonal gains as well as continued improvement from the automotive supply chain, which was heavily damaged by Japan’s earthquake and tsunami in March. Auto sales in August were steady with July at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 12.1…

Japan's leading auto components company Aisin Seiki has proposed to set up a manufacturing facility at Industrial Model Township at Rohtak in Haryana over an area of 30 acres, with an investment of INR 406 crore. Mr Masuji Arai executive VP of Aisin Seiki Co Ltd after a meeting with Haryana chief minister Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda on the concluding day of the India Japan Global Partnership Summit in Tokyo…

vlnr.: Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Dr. Klaus Draeger, Bernhard Mattes, Friedrich W. Gieseler, Andreas Renschler, Dr. Klaus Engel, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer Das ÖkoGlobe-Institut der Universität Duisberg-Essen verleiht Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler den diesjährigen ÖkoGlobe als Persönlichkeit des Jahres. Gewürdigt wurden die unternehmerischen Leistungen und das kulturelle und soziale Engagement der…

Reuters reported that Car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen is considering partnerships with aluminum suppliers as it tries to produce lighter vehicles. Mr Philippe Varin managing board chairman of Peugeot said that aluminum could potentially allow the bulk of 200 kilo cut in vehicle weight being targeted by Peugeot but relatively high costs for the metal were a barrier. Mr Varin said that the larger use of…

REpower, where Suzlon Energy Ltd is the majority shareholder with approximately 95% holding, has concluded contracts with 7 communities in Northern Friesland to deliver a total of 47 wind turbines. Northern Friesland is the stronghold of public wind farms in Germany. 33 2 MW (MM82 and MM92) and 14 high performance 3 MW turbines (3.4M104) are to be used. Master agreements have been agreed with a buying…

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