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Brembo, the world leader and acknowledged innovator of brake technology, will be stopping the new 2020 Nissan GT-R NISMO and will also be available on the Track Edition.

Zeiss is expanding the industrial metrology and quality assurance portfolio of its Industrial Quality & Research segment by acquiring GOM, a provider of hardware and software for automated 3D coordinate measuring technology....

Jiangsu Yonggang Group grants FAC to SMS Concast for four-strand billet caster

Confirmed order for 15 hydrogen powered fuel cells Proton Power Systems plc (AIM: PPS), the designer, developer and producer of fuel cells and fuel cell electric hybrid systems, announces the receipt of a confirmed order from...

Rheinmetall Automotive CEO Horst Binnig at Auto Shanghai

In the not too distant future, Battle Ground could become home to one of the largest artistic metal foundries in the country, serving as a training ground for a new generation of artists that create sculpted works in bronze,...

Auto Shanghai is taking place from April 18 to 25 at the International Center for Exhibition and Convention in Shanghai, China. Rheinmetall Automotive AG will be exhibiting in Hall 5.2, Stand 5BE151. The over 100-year-old German...

STIHL Magnesium Die-Casting is expanding its plant in Weinsheim, Germany, to include a new production logistics facility. A groundbreaking ceremony on April 5, 2019, marked the start of construction. With a total volume of 18...

• Order from BMW AG with a two digit billion Euro value for advanced 8-speed automatic transmission• Flexible application of technology• Significant increase in planned share of hybrid transmissions• Production to begin at ZF’s...

The Japanese are opening their first European factory. Every year, up to 10,000 robots are to be built here. But the competitors are keeping calm.

MAGMA’s User Group Meetings (UGM) are conducted by the local MAGMA entities mostly every year in all of our territories. Due to its limited space Singapore has a very small casting market with only few remaining foundries so we...

Burkhard Dahmen, Chairman of the Managing Board at SMS group GmbH, is the new president of METEC, the International Metallurgy Trade Fair with Congresses, which takes place from June 25 to 29, 2019. Born in Düsseldorf, Burkhard...

Having invested 100 million euros, the Group is supplying aluminium calipers and knuckles to plants belonging to its European, Asian and American customers operating in China. The hub integrates a foundry with production lines in...

Rheinmetall Automotive again enhanced its business volume in an increasingly challenging market environment in 2018, generating sales of €2,930 million, an increase of €69 million or 2.4% compared with the previous year. When...

Companies are partners in a new initiative to drive open Industrial IoT development and help grow a community to build future Industry 4.0 solutions.

Norican Group to demonstrate the ‘Complete Connected Foundry’ at GIFA 2019

The U.S. automaker has decided to significantly restructure its Ford Sollers joint venture in Russia in order to improve profitability and focus exclusively on growing its commercial vehicle business.The move is expected to be...

Last month, Honda announced that it would shut down its Swindon plant in the UK in 2021 when the current-generation Civic runs its course.That will be a huge blow to the country’s automotive industry as Honda’s facility builds...

General Motors is investing US$300m in its assembly plant in Orion, Michigan, for production of a new Chevrolet electric vehicle. The move will bring 400 new jobs to the Orion plant. The announcement forms part of GM’s...

California Metal-X (CMX) plans to reopen in May the Pennsylvania copper foundry it recently acquired from Colonial Metals, marking the company's first foray into the east coast.CMX will produce high-quality copper casting alloys...

Following on from the success of its phase one development, USA-based Big River Steel has commissioned German plant builder SMS group to supply mechanical equipment, electrical and automation systems and digitalisation expertise...

dpa / Focus OnlineBMW, Daimler and VW have settled a dispute over how to manage the transition to green mobility, by agreeing to focus on electric and hybrid cars rather than fuel cells, which won’t be ready for many years,...

Volkswagen is amongst the legacy automakers now most invested in electric vehicles and they now threaten to exit an important automaker lobbying group over their policies regarding electric vehicles.

Constellium announced today that is expanding its plant in Singen, Germany, with an additional aluminium extrusion press to supply automotive customers in Europe. The company will build a dedicated 8,000 sq m hall on its Singen...