Tesla Inc is on track to achieve its production targets for the Model 3, the electric car-maker said recently, squashing a report of further delays and quality issues for its latest and most-affordable sedan. Tesla’s problems with battery production at…
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Synthetic Rubber: Rubbers go the extra mile for green tyres
Advancements in synthetic rubbers contribute to the tyres’ potential to enhance fuel economy of vehicles…
Country Focus: India leads an empowered South Asia
India is spearheading the South Asian region’s metamorphosis into a robust economy, says Angelica Buan in this report. South Asia’s goal to economic growth…
ContiTech Invests EUR20 million in Hungarian Nyíregyháza location
ContiTech is building on its commitment to Hungary. Over the past one and a half years, the industrial supplier – part of German technology company Continental – has invested around EUR20 million in its location at Nyíregyháza alone. The plant…
Vipal Europe announces their new Portuguese distributor for the repair line
Vipal Rubber, a leader in Latin America and one of the world’s top tyre retreading manufacturers, has announced its new distributor for Vipal’s repair line in Portugal. RubberVulk, known for distributing Vipal’s products in Spain, will begin exclusively supplying the…
Daimler and BMW close to merging car-sharing units
Detroit’s mayor and the billionaire owner of auto supplier Flex-N-Gate Corp offered a sneak preview of what will be the largest new auto factory built in the city since the 1990s. This came days after Detroit lost out in the…
Detroit shows largest new auto plant in two decades
Detroit’s mayor and the billionaire owner of auto supplier Flex-N-Gate Corp offered a sneak preview of what will be the largest new auto factory built in the city since the 1990s. This came days after Detroit lost out in the…
Former Fiat Chrysler VP pleads guilty for US$1.5 million in improper payments to senior union officials
Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV vice president Alphons Iacobelli pleaded guilty on Monday in connection with a U.S. investigation into allegations he made at least US$1.5 million in improper payments to senior union officials, the U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit…
Arlanxeo to expand capacity for CR to meet growth demand in Asia
Netherlands-headquartered synthetic rubber producer Arlanxeo is expanding its global chloroprene rubber (CR) production at the site in Dormagen, Germany. The production capacity there will be increased to as much as 70,000 tonnes/year overall that will be available to the market…
Felda 2.0 initiative set to transform Felda community
The Felda 2.0 Initiative, to be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Felda Lurah Bilut on Feb 4, will be a turning point to the community of 317 land schemes in the country. Felda chairman Tan…