Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Wheel Systems, decided to invest in a production facility for agricultural tires in the U.S., thereby creating a platform for local presence and growth in North America, and a global position in the market. The investment forms part of Trelleborg’s strategy to strengthen positions in attractive and profitable market segments.
The world’s first zinc-magnesium coatings in outer skin quality for the automotive industry: With ZM EcoProtect and ZM PrimeProtect, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is the first steel producer in the world to offer two highly effective zinc-magnesium-based corrosion protection solutions that meet the high surface requirements for exposed body panels. These innovative products were developed by research teams at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG in Duisburg and Dortmund.
BASF – the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry – was named a 2014 Automotive News Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence (PACE) Award winner in the product category for the Ultramid ® A3L polyamide resin. The mold-in-color high touch, high gloss black product was used on Ford interior door switch bezels.
BASF has invested €2.5 million in its Demarchi coatings site, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, to expand its capacity to service Brazil’s automotive industry with waterborne automotive coatings.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems, the world's leading producer of solid industrial tires, has today announced the launch of its Interfit service concept in the U.S. Through its national network of servicing dealers, Trelleborg will create America's first nationwide industrial tire fitting network, bringing together the very best in industrial tires with the very best in servicing.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has issued a $15,000 challenge to future engineers in grades nine through 12 – try your hand at inventing the "tire of tomorrow." The challenge, which offers a top prize of $7,500 to the high school group that produces the most innovative concept, is part of Goodyear's 14th Annual Engineering Career Day event, which will be hosted by The University of Akron, on Saturday, April 12. Grant prizes to the runners-up are $5,000 and $2,500 to the second and third place teams, respectively.
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony for a new automotive sheet finishing line at its Nachterstedt, Germany, facility. Erwin Mayr, Senior Vice President of Novelis and President of Novelis Europe, made the symbolic shovel turn with Reiner Haseloff, Prime Minister of the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.
For several innovative components in the BMW i3, the electric vehicle from the BMW Group, the chemical company BASF supplies versatile plastics and supported part development with extensive construction know-how. These include the backrests of the front seats, key reinforcement parts in the carbon fiber body, and the rear seat shell.
Songwon Industrial Group, the second largest manufacturer of polymer stabilizers in the world, will introduce its SONGXTEND™ stabilizer solutions tailored to the needs of the automotive industry at the VDI Plastics in Automotive Engineering Congress in Mannheim, Germany (April 2-3, 2014).
Micromeritics to Support the 4th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds to be held this year from September 28th through October 1st in Kobe, Japan.
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