Faurecia has approved a new contract with DHL Supply Chain as the demand for sequenced deliveries increases at the Jaguar Land Rover advanced manufacturing plant in Solihull. As the JLR plant moved to 24-hour production earlier this year the logistics between Range Rover and the tier 1 supplier’s manufacturing plant in Fradley, Staffordshire had to improve. […]
Wilson has been appointed general manager of vehicle logistics and will replace Joerg Schnackenberg who is returning to Wolfsburg, Germany at the end of June, in the role of project manager in the Regions Planning Department at Group Logistics.
The combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology with some of the world’s largest shale gas and oil reserves has put the United States on track to become a top energy producer. U.S. natural gas capacity is expected to expand 23 percent by 2023.
MERITOR IS RECALLING CERTAIN TL SERIES TRAILER AXLES THAT CONTAIN THE FAG BRAND BEARING SYSTEM. THESE AXLES ARE SOLD AND INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VARIOUS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. THE BEARING SYSTEM HAS EXHIBITED LOW DURABILITY LIFE IN CERTAIN VEHICLE APPLICATIONS. C11AA is the manufacturer’s recall number. It’s a couple years old. NHTSA has it listed […]
A wide gulf used to separate consumer and enterprise mobile computing. While consumer electronics always have been on the leading edge of technology, they traditionally lacked durability, reliability and security.
As earnings reports for the first quarter of the year roll in — with mixed outcomes — three large North American truck and engine manufacturers saw either their profits, sales or earnings. Paccar — parent company of Peterbilt and Kenworth — announced a decline in sales leading to a 28 percent drop in earnings.Â
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Peter Schreyer, who was so successful as Kia’s design boss that he was recently promoted to president of design at both Hyundai and Kia, says the two brands still are working on their future positioning and image. “It is a challenge to separate the two,†he tellsWardsAuto. “We’re talking about how to define and strengthen both brands. […]
General Motors and Ford are working together to develop an all-new family of 9- and 10-speed automatic transmissions for a wide range of future products, putting the auto makers closer to achieving tightening U.S. fuel-economy regulations.
