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Inteva Products Receives Progressive Manufacturing 100 Award

Inteva Products Receives Progressive Manufacturing 100 Award

Recognized in Data & Integration Mastery TROY, Mich., July 15 -- Inteva Products, LLC was recently named a winner of the sixth annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards for its launch of Plex Online and Cisco LAN/WAN in 14 locations in just 12 months. Each year Managing Automation Media selects a group of companies t ... Continue reading

Topcon announces IP-S2 HD Mapping System

Topcon announces IP-S2 HD Mapping System

LIVERMORE, Calif.--Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has announced an addition to its offering of high-accuracy, mobile mapping solutions – the IP-S2 HD Mapping System – a vehicle-mounted surveying and mapping system featuring a high-definition LiDAR scanner from Velodyne Lidar, Inc. “ ... Continue reading

New DriveCam Insights: Focus on Utility Fleets

New DriveCam Insights: Focus on Utility Fleets

SAN DIEGO--DriveCam Inc., a global Driver Risk Management company, continues its Insights Seriesâ„¢ by focusing on the frequency of collisions and near collisions in utility fleets. Designed to provide insight for executives and managers throughout a variety of transportation industries, DriveCamâ€â ... Continue reading

LUXEON Rebel PC Amber Hot/Cold Factor and Light Output Improve

LUXEON Rebel PC Amber Hot/Cold Factor and Light Output Improve

SAN JOSE, Calif.--LUXEON Rebel PC Amber is establishing new performance benchmarks for its phosphor converted amber LED that are proving important not only for automotive and specialty markets but for the illumination market as well. Hot/Cold factor, which indicates how much light is delivered at operating conditions a ... Continue reading

Eurocopter Authorizes Pall Corporation to Sell the Centrisep‚ EAPS for EC135/635 Helicopter Engine Protection

Eurocopter Authorizes Pall Corporation to Sell the Centrisep‚ EAPS for EC135/635 Helicopter Engine Protection

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--Pall Corporation , a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has been authorized by Eurocopter, the world’s number one helicopter manufacturer, to sell the Centrisep engine advanced protection system (EAPS) directly to EC135/635 helicopter operators. Until now the ... Continue reading

Propel Technology: New Retrofit Intermediate Shaft (IMS) Bearing Reduces Risk of Porsche 911 and Boxster Engine Failure

Propel Technology: New Retrofit Intermediate Shaft (IMS) Bearing Reduces Risk of Porsche 911 and Boxster Engine Failure

LONDON--BICESTER – Porsche Boxster and 911 owners looking to increase reliability now have the opportunity to fit a more durable intermediate shaft (IMS) bearing. Available exclusively in the UK from independent Porsche specialists Autofarm, the new retrofit IMS bearing is a cost effective method of ensu ... Continue reading

Khosla Ventures and Bill Gates Invest in EcoMotors' Revolutionary opoc® Engine

Khosla Ventures and Bill Gates Invest in EcoMotors' Revolutionary opoc® Engine

Securing 'Series B' funding from two prominent investors represents a major advance in the global commercialization of the opoc® technology TROY, Mich., July 12 -- EcoMotors International CEO Don Runkle announced today that the Company has secured substantial Series B funding - sufficient to complete engineering and t ... Continue reading

Valeo Presents Visibility and Driving Assistance Technologies at the eSafety Challenge 2010

Valeo Presents Visibility and Driving Assistance Technologies at the eSafety Challenge 2010

PARIS, July 12, 2010 -- Valeo is taking part in the eSafety Challenge 2010 in Millbrook (UK) on July 13, 2010. On this occasion, the Group is presenting a selection of its latest visibility and driving assistance technologies, including advanced lighting and detection systems. In the area of lighting, the new Valeo cam ... Continue reading

China Automotive Systems Won New Contract for Electric Power Steering

China Automotive Systems Won New Contract for Electric Power Steering

WUHAN, Hubei, China, July 12 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Automotive Systems, Inc. ("CAAS" or "the Company"), a leading power steering components and systems supplier in China, announced today that its subsidiary, Wuhan Jielong Power Steering Co. Ltd., has received a purchase order from Changan Automobile Compa ... Continue reading

Leo Motors Begins Marketing 120kW EV Power Train

Leo Motors Begins Marketing 120kW EV Power Train

LAS VEGAS--Leo Motors Inc. (Pink Sheets: LEOM) announced today that it has developed and begun marketing of its 120kW power train, which is equivalent to a 5,000cc Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). Power trains of this size are used in the bigger passenger cars, middle-sized buses and trucks. Consisting of a proprietar ... Continue reading

Cummins to Expand High-Horsepower Engine Product Line

Cummins to Expand High-Horsepower Engine Product Line

SEYMOUR, Ind.--Cummins Inc. today announced that it is expanding its High-Horsepower Technical Center and high-horsepower engine product line at its manufacturing facility in Seymour. The expansion of the center will provide the company with more opportunities for producing high-horsepower clean-diesel and natural gas ... Continue reading

Personalize Your Ford Fiesta: Accessories, Body Kits and Graphics Pave the Way

Personalize Your Ford Fiesta: Accessories, Body Kits and Graphics Pave the Way

DEARBORN, Mich., July 8 -- -- All-new 2011 Ford Fiesta comes with design cues that make it stand out, but owners can also add their own personal touch with available Ford Custom Accessories and graphics -- Accessory options include exterior or interior design items such as illuminated gear indicator shift knob and rear ... Continue reading

AkzoNobel is a Single-Source for Many Decorative Finishing Solutions for Automotive Interiors

AkzoNobel is a Single-Source for Many Decorative Finishing Solutions for Automotive Interiors

LANCASTER, S.C., July 8 -- AkzoNobel's Specialty Plastics Coatings and Soliant have teamed up to provide the automotive industry with the most comprehensive selection of decorative finishing products for automotive interiors. Following AkzoNobel's acquisition of Soliant in 2008, the two companies have combined their re ... Continue reading

GM Reaches Agreement with Pacific Century Motors on the Sale of Nexteer Automotive

GM Reaches Agreement with Pacific Century Motors on the Sale of Nexteer Automotive

DETROIT, July 7, 2010 General Motors and Pacific Century Motors (PCM), an entity formed by The Tempo Group and an affiliate of the Beijing Municipal Government, today announced they have reached an agreement for GM to sell GM Global Steering Holdings, LLC, commonly known as Nexteer, to PCM. Terms of the sale were not d ... Continue reading

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