MAPFRE has announced a 20% increase in profits for the first half of 2016. The international insurer reported net profits of €380m, while revenues stood at €14,641m and premiums reached €12,080m. Antonio Huertas, MAPFRE’s chairman and CEO, said, ‘These results are the consequence of the strategy set down for the period 2016-2018, which is focused [...]

Guardian Glass, a leading manufacturer and innovator in glass and glass coating technologies, fully integrated its diverse automotive activities in Europe into a single business. Guardian Automotive now combines the company’s European manufacturing facilities and state-of-the-art warehousing and distribution services, which were previously run as separate entities. Guardian Automotive currently has two manufacturing facilities in [...]

Ford has introduced a free tool for smartphone app developers aimed at making it easy and cost-efficient to develop in-car apps compatible with the company’s SYNC 3 communications and entertainment system. With more than 15 million SYNC-equipped vehicles on roads around the world today and 43 million expected by 2020, Ford claims ‘embracing the global [...]

Emtec Colleges Ltd is developing a specialist Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) assessment centre in China after winning a new contract in Nottingham’s sister city of Ningbo. Emtec, a division of Central College Nottingham which specialises in automotive training, has partnered with Ningbo Vocational Educational Centre School (VEC) for the project. The development of [...]

Audi is aiming to have three electric car models by 2020 and expects electric vehicles to account for up to 30% of sales by 2025. It’s also setting up a subsidiary to concentrate on developing an autonomous car. Audi’s electric focus is part of the company’s strategic repositioning following the emissions scandal at Volkswagen, its [...]