Axalta Coating Systems officially opened its Axalta Color Solutions Center in Frankfurt, Germany at the end of February 2018. Built to serve industrial customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) who require small batches of liquid coatings, the Axalta Color Solutions Center is designed to allow fast, agile production and provides Axalta customers [...]

Aviva Canada’s investigation into bodyshops has revealed inflated charges, work not done and parts not repaired being billed for according to CTV W5. Project Bumper was promoted by a complaint by a Toronto driver who claimed a bodyshop deliberately damaged his vehicle in order to charge his insurance company more money for the repairs. Aviva [...]

The BMW Group has once again demonstrated its ability to generate sustained profitability in 2017, posting its eighth successive record year. Despite a significant increase in upfront expenditure for future mobility the company reported its best ever figures to date for sales volume, revenues and earnings. In addition, the BMW Group delivered more than 100,000 [...]

AkzoNobel has published its results for 2017 stating it is ‘on track to create two focused, high performing businesses’. The business announced that the separation of Specialty Chemicals is on track for April 2018 and is now reported as discontinued operations. Revenue, including discontinued operations, was up three per cent at €14,575m. Earnings before interest [...]

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has announced the launch of multiple projects to accelerate convergence in key operational areas. These include engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality and total customer satisfaction (TCS), aftersales and business development at the world’s largest automotive alliance. The initiative follows the announcement in September 2017 of the Alliance 2022 mid-term plan targeting increased annual synergies of [...]