Volvo Cars has become the first car maker in the world to export China-made cars to Europe by train via China’s new ‘One Belt, One Road’ trade initiative. The first S90 premium saloons, built at its Daqing plant in China, arrived at a distribution centre in Zeebrugge, Belgium. The cars have been transported to Belgium [...]

The Automotive Testing Expo Europe takes place in Stuttgart next month, when five shows come together in one super show highlighting new development and tech across the sector. It provides a unique opportunity for automotive suppliers, OEMs and engineers from across the industry to get first sight of the innovations driving automotive testing, design and [...]

AkzoNobel has opened a new Performance Coatings production facility in Chonburi, Thailand. With an investment of €31 million, AkzoNobel has expanded its footprint with this ninth production site in the south east Asia region. The new site will help to better serve AkzoNobel customers, and reflects AkzoNobel’s continued commitment to the region. Commenting on the [...]

The annual International Transport Forum (ITF) has presented WhereIsMyTransport with its 2017 Promising Transport Innovation Award. Launched in 2016, UK based WhereIsMyTransport, an open digital platform that provides information on formally and informally run transport services in emerging cities, supporting 20 cities in 10 countries across Africa and the Middle East. WhereIsMyTransport centralises mobility data [...]

Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding will buy a 49.9% stake in struggling carmaker Proton from Malaysian conglomerate DRB-Hicom reports Automotive News Europe. Geely is the parent company of Hong Kong-based Geely Automobile Holdings and Sweden’s Volvo Car Group. Malaysia’s government made a 1.5 billion ringgit (£270.6m) loan to Proton in April 2016, which allowed it to [...]