Axalta has acquired a manufacturing site in Çerkezköy, Turkey, for its Powder Coating business. The facility is currently being upgraded and will host the production of all Axalta’s powder product ranges. Klaus Gast, business director for Axalta’s Powder Coatings business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), said: “This is an exciting opportunity for [...]

LKQ Corporation announced it has merged its subsidiary Auto Kelly Bulgaria EOOD with Elit Kar OOD, creating one of Bulgaria’s leading distributors of automotive spare parts. LKQ now owns a 20% equity interest in the combined business, which will continue to operate under both the Elit Car Group and Auto Kelly brand names. In addition, [...]

To make France a leading country for the development of the autonomous vehicle, a program of experimentations supported par the government, EVRA, is in progress. Groupe Renault participates in this program via a consortium of the PFA, the French automotive platform, with experiments of electric and autonomous on-demand vehicles in Rouen in conjunction with the Rouen [...]

Within the framework of an e-Mobility-consortium, Semcon Brazil is entering a partnership with Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus to develop the e-Delivery truck as the first step. “At Semcon, we contribute to a better climate through the products and solutions we develop for our customers. This new partnership is a further example of how we can [...]

At Hyundai Design Europe (HDCE), Hyundai’s car designers are integrating virtual reality in the design process. Traditionally, the process for designing cars involved several steps, including the construction of many physical clay models. A lot of time was required in order to adequately express different design ideas on these assets. Meanwhile, if a design was [...]