Trail, the European private equity investment firm, has announced plans to to acquire Electropoli, a leading provider of surface treatment services in Europe, notably for the automotive industry. Trail would complete its investment alongside the management team of Electropoli led by Jean-Paul Bos, CEO, and together with China Synergy Fund, the investment platform jointly set-up [...]

Volkswagen and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced they will develop the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud to combine the data of all machines, plants and systems from all 122 facilities of the Volkswagen Group. The global supply chain could be integrated in the future. Both companies’ Services announced a multi-year, global agreement to jointly develop this project. This [...]

eDriving has appointed Cory Fee as vice president of customer success for Asia Pacific/ Middle East and Africa (AMEA). Cory’s appointment completes the creation of eDriving’s global customer success network that provides support to clients in over 100 countries around the world and approximately 1.2 million fleet drivers. Based in Australia, Cory started his career [...]

DENSO hosted a trip to Indonesia, giving 19 distributors the opportunity to experience the production processes of the Japanese aftermarket expert’s products.  Built just five years ago, the Fajar plant boasts an array of modern facilities, and the latest production techniques to deliver its Twin Tip Spark Plug technology as well as other innovations. Guests [...]

‘We can learn a great deal from what’s happening in India right now, when it comes to attracting young people into the historic vehicle movement,’ said FIVA president Patrick Rollet. In March, FIVA (the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens or international federation of historic vehicles) held its general council meeting in Bangalore, India. Explaining why Bangalore was the [...]