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Saint-Gobain acquires Farécla Products
- December 21, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Saint-Gobain has acquired the UK-based company Farécla Products. Founded in 1952, Farécla Products manufactures surface finishing products and solutions for consumer and industrial uses including automotive markets. Farécla Products will enable Saint-Gobain to complete its surface finishing product range while at the same time bringing its technical expertise to engineer new solutions in the automotive [...] -
Renault and JMCG announce agreement
- December 20, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Groupe Renault and JMCG announced an agreement in EV on the Chinese market, which represents 50% of the worldwide EV market. Groupe Renault will take a significant part of JMEV, a subsidiary of JMCG. Groupe Renault will thus complete its offering, increase its presence in the country and further support JMEV development. Since 2015 JMCG [...] -
Kia highlights post-autonomous era
- December 20, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Kia Motors will preview a range of new technologies developed for the post-autonomous driving era at the 2019 Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Kia’s interactive ‘Space of Emotive Driving’ exhibit looks to a future when autonomous driving is the norm and priority is given to improving the human mobility experience. Central to this concept is Kia’s [...] -
Operations Monthly Live launches
- December 20, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Dave Luehr, founder of Elite Body Shop Solutions, has announced the release of the latest training from the Elite Body Shop Academy. The course, Operations Monthly LIVE, is designed to help collision repairers receive interactive monthly training and support to reach their operational goals. Dave’s Elite Body Shop Academy was created in 2018 to provide [...] -
IAV to plead guilty
- December 20, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
According to the U.S. Justice Department, IAV has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $35m fine for collaborating to assist Volkswagen in its attempt to avoid U.S. diesel emissions standards, stated Reuters. 50% owned by VW, IAV will be under probation for two years and surveillance by an independent monitor. This is not VW’s [...]