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Ferrari man joins autonomous start-up
- May 2, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Autonomous car start-up, Zoox has appointed ex-Ferrari executive Corrado Lanzone, former operations director of Ferrari SpA’s racing division. Corrado, vice president of manufacturing operations at the California-based company, has been hired to help Zoox ‘execute on our ambition to deliver autonomous mobility, without compromise.’ Corrado previously spent two-decades at Scuderia Ferrari, where he oversaw manufacturing, [...] -
BlaBlaCar launches carpooling app
- May 2, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
French startup BlaBlaCar has launched BlaBlaLines – a new short distance carpooling and daily commute app and service. BlaBlaLines will be phased in gradually and will only be available between a selection of ‘popular’ 50km commuter routes initially. BlaBlaCar co-founder Frédéric Mazzella compared the new service to a subway or bus line with drivers notified [...] -
BASF named top GM supplier
- April 28, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
BASF has been named as a 2016 General Motors (GM) Supplier of the Year for the 12th time since 2002. The award winners were chosen by a global team of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and logistics executives. Winners were selected based on performance criteria in product purchasing, indirect purchasing, logistics, customer care and aftersales. [...] -
XC60 production underway
- April 27, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Production of Volvo Cars’ new XC60 mid-size SUV is underway at the company’s Torslanda plant in Sweden. The first customer-bound car, a T5 Inscription AWD in Crystal White, rolled off the production line yesterday (Wednesday 26 April). The new car replaces Volvo’s highly successful original XC60, which in the nine years since its launch became [...] -
Rupes starts new US build
- April 26, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
A new chapter for the Italian based manufacturer Rupes has begun with the official start of construction of a new home of Rupes USA Inc in Colorado. On 7 March members of the US offices for Rupes were on hand in the Colorado Tech Center in Louisville, for the official ground breaking ceremony. Upon its [...]