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Nissan profits up 27%
- May 12, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Nissan has seen annual profits jump 27%, boosted by better sales in China, the US and Europe. Japan’s second biggest carmaker had net profits of £4.5bn in the year to the end of March. But Nissan forecasts profits would drop by about 20% this financial year, partly due to currency fluctuations. Earlier this week rival [...] -
Kigali takes smart approach
- May 11, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Inmarsat has deployed its LoRaWAN (a form of Low Power Wide Area Network) infrastructure around the city of Kigali to support the Rwandan capital’s flagship smart city project. The network, which will be active for an initial period of a year, will act as the connectivity platform for a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) [...] -
Green for go for Spies Hecker
- May 10, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Spies Hecker has revealed the lengths it went to in designing the liveries for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Silver Arrows. The 2017 F1 W08 EQ Power+ car is striking. EQ stands for ‘Electric Intelligence’ and is derived from the Mercedes-Benz brand values of ‘Emotion and Intelligence’. The design process for the 2017 car began while [...] -
Underground roadways could be solution
- May 9, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Global engineering and infrastructure advisory company, Aurecon believes Elon Musk’s futuristic road tunnel system could transform the face of transport as we currently know it. Musk’s futuristic vision of transportation involving underground roadway systems beneath bustling cities where individual cars are transported at high speeds on metal trolley-like platforms between destinations. ‘As with most radical [...] -
Service King enters Sacramento
- May 9, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Service King Collision Repair Centers is continuing its growth across the state of California with the opening of the company’s first three Sacramento locations. The expansion comes as Service King finalised a deal to partner with Sacramento-based Gamboa’s Body and Frame. With the move, Service King has expanded its Northern California footprint to 12 collision [...]



