TWI Ltd is leading a European project consortium to create training modules for a harmonised standard of qualification in the car body repair sector. The CARBOREP project, which has been co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme, plans to create a curriculum and examination for training European car body repair technicians in processes such as [...]

Jean-Dominique Senard, chairman of Renault, Hiroto Saikawa, CEO of Nissan, Thierry Bolloré, CEO of Renault and Osamu Masuko, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, announce the intention to create a new Alliance operating board. Jean-Dominique Senard will act as chairman of this new operating board of the Alliance, with the CEOs of Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi Motors [...]

Nissan has announced it plans to end the production of two models at its Sunderland plant. The move to end production of its Q30 car and QX30 sports-utility Infiniti cars is part of a wide-scale plan to pull Infiniti out of western Europe. Infiniti has had little impact in western Europe, with sales halving last [...]

BASF is opening new facilities at the Innovation Campus Shanghai, to further strengthen collaboration with the automotive industry and to offer new process catalysts to the chemical industry. With an investment of approximately €34m, the new 5,000sqm facilities include the Automotive Application Center and the Process Catalysis Research & Development (R&D) Center. At the inauguration, [...]

HELLA has opened a second electronics plant in India. The new production facility in Mehsana, India, north of the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, will meet the growing demand for electronic components and strengthen proximity to its local customers. Production at the new location will initially focus on sensor solutions for accelerator [...]