Groupe Renault and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (Brilliance) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese officials from Liaoning province to further accelerate growth of LCVs in China. Renault also confirmed plans for three new electric light commercial vehicles for China within two years. A delegation from the Chinese government, including Tang Yijun, the governor [...]

Hajime Seikaku is the new vice president of Mazda’s European research and development centre effective 1 October 2018. The 53-year-old comes to the Oberursel, Germany facility from Mazda’s vehicle development division in Japan. Prior to that, he served in various vehicle and parts development capacities for both Mazda and Ford in Europe and Japan. Hajime [...]

Shanghai GKN HUAYU Driveline Systems (SDS), has opened a new technical centre in the city’s Kangqiao suburb that will specialise in research and development of its technologies for constant velocity joint (CVJ), All-Wheel Drive (AWD) and eDrive systems. Through SDS, GKN Automotive is expanding the engineering development resource in the region at the newly-constructed facility [...]

Axalta has been awarded the 14th annual Tell Award, named after William Tell, for its substantial and innovative investments in Basel, Switzerland. The award was presented by Giorgio Pompilio, acting consul general for Switzerland in New York, to Robert Ferris, Axalta’s vice president for corporate affairs, in a ceremony at the Swiss residence in New [...]