New Exhibitor Record Set At This Year’s Automechanika
Approximately 140,000 visitors from 173 countries attended the trade fair held in Frankfurt, Germany.
Cadna Purchase Giving ContiTech Added Strength In US Automotive Aftermarket
Growth strategy receiving favorable feedback from partner, customer base, ContiTech says.
Autopromotec 2015 Bologna Expected To Be Most Internationally Oriented Show Yet
Next to international promotion activities that already took place in the first half of 2014 in Brazil, Turkey, Vietnam and Indonesia, as well as in the main European countries, Autopromotec organizers recently signed new collaboration agreements that will enhance the international flair of the show.
ACL Distribution Purchases ACL Bearing Co.
ACL plans to open a plant and manage production in Tasmania by the end of the year.
Tenneco Opens Commercial Vehicle R&D Facility In China
The new wholly owned facility, based in Kunshan near Shanghai, will design, develop and manufacture emission control products and technologies for Tenneco’s growing commercial truck business in China.
Magna Expands In India
Two new facilities in Sanand, Gujarat, targeting start of volume production in 2015.
Dresser-Rand To Sell To Siemens For Approximately $7.6 Billion
Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a global supplier of rotating equipment and aftermarket parts and services, has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Siemens under which Siemens will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dresser-Rand common stock for $83 per share in cash.
Henkel China Named A Distinguished Supplier By Qoros Automotive
Qoros also is Henkel’s first car body line in Asia using a new-generation metal pretreatment process – TecTalis.
MANN+HUMMEL Releases Financial Results
Company said sales increased to 1.39 billion euros in the first six months. Projected sales for 2014 up slightly compared to last year.
The Network Signs Fourth Parts Plus Mexico Member
With headquarters located just south of the Yuma, Ariz., border in San Luis Rio Colorado, in the northwestern corner of Sonora, Mexico, and a store location in Mexicali, Baja California, Refaccionaria del Sol imports 85 percent of its parts and products sold from the United States.
Scenes From The Show Floor: Automechanika Frankfurt 2014 (Slideshow)
AMN Managing Editor Mark Phillips has been our roving reporter this week from Automechanika Frankfurt 2014. Earlier this week, we shared his editorial coverage from the event. Today, we present some of the people, products and other sights he encountered at the trade fair.
Atlas Copco Included In Dow Jones Sustainability Index For Fourth Consecutive Year
Atlas Copco was ranked in the top tier in the machinery and electrical equipment industry and received high scores in the following categories: environmental policy/management systems, environmental reporting and risk and crisis management.