Global Aftermarket
Hankook Tire Participates In White House ‘Investing In America’ Roundtable

This is the second Roundtable meeting with the president in which Hankook Tire has been invited to participate within the span of one month. Hankook Vice Chairman and Global CEO Seung Hwa Suh was invited to participate in the SelectUSA Global Road Show with President Obama during his visit to South Korea in April.

Axalta Coating Systems Opens New Commercial Offices In Spain

The 550-square-meter facility is home to Axalta’s powder, liquid industrial, OEM and refinish businesses. It is designed to welcome visitors with a dedicated showroom to display the company’s powder coating family of brands, four spacious meeting rooms and a reception area.

Dana Adds Multi-Layer Steel Gasket Production In China To Support Growth In Asia-Pacific Region

The products will be produced at Dana’s 129,000-square-foot technical center, a comprehensive engineering and manufacturing facility that enables the company to develop and produce Victor Reinz sealing solutions within its Wuxi campus.

Automechanika Frankfurt Committed To Education With Extensive Range Of Basic, Advanced Training Courses

Located in the Galleria, the glass structure between Halls 8 and 9, everyone interested in working in the automobile trade has the opportunity to not only learn all about the individual jobs available, but also to try their own hand at panel beating, spraying a car, welding, removing a dent, etc.

Johnson Controls And SAIC’s Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Form Global JV

This $7.5 billion joint venture will create the largest automotive interiors supplier globally.

Robert Bosch Automotive And IBM Create Engineering Platform For Smarter, Faster And Safer Vehicle Components And Systems

Continuous engineering, open standards help streamline product creation and reduce deployment hurdles.

Restec Exhibition Company To Organize Automechanika St. Petersburg 2015

Automechanika St. Petersburg to be held for the first time concurrently with Autoprom Russia and St. Petersburg Technical Fair.

Technomic Asia, Schwartz Advisors Establish Partnership To Develop U.S./China Aftermarket M&A Opportunities

“China recently became the No. 1 market in the world for vehicle sales and the repair and service aftermarket is now rapidly closing the gap in size with the U.S.,” said Steve Ganster, managing director of Technomic Asia.

Techniplas Group Acquires WEIDMANN Plastics Technology

Addition significantly expands the company’s global presence and technical depth.

International Automakers Now Account For 45 Percent Of U.S. Auto Production

New report highlights how international automakers are redefining the American auto industry.

Bosch Opens New Electronic Components Plant In Cluj, Romania

New location houses research and development as well as manufacturing.

Johnson Controls Signs Long-Term Automotive Battery Supply Agreement With SAIC Motor Corp. In China

High-capacity absorbent glass mat (AGM) batteries to power start-stop vehicles in China.