| BASF Introduces Special-Effect Automotive Coating with Glass Particles |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
They sparkle like thousands of stars in a cloudless sky: the new "XSpark® ΜΆ designed by BASF" basecoats. The BASF experts have developed this new automotive OEM coating. It contains very fine glass particles that reflect the light with greater precision, thus creating a pronounced sparkle. It glitters in an even more focused and intensive manner than any other currently known ...
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| New Issue-Toyota Finance prices A$100 mln 2016 bond |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
Mon Sep 2, 2013 8:30am EDT Sep 02 (Reuters) -Following are terms and conditions of a bond priced on Monday. Borrower Toyota Finance Australia Ltd Issue Amount A$100 ...
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| S.Africa hit by strikes in auto building sectors |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng (AFP) - Industrial action in South Africa paralysed construction and automotive sectors on Monday, unions and employers said, but tens of thousands of petrol attendants delayed a strike.About 72,000 workers who serve petrol at fuel stations said they would have further talks before stoppages that are likely to hit consumers hard, according to union Numsa."We are having ...
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| New Mercedes-Benz model to be equipped with Hankook OE tires |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
Hankook Tire, South Korea's leading tiremaker, said on Monday that it has signed an agreement to supply original equipment (OE) tires for the new Mercedes-Benz S- Class model.With the agreement, Hankook became the first South Korean tire company to supply OE tires for Germany's 'Big Three' automotive brands. The company already reached agreements to supply tires for Audi in ...
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| Ford recalls 370000 cars over risk of a loss in steering because of potential corrosion |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
The corrosion could affect the steering in Ford models the Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car made between 2005 and 2011 in ‘high corrosion states and provinces’ in America and ...
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| Made In Chicago Blue Star Auto Store |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
Blue Star Auto Store. (Credit: Steve Miller) ';Well, this is a dying breed. The kind of business that I have,'; says David, the owner of Blue Star Auto Store on State Street at Cullerton. He says the Blue Star chain dates back to 1917 and used to have dozens of auto parts ...
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| Automakers build showroom in an app |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
Automakers trying to reach young buyers face a conundrum: How do they sell a car to people who stay away from a showroom? "They won't come into the stores to educate themselves," ...
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| Militants launch unsuccessful attack near U.S. base in Afghanistan |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
Taliban militants tried to attack a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan Monday, but were thrown back by NATO and Afghan forces, officials said. NATO's International Security Assistance Force said called the morning attack near a forward operating base in Nangarhar province along the border with Pakistan "an attempted but unsuccessful coordinated attack by enemy forces." The ISAF ...
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| UPDATE 1-Tata Mahindra car sales slump rupee to add to industry woes |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
Mon Sep 2, 2013 5:52am EDT By Aradhana Aravindan and Aditi Shah Sept 2 (Reuters) - Domestic sales for two big Indian automakers tumbled in August on rising fuel costs and interest rates, and the industry looks set for more pain as a sharply weaker rupee hits profit margins during key sales months ahead. The data comes after industry-wide car sales declined for nine straight months to July and as ...
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| UPDATE 1-Rolls-Royce sells helicopter engine stake to Turbomeca |
Sep 2nd, 2013 |
Mon Sep 2, 2013 3:37am EDT LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce has sold its 50 percent stake in the joint venture that makes engines for Apache and Merlin helicopters to Safran's Turbomeca for 293 million euros ($386 million). France's Turbomeca will now assume full responsibility for managing the design, production and support of the RTM322 engine, which powers the Boeing Apache, ...
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