Manufacturing
Ford to offer hybrid police pursuit vehicle
Green Interceptor has half the power of traditional model, can save departments thousands in fuel costs.
Author: Robert Schoenberger
Manufacturing
Toyota investing $1.3 billion in Georgetown, Kentucky
Massive investment to upgrade equipment at Toyota's largest plant worldwide.
Fleets
ABB to buy PLC producer B&R
Combination of robotics, automation, PLCs, software strengthens ABB's offerings.
Manufacturing
Riveting challenges: Joining gets tougher
Experts from Ford, Honda, and fastener makers discuss the difficulty of swapping spot-welding with rivets.
Engineering
Quantifying, digitizing subjective data
Major automakers turn to software provider ATS to add quality traceability to human-operated visual inspection stations.
Manufacturing
Ford to invest $850M in Ranger, Bronco plant; $350M in other Michigan plants
Investments fulfill promises to bring new products to Wayne, Michigan, plant to replace outgoing Focus.
Manufacturing
Henkel, CU-ICAR develop non-contact thermal expansion tests
Growing use of dissimilar metals mandates new ways of detecting thermal expansion mismatches.
Manufacturing
Makino supports die-cast aluminum machining growth
a40 machining center designed for lightweight components support.
Manufacturing
FCA US opens two Indiana worker training centers
Facilities to train more than 8,000 powertrain workers at multiple plants.
Supply Chain
Toyota donates engineering building in Kentucky as a school
As automaker moves management functions to Texas, new uses sought for buildings.
Manufacturing
AkzoNobel rejects $22B unsolicited buyout bid from PPG
Dutch paint company to spin off or sell its specialty chemicals business, calls offer undervalued.
Vehicle Tech
Automotive sensor increase creates design, packaging challenges
Automotive electronics experts discuss how companies will provide ADAS, autonomous systems.