Manufacturing
Ford adds telematics suite to 2017 Escape SUV
Sync Connect allows vehicle status, engine start, door lock/unlock, from a smart phone.
Author: TMV Staff
Fleets
TÜV SÜD offers squeak and rattle testing services in Michigan
Auburn Hills lab to provide equipment, experts to test vehicle, component designs.
Manufacturing
Tower considers selling European business
Automotive supplier says investors aren't getting full value.
Manufacturing
Ford to spend $9 billion on US plants if UAW contract passes
Work guarantees for multiple plants including in four-year contract.
Manufacturing
TWB Co. to open plant in Kentucky to supply Ford
Welded blanks will go into F-250, F-350 trucks at Louisville plant.
Fleets
Hydromat customers celebrate Oktoberfest
Biennial event offers the introduction of the new EPIC GEN II platform and shows ICON Technologies product line.
Manufacturing
Aleris completes Nichols Aluminum purchase
Adds 500 employees, sheet automotive capacity in Iowa, Alabama, Illinois
Industry
Trying to get away with it
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Manufacturing
EMO Milano 2015: Miles of machine tools
With 155,362 visitors from 120 countries, Europe’s giant machine tool exhibition showcased the latest manufacturing technologies.
Vehicle Tech
Components
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Supply Chain
Wet-scrub versus dry-scrub painting systems
MPW Industrial Services experts discuss labor-intensive dry-scrub paint removal systems and wet-scrub options that require less manpower but generate more waste.
Manufacturing
News
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.