Category: Manufacturing

Plants, production systems, automation, materials, and quality.

Manufacturing

Volkswagen slashes spending plan by $1.1 billion

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.

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Manufacturing

Sypris Technologies supply Mack axles

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.

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Manufacturing

EPA says another 10,000 VW vehicles cheat on diesel emissions

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.

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Manufacturing

GM would spend $8.3B on US plants if UAW contract passes

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.

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Manufacturing

Getting platinum out of catalytic converters

Start-stop engine technology and turbocharging are lowering exhaust temperatures, reducing the effectiveness of catalytic converters as emissions standards rise. California’s Clean Diesel Technologies Inc. may have a solution – a new catalyst chemistry that lowers emissions while reducing the use of costly platinum.

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