Pacifica expects strikes at General Motors in North America to impact its full year earnings.
27/09/2007
THE MATHWORKS says General Motors developed its Two-Mode Hybrid power-train control system using its Model-Based Design tools.
05/11/2009
The range of motor and drive products available off-the-shelf has expanded to replace many custom solutions.
12/09/2007
Automotive manufacturing leviathans General Motors and Chrysler have been given notice by US president Barack Obama of up to two months to come up with viability plans or to face bankruptcy.
01/04/2009
AUTOMOTIVE brake manufacturer Pacifica Group says rising costs and falling demand are making for an increasingly difficult outlook for the global vehicle industry.
21/05/2008
Over 300 workers from a US car parts manufacturing company remain locked out after six months over a contract dispute.
26/09/2008
Thousands of jobs have been slashed in one day around the world, many in the manufacturing sector, as the global economic crisis worsens.
27/01/2009
Rumours that General Motors will sell its Holden car manufacturing operation in Australia have been quashed by the government.
17/11/2008
GM Holden says it will not immediately feel the impact of a decision from its parent company General Motors to cut white collar jobs from its global car making operations.
12/02/2009
Summit Matsu Chilling Systems recently won a chiller order from Australia’s number one spender on R&D.
05/11/2007
A Melbourne car parts manufacturer has bucked the downward trend hitting the automotive manufacturing sector, with around 30 new jobs to be added to its workforce within a year.
19/09/2008
US auto manufacturer Chrysler has unveiled three plug-in prototypes it intends to introduce to the market in 2010.
25/09/2008
Toyota's job cuts in Japan have hit the country's manufacturing district hard, leaving factories and small businesses reeling as orders dry up in the global recession.
14/01/2009
GM Holden senior executives, including its chairman and managing director, willl take a pay cut as the car maker continues to grapple with the global economic downturn.
13/03/2009
Toyota will aim to boost its domestic Japanese production after reducing its stockpile of unsold cars despite uncertainty in the auto market.
30/03/2009
ZF Lemforder Australia claims its four KUKA robots purchased from Headland Machinery has helped it reduce labour and decrease the total throughput time.
28/01/2010
ABB says Complete Surface Finishing robotic solutions utilising its robots have improved the working conditions and productivity of Frontline Australasia.
23/04/2010
General Motors Holden's announcement that it will build and export luxury vehicles to South Korea is being hailed as proof of a brighter future for Australia’s car industry.
08/09/2008
A report released today says the government supported package to prop up Australia's automotive industry is doomed to fail.
18/03/2009
THIS month FEN talks to Bonfiglioli Transmission Australia managing director Malcolm Lewis about motors and drives.
07/02/2008