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 Dutch student race team InMotion has set itself the goal of competing in one of the world's most prestigious sport events: The 24 Hours of Le Mans. On its way to achieving this ultimate goal, it also intends to break the all-time record on the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife. InMotion is currently operating a test platform, the IM/e, which is testing systems for the hybrid race car that will one day take on these challenges, the 400+ km/h IM01. Kumho Tire has been appointed tyre supplier to the IM/e.
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 After six years of manufacturing solid tyres in Sri Lanka, STARCO is looking forward to expanding its distribution of these products globally. Tyres & Accessories recently spoke to Richard Todd, the company's chief executive officer; he shared that establishing relationships with distributors in Asia and the Middle East was currently a priority for STARCO.
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Raw material prices and the cost of natural rubber in particular have been a cause for concern within the tyre industry since late last year, and given the quantities of rubber required to produce a solid tyre it would be safe to assume that STARCO is worried about this trend. Yet this isn't the case. While the company is following developments with interest and Richard Todd confirms that STARCO has also been impacted to an extent by the effects of higher material prices, he shares that it has been able to compensate for this in Sri Lanka.
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 Continental Commercial Specialty Tyres (CST) has expanded its terminal tyre portfolio with the addition of a new TractorMaster size. The company's Petaling Jaya industrial tyre factory in Malaysia began producing the TractorMaster in size 280/75 R 22.5 in April.
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Where does "Prometeon" come from and why was it chosen? First off, Fonseca explains, it was clear early in the process that any new moniker must be a global name. Prometeon, which is adapted from Prometheus of Greek mythology, is said to speak of bringing high quality to the industrial masses.
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 When news of the Pirelli acquisition broke in back in 2015, it didn't take long for industry analysts to identify cultural integration as amongst the biggest challenges. Indeed, there are few cultures that are more different that Italian and Chinese. However, this is something the company has been aware of since the beginning and has been addressing from the start as well.
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For the 63rd consecutive year, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is in the upper echelon of American businesses in Fortune magazine's annual ranking of the 500 largest companies in the United States.
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Evonik and Wacker Chemie are among the investors in a $335 million fund intended to finance young start-up firms in Germany, both companies announced. The country's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the German state-run KfW Development Bank are the main investors in the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) III, which will also help the start-ups put their business concepts into practice.
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 For more than three decades, Autoelectro has proved its credentials as a remanufacturing pioneer, offering a premium quality range of starter motors and alternators to the UK and European aftermarket. Over that time, the Bradford-based company has amassed a level of knowledge and experience that has allowed its team of experts to produce and supply an award-winning range of rotating electrical components.
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Stop-start systems help reduce vehicle emissions and make economic differences for the driver, which should result them in making fewer trips to the fuel pump. Fuel savings of up to 3 per cent and 15 per cent are made when driving normally or stuck in traffic respectively. The StARS solution is a reversible alternator, which replaces the conventional alternator and starter motor - to provide the combined function of the two components. The design allows the conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy - and vice-versa.
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