NMPI shelves launch of LPG car model.
Nissan Motor Philippines Inc. (NMPI) has put on hold the launch of its LPG-fueled passenger car model for further market and engineering study as prices of gasoline have also been on the decline versus the increasing LPG prices. Raymond Tribdino, senior manager of market and product planning...

Auto, farm equipment sales prop M&M net.
MUMBAI: After disappointing results from two-wheeler companies there is some good news from the auto pack. Mahindra & Mahindra's net profit on a standalone basis has risen 145.9% to Rs 386.5 crore in the quarter ended September 30, '06. Revenues including other income was up 30.6 % at Rs...

Taiwan prosperity safe despite slowdown.
Taiwan offers two interesting signals from its transportation sector. One comes from an April 9, 2007 report from the China Economic News Service (CENS), which says that sales of new cars in Taiwan reached a 20-year record low in the first quarter of 2007. CENS cited Taiwan's Ministry of...

ACG materials in new British luxury car.
The long-awaited IFR Automotive Aspid sports car, which made its debut at the British International Motor Show in London in July, has made extensive use of the BPS240 body panel system and MTM 57 component prepregs manufactured by Advanced Composites Group (ACG). The Aspid is a new,...

Despite Economic Recession - Russian Automobile Market Expected to Be Third Largest Globally by 2012.
LONDON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the global concerns about the impact of the economic recession, Frost & Sullivan predicts that by the end of 2009 the Russian automobile industry will be stable and lucrative once again. By 2012 Russia's car market is even expected to be the third...

SITEL Iberica Wins First Place for Customer Service; SITEL's Facility Management Brings High Creditability to Renault.
BALTIMORE, Md. and MADRID, Spain, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- SITEL Corporation (NYSE: SWW), the world's leading contact center expert supporting customer relationship management solutions, announced that the Renault contact center managed by SITEL Iberica has taken first place in a survey of telephone customer service in Spain's...

Wrenchead Announces Completion of Profit Pro Acquisition.
Merger Completed, Management Puts Priority on Improving Delivery of Catalog And Service Dealer Products WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Wrenchead, Inc., a leading developer of e-commerce technology for the automotive aftermarket, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Draper,...

Acacia Automotive Announces Q3 Auction Results.
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Acacia Automotive, Inc. (Ticker-ACCA) today reviewed its recently-announced third quarter results. The company reported substantial increases at its Augusta Auto Auction operation in unit sales volume, revenues and EBITDA in the third quarter. "These outstanding results are especially...

The social dimension of the integration of Australian automotive manufacturing into global supply chains (1).
Automotive production is one of the Australia's largest and most significant manufacturing industries, but is comparatively small by global standards. The industry was developed through protectionist policies, being heavily reliant upon tariffs for many decades to shield it from import competition. The nature of this support was not conducive...

Ford Group President asserts: Incentives integral part of local auto dev't.
Ford Group Philippines (FGP), the country's lone volume exporter of completely built-up cars, has stressed that government incentive and policies are integral in the development of the local automotive industry. FGP President Rick Baker made this comment during a media briefing to present the company's performance in...