ers), which allows multiple people to work on one vehicle, and shortened the process length by laterally feeding vehicles. Furthermore, in the painting process, a new air-conditioning recycling technology is employed. The conventional method used water to collect uncoated paint generated during the coating process, but by changing to a compact device using corrugated cardboard filters, it is now possible to recycle air conditioning (air) with the...

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ers), which allows multiple people to work on one vehicle, and shortened the process length by laterally feeding vehicles. Furthermore, in the painting process, a new air-conditioning recycling technology is employed. The conventional method used water to collect uncoated paint generated during the coating process, but by changing to a compact device using corrugated cardboard filters, it is now possible to recycle air conditioning (air) with the...

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uction will begin in July at Hyundai's first plant in China, to launch it in the latter half of 2010. Production of the Sonata lingxiang will be stopped after the launch of the eighth-generation Sonata. A fire broke out early on May 8 at Beijing Hyundai Motor's first plant. The fire occurred at the coating facility and spread to 100 square meters and the coating line. Restoration work will take one month, affecting its production capacity of 30,0...

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icle were reduced by 40%.  Taking BAIC Blue Valley Plant as an example, through innovative paint slag treatment technology, the amount of hazardous waste was reduced by 1.38 kg/vehicle, with a reduction rate of about 60%, and the total amount of hazardous waste reduced by 207 tons per year. In the coating process, the spraying of Arcfox αT uses the advanced three-coating process on the market, which greatly reduces the use of zinc, nickel, mang...

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w equipment such as 3C1B water-based paint environmental protection process, robot automatic painting, TNV waste gas incineration system, intelligent management and control system to carry out automatic spraying operations, reduce the use of organic solvents from the source; reduce the intermediate coating drying and intermediate coating grinding processes; minimize the emission of VOC in the workshop. On August 25, BAIC exhibited a number of new...

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ger car units. On June 6 Shanghai GM held a groundbreaking ceremony for its fourth manufacturing plant, Shanghai GM Wuhan Branch, in Jiangxia District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. The seven-billion-yuan plant has an area of 2.32 square kilometers and has facilities for stamping, body manufacturing, coating and assembly together with auxiliary facilities. The plant is capable of producing 300,000 new cars including midsize and compact cars, SUVs a...

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tion of a new plant in Chengdu Economic-Technological Development Zone (Longquanze, Chengdu) in December 2007, planning to complete the first phase in December 2009. The plant has an area of 870,000 square meters and requires 3 billion yuan of investment. It will be equipped with stamping, welding, coating and assembly facilities, with an annual output capacity of 30,000 units at first, which will be gradually raised to 150,000 units. The plant w...

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market. Volvo Car will reportedly produce five models in China after the S60. On August 28 Volvo Car announced that its plant in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, officially started operations. Chengdu plant is located in Longquan Economic and Technological Development Zone and has stamping, welding, coating and assembly lines as well as a quality control center, logistics facility and a test course. The plant will produce 100,000 units annually. M...

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nan Province on December 27, 2014. The first phase, which has just been completed, was to build an assembly and inspection lines to raise the production capacity to 10,000 units a year. In the second phase, the capacity will be raised to 100,000 units a year by introducing the stamping, welding and coating lines. The Lifan 320E low-speed EV rolled off the line on the same day....

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from other markets such as Japan, Canada, Australia, Thaco will invest in building a new semi-trailer and heavy components plant with a planned annual capacity of 20,000 units under modern technology and production lines, including robot welding, surface blasting, ED electrostatic painting, powder coating, assembly and inspection lines, etc. The plant will be put into operation from June 2022. On June 17, THACO Auto held a factory release ceremo...

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Ford Mazda will be constructed in Chongqing, at a cost of 3.34 billion yuan (approx. US$490 million). The 1 million sq. m. plant will have the initial capacity of 150,000 vehicles a year. The new plant will mainly be in charge of producing Ford models, introducing stamping, welding of body shells, coating, interior finishing and assembly lines for Ford brand cars. While establishing a flexible manufacturing system to produce more than one models...

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electric vehicle. The projects will involve an industrial mobilization of around EUR 500 million. Mercedes Benz has obtained EUR 129.6 million for equipment for part of the production process of its commercial van and the new private minivan model and also for the paint application process and body coating of this minivan and the curing and sealing process of its new aluminum and steel bodies. Nissan will get EUR 5.6 million to develop the protot...

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tion of a new plant in Chengdu Economic-Technological Development Zone (Longquanze, Chengdu) in December 2007, planning to complete the first phase in December 2009. The plant has an area of 870,000 square meters and requires 3 billion yuan of investment. It will be equipped with stamping, welding, coating and assembly facilities for an annual output of 30,000 units at first, which will be gradually raised to 150,000 units. The first phase of con...

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icle were reduced by 40%.  Taking BAIC Blue Valley Plant as an example, through innovative paint slag treatment technology, the amount of hazardous waste was reduced by 1.38 kg/vehicle, with a reduction rate of about 60%, and the total amount of hazardous waste reduced by 207 tons per year. In the coating process, the spraying of Arcfox αT uses the advanced three-coating process on the market, which greatly reduces the use of zinc, nickel, mang...

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ower station's connection to the grid. On May 22, Geely Holding Group released 2023 Sustainability Report. In May 2023, Geely Auto's Baoji plant was certificated as a Type I, Five-star Zero Carbon Factory, making it the second plant to win the honor following the Xi'an plant. The cutting edge B1:B2 coating process effectively lowers energy consumption and waste discharge during plant operation in the Baoji plant. On May 22, Geely Holding Group re...

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r V6 engine. The 2.0T D-4ST engine generates a maximum output of 162 kW and a maximum torque of 350 Nm. Its fuel economy is 8.2 liters/100 km. On March 30, GAC Group issued the 2022 GAC Group Social Responsibility Report. According to the report, among the raw materials GAC Toyota uses, water-based coatings account for 86.5%. All water-based coatings and body varnishes contain a low VOCs content. In the manufacturing process, GAC Toyota adopts 3-...

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lding process of Production Line #2, an open/close flow control system for the 3/4 cold water pipe bypass in fall and winter will be used to reduce output flow, saving 120,000kWh of electricity consumption per year. In addition, by optimizing the blow time after RTO (regenerative thermal oxidizers) coating, the company was able to save approximately 650,000kWh of electricity consumption per year. On March 30, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. ...

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Nissan launched the fully redesigned Sentra compact sedan in Taiwan. Priced between TWD 739,000 and TWD 835,000, the vehicle is produced by local manufacturer Yulon Motor Co., Ltd. The model is based on the CMF-C platform and is equipped with a 1.6-liter inline four-cylinder engine with mirror bore coating (138 ps maximum output and 17.2 kgm peak torque) combined with an Xtronic CVT. A number of advanced safety features are standard, including Pr...

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yuan. On the basis of "Green Factory" concept, the company has achieved zero-emission of waste water from the plant for the first time in the automobile industry in the world. GAC Honda Automobile introduces water base paint in its whole plant operation and adopt the system in its second and final coating processes for all production models. Furthermore, GAC Honda has aggressively adopted Chinese made production equipment like stamping and injec...

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Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. (GAC Honda) has adopted zeolite adsorption rotor technology in its ecological environmental protection project. The report also describes the flue gas treatment process. According to the report, the large-volume, low-concentration exhaust gas generated in the intermediate coating booth is first treated with the venturi water curtain system, sent to the adsorption rotor for zeolite concentration, and the adsorption and d...

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