onal emission standards and improve fuel efficiency. The company will also significantly reduce emissions of exhaust gas pollutants to protect the environment. The 1.5T EVO engine uses the Miller cycle to reduce engine fuel consumption and improve thermal efficiency. In addition, atmospheric plasma coating is used to replace the traditional cast iron cylinder liner to achieve weight reduction and friction reduction at the same time, with better h...

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t its main plant in Mlada Boleslav, whilst the DQ200 direct-shift transmission is built at the Vrchlabi factory. These are fitted in various Skoda models as well as vehicles made by other Volkswagen Group brands. On September 16, Skoda Auto announced that it has put a new processing line for plasma coating into operation. This technically innovative concept allows conventional cylinder liners to be replaced with a powder coating that measures jus...

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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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expansion at CIVAC, to add more volume of production to its lines” said Joan Busquets, vice president of manufacturing at Nissan Mexicana. On October 11, Nissan Mexicana celebrated the production of 16 million engines at the Aguascalientes A1 plant. The 16 millionth engine includes the Bore Spray Coating technology (designed to increase the power and durability of monoblock cylinders) and belongs to a Nissan Kicks. Nissan announced that since N...

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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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n. GAZ Group announced on November 21, that it started production of frames for the new model of Mitsubishi Pajero Sport. The project is implemented under a contract signed by PJSC GAZ and PCMA Rus LLC on welding of frames for Mitsubishi Pajero Sport by PJSC GAZ, application of corrosion-protective coating (phosphating and e-coating) and delivery to assembly line of PCMA Rus in Kaluga. There are two frame types: for vehicles with automatic and ma...

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ains such as the body shop for the PPE into existing structures at the Ingolstadt plant. An automation rate of 87% enables efficient assembly of body components for the Q6 e-tron series. The paint shop for the new fully electric series has been upgraded with an extended dryer post-CDC (cathodic dip coating) and automated hole-sealing. Robots now seal about 70 holes in the bodies after CDC, a task previously done manually, ensuring all parts reach...

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ine in Beijing BAIC ORV officially launches new BJ60 off-road SUV BAIC Group launches BJ40 ICEV off-road SUV On June 20, Beijing Automotive Group broke ground for a new off-roader production plant in Shunyi District, Beijing. Beijing Automotive Group will invest RMB 3.19 billion, to build welding, coating assembly and inspection facilities along with a distribution center on a 158,000-square-meter construction site. When the first phase is compl...

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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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ill be added and customized based on GACNE's feedback and evolving digital needs. Since the start of their collaboration, BASF has supported GACNE to launch its paint shop and provided technical expertise, including comprehensive color development and paint shop management. BASF has become the 100% coating supplier of GACNE since then, including e-coat (electrodeposition coating), primer, basecoat and clear coat. On July 28, GAC Group held the GA...

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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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Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone. With a total investment of approx. three billion yuan, the plant will manufacture Changan brand mini buses and light-duty commercial vehicles. The one-million-square-meter plant with total building area of about 500,000 square meters will have stamping, welding, coating and assembly facilities, able to produce 400,000 units of finished cars annually. Construction work, scheduled to last about 48 months, will b...

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gas treatment facilities at the Xi'an Caotang factory. After the project  is completed, the annual VOCs emissions are expected to be reduced by 84.57%, and the VOCs emission concentration will be reduced by approximately 66.7%. In addition, BYD uniformly use catalytic combustion devices in the wax coating process, which is expected to reduce VOCs emissions by 30,535.6 tons per year compared to the activated carbon adsorption process previously u...

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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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rket. It will also increase employment of about 800 fixed-term workers; 400 at the Mizushima Plant, 150 at the Nagoya Plant, 150 at the Pajero Manufacturing Plant and 100 at three powertrain production plants. Mitsubishi Motors cut expenses for energy, including electricity, at the new vehicle body coating line, which was constructed at the Nagoya Plant in January this year, the automaker said, Substantial energy savings were achieved as a result...

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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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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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,600 units of Subaru sales in 2013. The Subaru XV imported from Malaysia shares 80% of sales volume. Motor Image will add 10 to 15 dealers by the end of 2013 from present 15 dealers. Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia announced on October 10 that it opened a 4S center (sales, service, spare parts and spray coating) in Puchong, Selangor with Ingress Motors, an automotive dealer in the country. The investment amount is MYR four million. The new 4S center h...

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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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engine is resurrected in the MX-30 e-SKYACTIV R-EV. On June 22, Mazda Motor Corporation announced its initiatives for reducing Mazda's environmental impact in the MX-30’s multi-tone painting process (two-tone and three-tone body colors). The MX-30 is finished in the base body color on the regular coating line, and then the second and third colors, which have a narrower coating area, are painted on a newly installed dedicated line. The paint spr...

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