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23 August, 2010
Foreign Brand Vehicles Occupy Only 11% of Truck Park in Russia
At the moment Russian truck park numbers about 3,5 mln vehicles (without regard to LCV). 79% (2,76 mln pcs) of the country’s park falls to the share of Russian brand vehicles. Another 10% of the park belongs to commercial vehicles, made in Belarus and Ukraine (348,3 K pcs). The park of foreign...
20 August, 2010
Russian LCV Market Grew by 28,4% in July
Sales of light commercial vehicles in Russia grow for seven months in succession – at the end of July by 28,4% up to 12103 units. By reckoning of agency «AUTOSTAT», Russian LCV market grew by 24,1% within seven months and made up 69863 vehicles. Upon that two thirds (66%) of LCV sales in...
18 August, 2010
World Automotive Industry Began to Stabilize and by 2014 Will Grow by 1,5
Last year the world automotive industry released only 57,2 mln passenger cars and LCV, having reduced its production by 13% or 9 mln cars as compared to the preceeding year and reached the rates of 2002.
As consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts, this year growth of production of...
16 August, 2010
Armtek - 15 years!
Suppliers and key customers came together in Minsk on the 14-15th of August to congratulate Armtek on its Anniversary and to discuss future plans of cooperation.
Today it is safe to say that there is no company in Russia and in Belarus which is specialized in the sales of auto spare parts, auto...
13 August, 2010
Russian aftermarket grew by 24% in the first half of 2010
According to the data of last investigation carried out by the analytic agency "Autostat", Russian aftermarket grew by 24% in the first half of 2010.
The analysts state that for the first 6 months of the current year 1,91 mln of used passenger cars were re-registered.
For the same period last...
11 August, 2010
Stellox promo-campaign “Speed up the turnover!”: the results
From February to May 2010 we held Stelllox promo-campaign “Speed up the turnover!” among our truck parts customers.
According to the terms of the campaign all the participants buying Stellox parts received Stellox souvenirs: pens, magnets, car perfumes, lighters.
When buying Stellox parts for...
9 August, 2010
Import of New Foreign Brand Cars toRussia Keeps On Decreasing For the Second Year On End
According to the Federal Customs Service (FCS) in January-June 2010 import of foreign brand cars decreased by 4,6% to 251 300 pcs. According to the data of agency «Autostat», the decrease is a bit lower – import of foreign brand cars declined by 3,9% and import of new foreign brand cars – by 4,2%....
5 August, 2010
Share of Foreign Made Cars in Russian Automotive Industry Grew to 53,2%
53,2% of the total volume of car production fell to the share of foreign made cars in the first half of 2010. According to the ÀSM Holding 260,2 K foreign made cars were assembled in the territory of Russia within six months, taking into account the total volume of production 489,1 K cars. We would...
31 July, 2010
Profi-Car - Eco-series, Eco-politics.
In the German forestry sector it is already usual for a long time – for every felled tree, there are planted 3 new ones. PROFI-CAR initiates this in the lubricant industry now.
For each purchased liter of the PROFI-CAR, ECO-SERIES, its manufacturers contribute 1 Cent per liter to...
27 July, 2010
In June the sales of trucks in Europe grew up by 13%.
In the period of crisis the sales have dropped drastically, but now they began to recover. On the annual basis 12,9 % more light commercial vehicles have been sold by 12,9 % more, heavy commercial vehicles by 17,3%. In the whole in the first half of this year the sales of commercial vehicles in the...
23 July, 2010
ArvinMeritor to Invest $23M in R&D
ArvinMeritor, Inc. plans to invest $23 million over the next five years in order to
enhance its research and development capabilities at a technical center
in its Troy, Michigan headquarter. Through the investment, ArvinMeritor
will develop advanced technologies related to fuel efficiency,...
23 July, 2010
Catalogues and brochures NTN-SNR for your business
Dear partners,
On our web site you can find available
informational materials NTN-SNR.
Please follow the links below to
see the catalogues and brochures in PDF format:
Catalogue NTN- timing pulleys 2010.1.
Catalogue NTN – wheel bearings...
19 July, 2010
There new items in Stellox range - clutch components for passenger cars
The following clutch components are included in Stellox range:
- clutch disks
- clutch covers
- clutch kits
Quantity: more than 65 items
Quality level: high
Packing:yes...
13 July, 2010
The Russian car market is “in plus” following the results of the first half-year
Sales of passenger cars and LCV in Russia are growing for the third month running due to action of the utilization program. According to Association of the European Business, in June the Russian car market grew by 45% up to 174838 units. Besides, this is by 10.7% over the index in May (157937...
9 July, 2010
BorgWarner to Supply MAN
BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA - News)
has announced that it will supply its regulated two-stage turbocharger
technology to MAN. MAN is a Munich, Germany-based manufacturer of
vehicles, engines and mechanical engineering equipment.
MAN will
utilize the turbocharger technology for its common-rail,...
9 July, 2010
Import of cars into Russia in January-May 2010 decreased by 14,8%
Import of passenger cars in the Russian Federation in January-May 2010 decreased by 14,8% in comparison with the analogous period of the previous year down to 192 200 cars. This data has been provided by the Federal Customs Service. During the abovementioned period the cars equal to USD 3 235...
5 July, 2010
MANN+HUMMEL builds plant in Shanghai
MANN+HUMMEL, a major supplier of filtration products for the automobile parts industry, has recently started a plant in Jiading District in northwest Shanghai, which is the biggest in its global footprint.
The plant in the Shanghai Auto City has a total investment of 40 million euros (US$49...
1 July, 2010
TRW Continues Growth in Fuel Saving Electric Power Steering Technologies
Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TRW - News) announced further growth for its Electrically Assisted Steering (EAS) systems that help save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In particular, TRW is winning new business and seeing a high level of interest from global vehicle manufacturers for...
25 June, 2010
SONAX products: used by team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
The smaller, the cleaner
Nanotechnology is an accepted future technology, which Sonax uses for many of its car care products already today. The market launch of the first generation “nanoproducts” – the Xtreme NanoPro car care range – dates back more than 4 years. The experience with the...
21 June, 2010
80,000 Kilometers on CNG – with only one set of spark plugs
In May the European headquarters of NGK Spark Plug Europe unveiled the gas operated car which had covered more than 80,000 kilometres since October 2009 – with only one set of LPG LaserLine spark plugs. At that occasion the driver – an initiator of the CNG marathon – was also the guest of NGK: the...
17 June, 2010
TOP-100 of Safe Cars According to Drivers Was Made in Europe
Another large-scale
research was conducted by the European branch of J.D. Power agency.
The agency is engaged in global questionnaire surveys of car owners, who
purchased their cars over a year ago and covered about 30 000 km in
average. A huge questionnaire has been filled in by 17...
10 June, 2010
New developments in Stellox range - radiators, heaters and a/c radiators.
This Stellox product is represented by the following product groups:
engine radiators,
heating radiators,
a/c radiators.
Characteristics of the goods:
Very attractive price. On...
20 May, 2010
Goodyear Has Become One of the Most Honorable Companies in the United States
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company joined the list of most honorable companies, according to Forbes magazine.
In the fifth annual ranking of the USA companies with the highest reputation Goodyear has taken the 40th position.
The ranking, published on the site www.forbes.com, is based on...
6 May, 2010
Sales of Commercial Vehicles in Russia Grew to 9%
The sales of commercial vehicles in Russia in the first quarter of 2010 grew to 9% up to 23988 pieces, as reported Andrey Chursin, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Manufacturers of Commercial Transport of the European Business Association. Also the sales of light commercial vehicles (with...
26 April, 2010
American business consultant John Tschohl gave a seminar for Armtek.
On the 24th-25th of April 2010 the "guru of customer service" John Tschohl gave seminars on issues of customer service development. Many employees and partners of Armtek participated in the seminar under program "Service: Leaders’ New Strategy".
more…
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2 April, 2010
Renault, Nissan and Daimler Announced of Creating an Alliance
Three of the largest automobile companies in the world - French Renault, Japanese Nissan and German Daimler – announced about creating an «industrial alliance» for the construction of a car of the future.
In the frameworks of the alliance the companies will exchange technologies, primarily in the...
11 March, 2010
Goodyear Introduces New Brand of Passenger Tires to Russian Market
Goodyear Company starts active sales of passenger tires of one of the biggest tire manufacturer in Central Europe – Sava. The new brand will enter the Russian market beginning 2010 and will complete the tire line of mid-price segment.
Till now major success of the Sava brand in Russia was...
12 February, 2010
NGK Spark Plug Europe Opens Liaison Office in Turkey
NGK Spark Plug Europe has opened a Liaison Office in Istanbul. With this step, the renowned manufacturer of spark plugs, glow plugs and Lambda sensors has considerably increased its presence in Turkey. The country on the Bosphorus is already an important business market.
More then 71 million...
25 January, 2010
FIAT selects Glow Plugs from NGK Spark Plug
In the beginning if 2010 NGK Spark Plug Europe has achieved a significant breakthrough towards achieving its goal of increasing its market share in the Diesel segment. The Company has just announced that it has started supplying the Fiat Group with glow plugs and glow controllers for the new SDE...
