The tyre manufacturer’s Sales Process and Training Manager, Richard Whitehurst, oversaw the full-day tyre-safety workshop with the instructors, who are employees of the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka.
The workshop marked part of Michelin’s contribution to Transaid’s Professional Driver Training project in sub-Saharan Africa, where road accidents are the third highest cause of [...]

Mannheim - Quality without compromises is the key focus of the new engine manufacturing facility at the Mannheim production plant. For the production of the new OM 47x engine family, every detail of the manufacturing process has been optimised. The three areas of foundry, machining and assembly work perfectly together like the cogs of a [...]

Mannheim - Daimler Trucks ushers in a new era: the launch of the Mercedes-Benz OM 47x, under the name “Blue Efficiency Power”, heralds the arrival of a completely redesigned range of heavy-duty engines that sets a new benchmark in so many ways. The Blue Efficiency Power generation of Mercedes-Benz engines has been specifically developed for [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC (BATO) announced that it has mutually agreed with INDYCAR to allow its Firestone brand sponsorship and supply contract with the sanctioning body’s IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights to expire at the end of the 2011 season.
The partnership between the Firestone brand and INDYCAR has been [...]

Operating as your vital partner under the slogan “With you - always support your business”, NTN develops products in the industrial machinery field and works on proposing new technologies that are always one step ahead of the latest requirements, as well as a product line-up covering a wide range of applications built on NTN’s general [...]

Quantum leap in efficiency: smooth refinement meets new dimensions in power and environmental compatibility
Mercedes-Benz is setting previously unachievable efficiency standards in the premium segment with completely newly developed V6 and V8 engines. The new V8 engine has a displacement of 4 663 cc and develops an output of 320 kW, which is around 12 percent [...]

Tokyo, Japan – NSK Ltd. (NSK; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO: Norio Otsuka) announced it has developed and commercialized a high performance shielded double-row angular contact ball bearing for industrial water pumps. Demand for these pumps is increasing worldwide for water supply and sewage, irrigation, and various service water systems. The product features improved [...]

Tokyo - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for 14 large-size centrifugal chillers, with a total cooling capacity of 29,300 refrigeration tons*1 (RT), for a large-scale district cooling system for “Heart of Doha,” a development and regeneration project to transform the old downtown area of Doha, the capital of Qatar. Delivery of [...]

Luxury motor yacht builder Gulf Craft, based in the United Arab Emirates, announced at the Dubai Boat Show a new partnership deal with Italian equipment manufacturer Quick Srl. Under the agreement, Quick will be the supplier of equipment for Gulf Craft’s new 95ft Gulf 95 EXP motor yacht with the concept of ‘comfortable living on [...]

Cyclists who film their rides, including those urban commuters who want the reassurance of film evidence in the event of a road traffic collision with a vehicle, are being offered an increasing number of camera and mounting options for their bikes.
The £16 Flip Video Action Tripod features adjustable straps to attach it to bicycle handlebars [...]