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ArticlePLM survey: Standards needed for data exchange
Manufacturing companies need a universally recognized standard for the exchange of product data across the supply chain, according to a survey of industry executives.The survey, conducted by Germany's RAAD Research in cooperation with Contact Software and Siemens PLM, found that manufacturing companies are challenged by an absence of standards when ...
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FeatureInterview: JCI's automotive CIO on course to meet global targets
Sanjay Rishi is CIO and group vice president, information technology, at Automotive Experience, the biggest division of US-based Johnson Controls.Rishi runs a global IT operation with between 400 and 500 people worldwide, not including a "partner ecosystem" of companies that provide a broad range of IT services to JCI.The automotive ...
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ArticleBosch to buy Chinese infotainment company
Bosch developed a special navigation system for Volkswagen in China (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch plans to acquire a majority shareholding in a Chinese maker of instrument clusters and infotainment systems.In a move designed to strengthen its position in China and East Asia, the German automotive supplier said it is buying a ...
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ArticleJCI Automotive picks Siemens PLM Teamcenter software
Johnson Controls' automotive division has chosen Siemens PLM's Teamcenter as its corporate standard for collaboration and process integration.Siemens PLM Software, a division of Germany's Siemens Group, said Johnson Controls Automotive Experience will use Team Center across its entire global product development operation.Siemens said it had won the contract in competition ...
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ArticleGarmin opens new offices in Shanghai, Stuttgart, Yokohama
Garmin, which manufactures navigation, communication and information devices and applications, wants to grow its automotive business (Photo: Garmin)Garmin has opened new offices in three major markets as it boosts its global satellite navigation activities and expands its automotive business.The Swiss-based company, said new offices in Shanghai, Stuttgart and Yokohama are ...
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ArticleMcKinsey: China needs new EV strategy
China wants to boost EV sales to reduce traffic pollution (Photo: Anna Frodesiak/Wikimedia)China needs to boost sales of range-extended electric vehicles, rather than focus too heavily on pure EVs, according to McKinsey.In a study of the Chinese EV market, the strategy consultants say it will be at least 10 years ...
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ArticleBMW opens Connected Drive lab and Designworks studio in Shanghai
BMW’s design chief, Adrian van Hooydonk (center), discusses details of the Vision ConnectedDrive concept (Photo: BMW)BMW, stepping up its activities in China, said it has opened a Connected Drive lab and a design studio in Shanghai.The German premium car maker said its Connected Drive lab will allow key development initiatives ...
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ArticleBeing auto show: GM shows mobility concept
GM’s EN-V 2.0 concept provides a vision of future urban mobility (Photo: GM)General Motors showed a new version of its EN-V 2.0 mobility concept at the Beijing auto show, underlining the auto industry's resolve to address the changing requirement of mostly urban car drivers."The EN-V 2.0 concept would use technologies ...
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ArticleAudi acquires motorcycle maker Ducati
As expected, Audi said it is buying Italian motorcycle maker Ducati from the Investindustrial holding company, adding a twelfth brand to the Volkswagen Group's stable of brands.Terms weren't disclosed, but German press reports said the purchase price was around 860 million euros.Audi CEO Rupert Stadler cited Ducati's "great expertise in ...
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ArticleIBM boosts analytics capacity with Varicent acquisition
IBM has finalized the acquisition of Varicent Software in a move by the US IT services and software group to further grow its business analytics offering.Varicent, a privately held Canadian company, makes analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. The company's products will become part of IBM's Smarter Analytics ...
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ArticleHyperworks adds VehicleSim to partnership
Mechanical Simulation’s CarSim software simulates the dynamic behavior of passenger cars, racecars, light trucks, and utility vehicles (Photo: CarSim)Altair is expanding its Hyperworks computer-aided engineering software to include the use of Mechanical Simulation vehicle dynamics simulation tools.Altair, a US-based business software group, said in a press release that Mechanical Simulation's ...
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ArticleGermany's BITKOM: Basel III could hurt IT industry
EU member nations are planning to tighten rules governing bank lendingGermany's IT lobby warns that plans for a Europe-wide tightening of credit regulation under the so-called "Basel III" rules will negatively affect many small and medium-sized IT companies.The European Union is currently discussing new rules that would force banks ...
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ArticleVolkmar Denner to take over as Bosch CEO effective July 1
CEO Franz Fehrenbach (left) will head the Bosch supervisory board. He will be succeeded by Volkmar Denner (Photo: Bosch)Volkmar Denner, a Robert Bosch board member, will succeed Franz Fehrenbach as CEO of the world's largest automotive supplier July 1.Denner, 55, is currently board member in charge of corporate research and ...
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ArticleEmerging markets use more Cloud apps - study
Tata Consulting projects that Cloud-based applications will grow sharply by 2014 (Photo: Tata Consulting)Companies in emerging markets are leading the way when it comes to adoption Cloud-based application, according to a survey conducted by Tata Consulting Services.The US and Europe remain conservative about putting mission-critical and customer data in the ...
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ArticleDaimler CEO: Connected cars is the only way to make money
Zetsche introduced the new Mercedes A-Class at the Geneva auto show this month (Photo: Daimler)Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche this week reaffirmed the premium car maker's commitment to new connected-vehicle technology across its product range."Soon you will not be able to make money anymore with cars that don't integrate customers' smartphones," ...
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ArticleVolkswagen raises IT's profile with new in-house academy
VW will use IT to improve cooperation between its various brands (Photo: VW)Volkswagen has launched a new company-wide IT academy in a move to give greater in-house prominence to the role of information technology in meeting its corporate goals."IT is the nerve center of our company," said VW personnel chief ...
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ArticleManager Magazin: Change at top of Robert Bosch imminent
Bosch’s Fehrenbach has been an outspoken commentator on major economic and business issues (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch, the world's largest automotive supplier, is likely to get a new CEO before the end of the year, according to the German business monthly Manager Magazin.The publication says former CEO Hermann Scholl, 76, plans ...
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ArticleBosch-Samsung battery JV may be dissolved - Financial Times Deutschland
SB Limotive builds battery systems for the new generation of electric vehicles (Photo: SB Limotive)A four-year old battery joint venture between Germany's Robert Bosch and Korea's Samsung may be dissolved because the two partners' business priorities are too diverse, according to the Financial Times Deutschland.The newspaper said Bosch, the world's ...
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ArticleJaguar Land Rover, Chery agree on China JV
Land Rover showed a convertible version of its Evoque model at this month’s Geneva auto show (Photo: Land Rover)Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Chery Automobile confirmed they will jointly build JLR models and other cars in China, in a move to boost the presence of the British brands in the ...
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ArticleMunich Management Colloquium: Winterkorn, Bohr see different resource opportunities
VW CEO Winterkorn (left) and Bosch Automotive CEO addressed the Munich management conference March 20MUNICH -- Top industry executives speaking at this year's Muenchner Management Kolloquium provided various interpretations of the conference topic: Growth through resource efficiency.But they agreed that, by making better use of available resources, companies can save ...
