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ArticleTesis, Magna promise better thermal management simulation
Thermal simulations are crucial in the development of EVs (Photo: Kuli)Automotive supplier Magna and simulation specialist Tesis Dynaware are combining their simulation products to provide a complete analysis of a car's energy and thermal management.The two companies are coupling Tesis Dynaware's DYNA4 full vehicle simulation with Magna's KULI thermal simulation ...
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ArticleFactory 2.0 challenges Toyota manufacturing concepts
Software can generate manufacturing productivity improvements (Photo: Forcam)New IT systems are beginning to compete with the Toyota manufacturing system, which has been a template for efficient production in the auto industry for many years.Sophisticated production software, which analyzes a plant's production data on a continuous basis, can sharply boost efficiency.At ...
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ArticleToshiba to provide inverters for Ford EVs
Toshiba Corp, which wants to grow its automotive business globally. said it will supply inverters for hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that Ford Motor plans to start mass-producing in 2012.The Japanese electronics group, which announced a year ago that it would manufacture drive motors for Ford EVs in its ...
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ArticleMitsubishi Electric, FAW unit to set up Chinese car multimedia JV
Mitsubishi Electric conducts tests in an electromagnetic anechoic sound chamber (Photo: Mitsubishi Electric)Mitsubishi Electric Corporation said it plans to grow its Chinese automotive multimedia business by establishing a joint venture with QiMing Information Technology Co, a subsidiary of carmaker FAW.The two companies, which have worked together since 2004, agreed to ...
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ArticleGlobal IT market set to top 1 trillion euros in 2012
Global IT demand continues to rise despite the Japanese earthquake and weak consumer spending in some European countries (Photo: Infineon)The global IT market is set to top 1 trillion euros in 2012, according to the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO).The IT researchers expect the market to grow 4.3 pc to ...
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ArticleFord steps up quality drive, using laser robots for inspection
Laser robots inspect the quality of a new Ford Focus built at the company’s Michigan Assembly plant (Photo: Ford)Ford hopes to boost quality through a major investment in robots that can check for problems using laser technology.The U.S. based carmaker said it is investing $100 million globally to install laser ...
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ArticleBMW Financial Services interview: IT as a success factor
Ebner von Eschenbach: IT helped BMW Japan cope with the aftermath of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunamiBMW Financial Services depends for all its IT needs on the group's internal service division. IT at BMW is run by Karl-Erich Probst, CIO, while financial services at the German premium carmaker is headed ...
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ArticleT-Systems provides Cloud services to Magna
T-Systems will provide a range of Cloud-based IT services to Magna, as part of the Canadian supplier group's effort to modernize and upgrade its global information and communication technology.T-Systems, a subsidiary of Germany's Deutsche Telekom, said it is providing Magna with a Cloud infrastructure that allows the supplier to connect ...
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ArticleIndustry strives for no-fault automotive microprocessors
Here's what the auto industry wants: Microprocessors that are tailormade for the automotive environment, that can withstand huge temperature swings and near-constant vibration and, most importantly, never ever fail.To make microprocessors that meet those requirements, experts say a rethink of the entire production process is order. And that's exactly what ...
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ArticleManaged security is a growth area in Cloud-based services
The Cloud can work especially well in the provision of security services (Photo: IBM)Experts say managed security is a major growth area for Cloud-based services."We estimate that through 2015 half of all e-mail security products will be used in SaaS form," said Ruggero Contu, principal research analyst at market researchers ...
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ArticleVisteon to do more testing locally in Brazil
With the expansion, Visteon can handle more tests locally in Brazil than it could before (Photo: Visteon)Visteon Corporation is expanding automotive component testing capabilities at its engineering test center in Brazil.The US-based automotive supplier said it will start performing thermal cycle tests on internal and external components for vehicles at ...
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ArticlePanasonic Automotive to get new ECM software
Panasonic Automotive’s Neumuenster operations are 1 of 4 German locations to get the new softwarePanasonic Automotive Systems is streamlining invoice processing at its four German locations, the division of Japanese electronics group Panasonic said.The new software comes from Berlin based enterprise content management specialist Optimal Systems.In Germany, Panasonic Automotive makes ...
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ArticleLear opens electronics plant in Morocco
Lear Corporation has opened a new electronics plant in Rabat, Morocco. The facility will mostly deliver systems and components to the European market.Lear, a U.S. based automotive supplier, said the new plant wil build battery chargers, gateway modules and other electronics components for European carmakers that include BMW, Renault and ...
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ArticleGermany opposes incentives for electric vehicles
An EV is being charged on a public street in the city of LondonGermany won't be providing government incentives for electric vehicles, the country's transport minister, Peter Ramsauer, said Monday."I am decidedly against expensive purchasing incentives," he said in a press release. "Especially in times of tight money a country ...
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ArticleMerkel wants German leadership in electro-mobility
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would like to see 6 million electric vehicles in Germany by 2030Chancellor Angela Merkel called on German industry and politics to grab the global lead in in electric mobility.In a video podcast over the weekend, Merkel said: "We want Germany to be the leader in ...
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ArticleBosch opens software engineering center in Vietnam
Bosch’s new Vietnam software engineering center will serve car companies in Korea, China and Japan (photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch has opened a software engineering center in Vietnam that will serve customers throughout southeast Asia.The German automotive supplier said the newly established Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Vietnam Company Limited (RBVH) ...
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ArticleAn overview of automakers' PLM systems
Automakers want more open PLM systems (source:PTC)Automakers are changing their PLM systems. They are increasingly relying on Dassault's Catia and Siemens' NX for car development. But they are also implementing software from other providers.At the same time, users of PLM software are calling for more open systems. ProSTEP iViP, a ...
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ArticleDaimler: 10-year agreement with Siemens PLM
Daimler has agreed with Siemens on a 10-year agreement for the use of the technology group's NX CAD software.The German premium car group decided last year to replace its Dassault CATIA software with Siemens' NX CAD system. The move came as a surprise to France-based Dassault.Daimler wants to implement Siemens ...
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ArticleIBM, Inchron provide integrated development tool to Continental, Hella Hueck
IBM’s Rational Rhapsody provides a visual development environment for systems engineers and software developersGerman automotive suppliers Continental and Hella Hueck are among the first users of a new suite of development software tools from IBM and Inchron, a maker of design solutions for embedded systems.The software, which is designed to ...
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ArticleUpheaval in automotive PLM as car companies change partners
Automakers are reviewing - and changing - their PLM software (Illustration: Siemens)Upheaval in the PLM market: Daimler and Chrysler are separating from former partner Dassault Systemes and are doing development work with Siemens PLM software. On the other hand, BMW has settled on Dassault in the E/E domain. In turn, ...
