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Can product planning keep pace with technology?

2017-02-09

Rapidly emerging technologies are presenting huge challenges for even the best informed product planners.

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Advancing 3D-printed NdFeB magnets

2017-02-06

Magnet Applications, a Bunting Magnetics Co., has made a technological advance in 3D-printed neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnets.

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The New Supplier Invasion

2017-03-17

The geographic and system expansion of the supply base includes an influx of China and India-based suppliers quietly setting up shop in North America – mainly in Mexico and the U.S.

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Design Tip: 3D Printing

2017-02-11

Get to know the benefits and parameters of DMLS in this primer from Proto Labs.

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Linear potentiometers

2017-02-09

H.G. Schaevitz LLC Alliance Sensors Group expanded its sensor product offering by adding resistive technology to its portfolio of linear position products.

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2016 Honda Civic targets Audi A3, drives new modular-engineering strategy

2015-04-09

Honda’s next-generation Civic will debut a sporty new design language, more efficient and spirited powertrains—and serve as the lead application for Honda’s new Global Compact platform that will also underpin the next-generation Accord as well as the HR-V crossover.

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Mitsubishi's U.S. teams more involved with vehicle development

2015-06-10

Mitsubishi's top North American product planner talks about the 2016 Outlander and why his team is getting more design and engineering responsibility going forward.

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Additive manufacturing startup added to Ford’s research roster

2015-07-14

Ford is jumping on the additive manufacturing bandwagon, teaming up with a startup that claims its 3D manufacturing system makes parts 25 to 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing systems. The automaker is using additive processes to make tooling and may eventually use them to make production parts.

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Universal vision sensor

2014-05-13

Balluff’s BVS universal vision sensor offers 360° part position detection, defect finding, contour-based counting and matching, barcode reading (linear and 2-D DM), and optical character verification (OCV).

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Magna’s CTO talks innovation and disruption

2016-12-04

Swamy Kotagiri will discuss how to foster an innovative organizational culture during a Leadership Summit roundtable, April 4 at the SAE WCX17 in Detroit. He spoke recently with Automotive Engineering on this topic at Magna’s Troy, MI, offices during the company's annual Innovation Awards activity.

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New Ford Fiesta claims B-car tech leadership

2016-11-30

Attention to detail in NVH reduction, build quality and overall refinement mark Ford's development focus for its global B-segment veteran.

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Color multi-material 3-D printer

2014-03-10

The Objet500 Connex3 color multi-material 3-D printer from Stratasys is the first and only 3-D printer to combine colors with multi-material 3-D printing, according to the company.

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NAIAS 2017: Stinger gives Kia a fast, nimble sedan

2017-01-08

Kia's racy 2018 Stinger is the brand's first rear-drive and AWD sedan.

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Nexteer opens manufacturing plant in Pune

2016-10-13

Nexteer Automotive opened a new manufacturing plant in Pune, India in late September, which makes it the steering and driveline business’s third manufacturing plant in India.

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Ultra-fast epoxy resin

2014-04-10

Voraforce 5300 resin matrix from Dow Automotive Systems offers 90-s cycle times for resin transfer molding (RTM), making RTM-produced carbon-fiber composites suitable for mass production.

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Jaguar turns marketing speak into engineering reality for XE

2015-06-05

The beginnings of the new compact sedan can be traced back to the slightly ethereal, emotional, even psychological world of marketing.

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: GM China imports

2016-11-29

While Donald Trump was blasting China for allegedly taking U.S. jobs, GM was quietly importing new China-made vehicles into the U.S.

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Eaton opens sixth China tech center

2014-04-04

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Hexagon Metrology targets inline, real-time measurements

2014-04-23

In a bid to deliver a system that combines quality control with process control, Hexagon introduces its 360° Smart Inline Measurement Solutions for automotive applications.

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Software tool monitors supply chain

2014-02-24

To accommodate the dynamic global economy where suppliers must work in close partnership with their customers throughout the supply chain, BorgWarner's Supplier Performance Monitor (SPM) system optimizes its supplier network as well as its own performance.