- Nakshbandi
HEADNOTE Mill Report The Exporting Giant Adheres to International Standards Pakistan's Nakshbandi Industries Ltd. increases its range of Monforts dyeing and finishing equipment with a new "Sanforiser" to meet expansion and maintain international standards. A long established user of Monforts dyeing and finishing equipment, Nakshbandi has taken delivery of a ......
- Globalization within the auto industry: a major
benefit of globalization for GM has been access to technology being
developed around the world.
Competitive pressures have forced most companies (and countries) to increase their focus on innovation. This pressure to innovate has increased the need for talented engineers and scientists--not only in the rapidly evolving computer and communications industries, but in virtually every other industry as well. The automobile industry, for example, has ......
- emPOWERed TEAMS
HEADNOTE CREATIVE TEAMWORK INITIATIVES GUARANTEE PROJECT SUCCESS IN THE HIGH-PRESSURE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 The Your Concept Car Project Team (Pictured From Left: Lena Ekelund; Camilla Palmertz; Maria Widell Christiansen; Maira Uggla; and Tatiana Butovitsch Temml, Gteburg, Sweden IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 The Your Concept Car Project Team (Pictured From ......
- Pressured by stricter government regulations on
vehicle safety, car and truck manufacturers and their suppliers are
turning to computers to simulate vehicle crashes.
Pressured by stricter government regulations on vehicle safety, car and truck manufacturers and their suppliers are turning to computers to simulate vehicle crashes. Specialized finite element packages already available from some software vendors enable engineers to carry out an unlimited number of crash simulations. Manufacturers use the results to help ......
- Improving the proving grounds: Freightliner Group
augments capabilities at South Bend Test Center: "chatter
bumps" can pave the way to improved vehicles.
In developing a new truck, bus, recreational vehicle or chassis, a vehicle manufacturer must go to great lengths when it comes to testing. Aside from the testing in the lab, there are also various field testing programs, in which vehicles are put through their paces by both the company and ......
- Losing momentum? As Toyota faces quality and salessetbacks, questions arise about its productionsystem.
CLOUDS OF PERCEPTION, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, OFTEN hang over the head of the smartest student in the classroom. Some peers express admiration and seek the brainiac's help. Others show jealousy through revile. But what happens when the unthinkable transpires: That star pupil receives a grade that's anything but an ......
- Spokane company eager to roll out electric car
Spokane businessman Rick Woodbury believes he's come up with a product that will revolutionize the automotive industry. There's just one obstacle: He needs 00 million to begin mass-producing it. The product is an all-electric commuter car, called the Tango, that's touted to be narrower than a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle, ......