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• Ford expects another tough year in 2009
Ford’s CEO Alan Mulally doesn’t expect the automotive sector to improve in the year ahead, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The year ahead will not be any better than 2008 for the industry, Mulally said at the Paris auto show ...
• 3D Imaging Spreads to Fashion and Beyond
While the automotive and aeronautics industries have worked with 3D computer-aided design for at least two decades, it's now spreading to other industries and smaller companies as it becomes more affordable. As of this year, the 3D CAD market ...
• 'Petit Le Mans' adds green competition to race
The Green Challenge was born after the government agencies, auto racing sanctioning organizations — including the ALMS and International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), which oversees timing and scoring — and automotive equipment manufacturers ...
• Trucking industry is suffering
Michigan and its automotive industry is a prime example. "I haul dies for like GM and Chrysler and that...I'm lucky to get a load today but tomorrow I might not get one," said Van Loan. The amount of freight is decreasing as industry contracts and ...
• iRobot Goes Terminator
TARDEC awarded iRobot $3.75 million to build two "Warrior 700" robots. (The acronym-phobic may refer to it as the Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center.) As previously promised, the Warrior joins a long line of military ...