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Novelis to acquire downstream aluminum producer Aleris for ~$2.6B; meeting automotive demand, expanding into aerospace

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In 2002, the Aleris facility in Duffel, Belgium opened its first continuous annealing line to provide automotive body sheet to the automotive industry. With a new wide cold mill and a continuous annealing line, Aleris is equipped to produce the widest aluminum sheet available in the industry.

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2014 Toyota Verso offering new 1.6L diesel from BMW, first stop/start system

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Toyota first introduced the Verso in 2002, and in 2013, launched the current Verso MPV, developed exclusively for the European market. —Gerald Killmann, Vice President R&D at Toyota’s R&D center in Belgium. We had to make sure that torque was available from low revs, but also that it was spread over a wide rev band.

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

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Within the project, researchers from IBM Denmark and from IBM’s Zurich Research Laboratory will develop smart technologies that synchronise the charging of the electric vehicles with the availability of wind in the grid. Web development and hosting by Tibus.

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