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Teijin to establish Teijin Automotive Center Europe to expand capabilities for next-gen automotive components

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Amid the ongoing shift toward Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric (CASE) automobiles, the automotive industry is transforming its business models to realize more lightweight and multifunctional next-generation vehicles. Teijin is targeting automotive composite business sales of approximately €1.7 billion (US$2 billion) by 2030.

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Teijin joins AZL Partner Network for Lightweight Production Technology

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The network is launching one of their many joint projects today—an eight-month project to develop and manufacture multi-material battery enclosures for electric vehicles. of Czech Republic. A component concept will be elaborated in detail. © AZL Aachen GmbH.

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Hyundai Motor targeting 7% of global EV market by 2030; 1.87M BEVs

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Optimizing EV manufacturing capacity. Hyundai Motor aims to establish a high efficiency manufacturing process for BEV production to accelerate its transition into electrification. billion)on technology development, such as connectivity and autonomous driving, KRW 4.8 trillion (US$ 3.6 trillion (US$2.4

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Bosch to begin developing electrolyzer components; €500M investment by end of decade

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As in the fuel cell, the key component of an electrolyzer is a stack, which comprises several hundred individual cells connected in series. To maximize the efficiency of hydrogen production and extend the service life of the stack, the smart modules are to be connected to the Bosch cloud. jovice (Czech Republic).

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Chart to provide fuel system for LNG-Hybrid barge delivering shore power in Hamburg

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Chart’s on-board LNG system comprises two 40-ft LNG ISO intermodal containers and a skid mounted Gas Processing Unit (GPU), along with connecting equipment, controls, safety appliances and associated piping. All engineering, major capital equipment and assembly will be performed by Chart’s operations in Decin, Czech Republic.

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Volkswagen Group to add 15 more plants to Industrial Cloud this year

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These include the plants at Brunswick, Emden, Hanover, Ingolstadt, Kassel, Leipzig, Neckarsulm, Salzgitter, Zuffenhausen and Zwickau (all in Germany), Martorell (Spain), Palmela (Portugal), Györ (Hungary), and Mladá Boleslav and Vrchlabi (Czech Republic). Each machine, equipment item and system will be connected manually.

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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The company is currently producing EVs in this way at its plants in the US, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and India. HMGICS will demonstrate various new manufacturing technologies for enhancement of quality, logistics and management automation and others. It plans to convert additional lines as market demand dictates.

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