International competition in the automotive industry continues to increase, as do the technological demands on vehicles, and with them the costs. But increasing prices in the face of stiff competition in the market is no longer easily defensible. According to a McKinsey study, the costs incurred in the manufacture of passenger cars must be reduced three to four percent per[Read More…]
In only a few other branches of industry are development pressures as enormous as in aircraft construction. One of the reasons is the fact that legislation is getting ever stricter about the CO2 emission of aircrafts at the same time as market expectations are of a rapidly accelerating growth in the sector. It is as a consequence of this development[Read More…]
Precision Camshafts Limited (PCL), one of the world’s leading chilled cast iron camshaft manufacturer today announced a strategic alliance with EMAG Germany, to acquire the widely proven and accepted ‘assembled camshaft’ technology which uses the ‘force free heat shrink’ – a process which EMAG has patented. The improved cost competitive process developed through this alliance between PCL and EMAG Germany[Read More…]
