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FOREWORD: Automotive
Being a highly diversified sector, the global automotive industry is undergoing an unprecedented transformation driven by the global economic downturn. Amanda Carey takes a quick look at an industry that is steadily shifting away from heavily saturated markets in the Western world towards Asian countries – particularly China, which is on-course to become the no. 1 car producer of 2009.
Quick off the Mark
Up and running for just one month, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech (HMMC) already has great plans following the construction of its ultra-modern 200-hectare plant.
The drive to succeed
Kia Motors Corporation is one of the fastest growing automakers in the world and its state-of-the-art factory in Slovakia has brought the Korean giant into the heart of European car production. Emily O’Neill reports.
An award-winning supplier
Profil Sanayi is an Turkish manufacturer that has built its reputation by providing various components to automotive brands like Fiat, Toyota, Ford and Toyotetsu.
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- Energy
As oil starts to run dry, demand rises for hybrid cars, and electric cars make their way from conceptual design to mass production, the future of transport, experts say, lies in lithium.
Revealing the Hidden Charge
Algae are the focus of attempts to achieve commercially-viable systems for harnessing photosynthesis for atmospheric CO2 fixation and biosynthesis of fuels.
A Green Solution
Money may not buy happiness, but can happiness make us money? Is it just that we have had the causality wrong all along?