IDC Forecasts Global Smartphone Market to Drop 10% in 2020

The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 9.5% (YoY) in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units.

PTT Plc and Plug and Play Announce Strategic Partnership to transform Thailand

PTT Public Company Limited has announced a strategic partnership with Plug and Play Tech Center, the world's largest corporate innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley,

Samsung and LG Display to stop supplying panels to Huawei

South Korean online media Chosun Biz reported Samsung and LG Display to stop supplying panels to Huawei when U.S. restrictions take effect on Sept. 15.

BIG WHA Industrial Gas - The new Joint Venture for the Production and Distribution of Industrial Gas

The new JV company will initially build a gas-generation plant and a pipeline in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (ESIE) to provide its customers with nitrogen.

Corona crisis holding down German machine tool industry orders

Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the second quarter of 2020 were 46 per cent down on the same period last year. In the process orders from Germany fell by 36 …

Mazda and Toyota Further Commitment to U.S. Manufacturing with Additional Investment

$830 million investment is to increase state-of-the-art technologies and training to its workforce of up to 4,000 employees.

Mercedes-Benz and CATL as a major supplier team up for leadership in future battery technology

Mercedes-Benz and CATL have today announced an enhanced partnership in the field of battery technology. The electric luxury sedan Mercedes-Benz EQS will launch next year with a WLT…

"Small but Beautiful", MITSUBISHI MOTORS Mid-Term Business Plan

MITSUBISHI MOTORS Announces Its Mid-Term Business Plan, Small but Beautiful, to Achieve Cost Rationalization and Profitability Enhancement for Sustainable Growth

Nissan reports first-quarter results and outlook for FY2020

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2020, and the outlook for fiscal year 2020.

Economic Performance of Chinese Automobile Industry in June 2020

The statistical analysis of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) in June 2020, automobile production and sales continued to pick up momentum.

BMW Group increases sales of electrified vehicles in first half-year, despite COVID-19

Total sales affected by the impact of the worldwide pandemic +++ Initial signs of recovery in individual markets at the end of Q2 +++ 962,575 vehicles delivered (-23.0%) in year to…

MAZDA TO RESUME FULL FACTORY OPERATION WORLDWIDE IN AUGUST AMID STRONG US SALES AND DEMAND

Mazda ประกาศให้โรงงานทั่วโลกกลับสู่สภาวะปกติตั้งแต่เดือนสิงหาคมเป็นต้นไป เผยยอดขายตลาดสหรัฐโตต่อเนื่องโดยมี CX-9 และ MX-5 ทำยอดขายเพิ่มขึ้น 50% และ 25% ตามลำดับ

Toyota Announces 2020 Mid-Year Sales Performance While Total Car Sales Projection Stands at 660,000 Units

The COVID-19 pandemic situation has impacted the overall domestic and global economy in the first and second quarter. Predicted that the economy tends to recover during the second …

CATL and Honda Sign Agreement to Form Comprehensive Strategic Alliance on Batteries for New Energy Vehicles

Alliance will include joint development of batteries for new energy vehicles (NEVs) and joint R&D into next-generation fundamental technologies. Stable supply of NEV batteries from…

Traditional PC Shipments Continue to Grow Amid Global Economic Slowdown, According to IDC

The second quarter of 2020 ended well for the Traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, with global shipments growing 11.2% year over year reaching…

Hitachi and Microsoft form a strategic alliance to advance next-generation digital solutions for manufacturing and logistics across Southeast Asia, North America and Japan

Hitachi, Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced a multiyear strategic alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing and logistics industries across…

German machine tool industry under great pressure in 1Q 2020

Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the first quarter of 2020 were 25 per cent down on the same period last year. Orders from within Germany fell by 22 per cent.…

Mazda Crossover’s Sales Steps Up as Top Rank in June, Achieve Top Sales of FY2020’s First Quarter Amid the Pandemic of Covid-19

Mazda achieves as best seller in crossover SUV market with the total sales of 1,200 units after it has once achieved this success in the past April. This leads Mazda to step up as …

Nissan and Sunwoda to jointly study battery development

Study will focus on next-generation battery for e-POWER vehicles

Airbus announces layoffs of 15,000 positions worldwide

Airbus plans to further adapt to COVID-19 environment. New measures contribute to safeguarding the Company’s future. Necessary reduction of approximately 15,000 positions across Ai…