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Mitsubishi Electric to Release Power Module Test Samples for Electric Vehicles
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today it has developed a new intelligent power module (IPM) and transfer molded power module (T-PM) mainly for electric and hybrid vehicle applications. Test samples shipments of four models of the J-Series IPM and two models of the J-Series T-PM will start June 21, 2011. Mass production is expected to ...
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Ford to Invest $11.4 Billion in EVs, with Plants in Tennessee and Kentucky
Ford Motor Company is announcing plans to bring electric vehicles at scale to American customers with two environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. Ford plans to make the largest ever U.S. investment in electric vehicles at ...
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Recycling Lives Deals with ELV Waste
Recycling Lives, the UK’s largest end-of-life vehicles processor, is developing a ground-breaking solution that uses hard-to-recycle automotive shredder residue (ASR) to deliver renewable energy and reduce waste-to-landfill. It is part of this broader model for the business creating opportunities for generating energy to run site operations and green hydrogen to power emission-free ...
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Axion launches collaborative service for end-of-life batteries
Resource recovery experts Axion has joined forces with two other partners in a major initiative aimed at reusing and recycling the growing volume of batteries used in electric vehicles and light automotive applications. The joint initiative with Aspire Engineering Ltd, a specialist in sustainable circular economy Remanufacturing, Reuse, Recycle engineering and manufacturing solutions provider, ...
By Axion Group
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Innovative technology and environment-friendly trends drive the market for chemicals used in transportation, finds Frost & Sullivan
Even as the market for chemicals used in transportation recovers from the economic downturn, technologies that reduce costs, enhance performance and differentiate vehicles continue to be in high demand. Additionally, materials and components for electric vehicles are a priority as this new market sector gains momentum. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), A ...
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Johnson Controls opens automotive battery recycling facility in Florence, South Carolina
Johnson Controls, Inc., today announced the opening of its Florence Recycling Center for automotive batteries. The facility expands Johnson Controls' presence in Florence with a capital investment of more than $150 million, representing 250 new jobs, and 1,000 indirect jobs in the area. Currently, 200 employees are working onsite as the facility ramps up production. To acknowledge the plant's ...
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Johnson Controls reaches major construction and hiring milestones at state-of-the-art Florence Recycling Center
Johnson Controls, Inc., the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries and a recognized leader in automotive battery recycling around the world, is on track to begin production at its fully integrated automotive battery recycling center in Florence, S.C., this summer after reaching several significant milestones in construction and hiring. The Florence Recycling Center, which will serve ...
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Verdantix says the chief sustainability officer is critical for strategic innovation
Firms must appoint a Chief Sustainability Officer to succeed with strategic innovation in a resource-constrained economy, according to a new report from independent research firm Verdantix. The Chief Sustainability Officer requires proven general management skills, business transformation experience and the commercial insight to support sustainability-driven innovations. 'Many CEOs hold back ...
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Call for Papers - Come and join us at EMCE 2020!
E-Mobility & Circular Economy EMCE 2020 Towards Sustainable Society International Conference, Exhibition, Plant Tours & Workshops June 29 – July 1, 2020, Tokyo, Japan Following the success of this brand-new conference in 2019, ICM is pleased to announce that the call for papers is now open for the 2020 edition. Do you have interesting topics and experiences with new business ...
By ICM AG
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18th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2018
The 18th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2018 organized by ICM AG will be held from March 14 – 16, 2018 in the hotel Marriott in Vienna, Austria. Delegates from industry, authorities and academia will discuss and present news and challenges of the manufacturing and end-of-life vehicle (ELV) business. The congress will bring together the various links in the ELV recycling ...
By ICM AG
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Johnson Controls Announces Planned Investment in Its Automotive Battery Recycling Center in Cienega De Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) today announced plans to invest more than $70 million in its automotive battery recycling center in Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The investment will fund the replacement of the Cienega facility's existing rotary furnaces with larger, more efficient rotary furnaces as well as the addition of proven state-of-the-art environmental control technologies. ...
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Automobile recyclers present new processes and solutions
Europe’s automobile recycling industry is confident of being able to meet the new requirements of the EU End-of-Life Vehicle Directive. Although the recycling rate of 95 per cent in force since the beginning of the year is challenging, with the right processes and sufficient political will, it is achievable. This fact became increasingly clear in the course of some 30 lectures given last ...
By ICM AG
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Automobile recyclers present new processes and solutions
Europe’s automobile recycling industry is confident of being able to meet the new requirements of the EU End-of-Life Vehicle Directive. Although the recycling rate of 95 per cent in force since the beginning of the year is challenging, with the right processes and sufficient political will, it is achievable. This fact became increasingly clear in the course of some 30 lectures given last ...
By ICM AG
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Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Enters EV Market with Pollution Abatement Solutions
Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. (S&SE), a pioneer in clean air technologies, has entered the electric vehicle (EV) market with its pollution abatement solutions for car manufacturing and rechargeable car batteries. The “big sell” for electric cars has long been that they will significantly reduce globe-warming gas emissions. This will not be the case if those EV batteries are ...
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Finance of £17.1m secured for plastics recycling plant
A £17.1m funding package for a 80,000 tonnes capacity plastics recycling plant has been secured by a partnership of European Metals Recycling and MBA Polymers. The Royal Bank of Scotland provided the money for the joint venture, MBA Poymers UK, to support the purchase and development of the site in Worksop, Nottingham. Work on the plant has started with completion expected in early 2010. The ...
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Media release of the Electronics & Cars Recycling 2016, November 15 - 18, Macau, China
The world’s reliance on electronic products and digital information continues to feed into the corresponding challenge of how best to recycle the electric- and battery-powered devices that touch all aspects of daily life. Along with electronics, the automotive sector in Asia has grown tremendously in the past 10 years, bringing with it the responsibilities inherent in properly handling ...
By ICM AG
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IAA: New look motor show disguises worrying trend towards SUVs
The IAA Motor show returned this month, seeking to shake off its petrol-head image with electric cars and even bicycles on display. However, analysis from Transport & Environment showed that far from the industry reinventing itself, the IAA was more notable for the worrying trend towards engine-driven SUVs. All five of the new vehicles that Mercedes-Benz unveiled at the show are ...
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Rare Earth Roll Separator for University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham has purchased a laboratory-scale Rare Earth Roll Separator for their School of Metallurgy and Minerals lithium-ion battery recycling research facility. The high-intensity magnetic separator enables the separation of very weakly magnetic ...
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Axion Polymers expands its sales and business team
Axion Polymers is expanding its sales and business development teams across both its Manchester sites as the plastics recycler responds to rising demand for resource-efficient, high quality recycled polymers. Commercial Operations Manager Laura Smith is now overseeing the sales and business development functions for the Salford and Trafford Park facilities. She also shares responsibility for ...
By Axion Group
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Axion Polymers enhances lab testing with new XRF analyser
Axion Polymers has invested in new laboratory test equipment at its Salford-based plastics recycling facility that will allow for more accurate and rigorous material testing of its recycled polymer infeed material and finished products. Designed for regulatory compliance screening, the XRF X-MET8000 Expert CG handheld analyser identifies regulated elements, usually metals, within the plastic ...
By Axion Group
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