Auto Sector

Foundery Upset For Weakening Of Nano Project At Singur

The unpredicted events which occurred as a protest against setting up of Nano Foundery Upset For Weakening Of Nano Project At Singur Plant at Singur really disappointed the Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF), since this ‘Rs 1 lakh car’ project taken up by Tata motors had given immense hope to foundry industry located at West Bengal, to develop a correlation with Tata motors. 

With the aim to display and exhibit the abilities and capacity of foundry industry and its suppliers, IIF would soon be holding an exhibition along with IFEX-2009, titled the 57th Indian Foundry Congress.

Heavy-vehicle maker Volvo Trucks to cut some 1,400 jobs

Heavy-vehicle maker Volvo TrucksStockholm - Swedish heavy-vehicle maker Volvo Trucks said Tuesday it planned to cut some 1,400 jobs in its workforce, citing the need to reduce production capacity over "declining demand for trucks in the European market."

The measures planned for the coming months included cancelling evening shifts and were to affect plants in the Swedish towns of Gothenburg and Umea, and in Ghent in Belgium, Volvo Trucks chief executive Staffan Jufors said in a statement.

Mitsubishi UFJ to acquire 21-per-cent stake in Morgan Stanley

Mitsubishi UFJ to acquire 21-per-cent stake in Morgan Stanley New York  - Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will acquire a 21-per-cent stake in Morgan Stanley as the financial crisis has hurt confidence in US banks and hampered liquidity, the firms announced Monday.

The largest Japanese financial group will pay 9 billion dollars to become the primary shareholder. The cash infusion comes amid a credit crunch that has brought turmoil to world financial markets and prompted a 700-billion-dollar bailout deal making its way through the US Congress.

Tata Motors rolls out three new variants of Indigo CS

Fiat and Serbia sign car-making deal

Fiat and Serbia sign car-making dealBelgrade - Serbia and the Italian carmaker Fiat on Monday signed a joint-venture deal expected to bring almost 1 billion euros (1.3 billion dollars) in investment and revive the moribund Serbian car industry. 

Fiat would pour 700 million euros and Serbia another 200 million euros into the Zastava factory in Kragujevac, which once made the infamous Yugo car. 

US Congress approves auto-industry loans, offshore drilling

US Congress approves auto-industry loans, offshore drillingWashington - The troubled automakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler got a lift Saturday from the US Congress, which gave the final green-light for 25 billion dollars in loans to the auto industry to help develop fuel-efficient cars.

Congress also lifted an offshore oil-drilling ban and approved 602 billion dollars for the departments of defence, homeland security and veterans affairs.

The final approval came from the Senate after the House of Representatives gave approval earlier this week.

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