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Working with Materion, Cosworth’s move to Metal Matrix Composites has allowed the company to move away from the traditional metal billets, forgings and castings that are not suited to the demands of tomorrow’s high-performance engines.

Ufi Filters supplies the complete range of filters for the Kamaz R6 and Liebherr D956 diesel engine: oil filter, diesel filter and rotating blow-by filter developed with the exclusive ‘FormulaUFI’ filter media

Dana moves on electrification and acquires Pi Innovo to increase its in-house electrodynamics capabilities and electrification product portfolio by adding a strong library of turn-key electric vehicle application software, vehicle level controllers, and auxiliary controllers. Dana moves on el...

Starting in mid-2020, the first ZF Ecolife 2 made its appearance in the buses driveline. The presentation was held at Busworld in Brussels in autumn 2019. The focus is on the lightness and strength of the components, as well as, clearly, on the impact on consumption. ZF Ecolife 2. Non just for batte...

Worthington Industries has recently announced the acquisition of PTEC Pressure Technology, a leading independent designer and manufacturer of valves and components for high-pressure hydrogen and compressed natural gas (CNG) storage, transport and onboard fueling systems, based in Germany. Worthingto...

The US company BorgWarner is about to take over the German battery system manufacturer Akasol. The two companies have recently announced the signing of «a Business Combination Agreement to enter into a strategic partnership and BorgWarner will launch a voluntary public takeover offer». Talking about...

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Bonfiglioli Evox. On September 23rd, we attended, telematically speaking, a double presentation by Bonfiglioli: Evox and Axiavert – a coaxial gearmotor and frequency inverter respectively. In 2019, Bonfiglioli (HERE our catch-up at Agritechnica) had the highest ever turnover, with 973 millions...

The opening of the new Dana facility in the Yancheng region, China, was announced back in mid-August. According to the global company, the production site will help «expand its production of highly specialized hub drives, planetary drives, helical and bevel helical gearboxes, and hydrostatic solutio...

Vulkan Italia promotes a different concept of service, aiming to involve a wide network of workshops throughout Italy: a sort of programmed inspection for couplings and mounts, whose wear might significantly affect performance. Giulio Alberti, Vulkan’s After Sales Service Manager, is a key fig...

AGM (Absorbent Glass Material) auxiliary batteries for start&stop systems have been part of the Italian company’s product range for quite a long time. In particular, since 2010, Fiamm has produced eight million units at the Chinese facility in Wuhan as well as in Italy, in the city of Avezzano. ...

Patrini Giacomo and Jekko – the latter being a leading international mini crane manufacturer headquartered in Italy – have created a success story that deserves to be told. We do this by giving the word directly to those who, within Patrini Giacomo, followed its creation and development....

Fluidpress is an Italian family-owned company specialized in hudraulic valves as well as cartridges and special manifolds, with a high degree of customization. It was born in quite a fertile territory for mechanical production, with a fabric of small artisan enterprises, worthy heirs of the historic...

When you say energy you think power. In this case Energy is an Italian company specialized in generating sets that also boasts an interesting range of products for farmers. These are models with cardan shaft operation and three-point hooking: a flexible solution that makes it possible to optimise th...

The supervisory board of the global company ZF (here, we talk about R&D) has approved the foundation of a new division dealing with e-mobility. Namely, the new division is conceived for electrified drivelines for passenger cars. Such a change will happen at the very beginning of 2021 and coincid...

Meritor and electrification, an association of thougts and ideas that accelerates year after year. We will reveal everything later when we publish the full article in Diesel International. On the next post you will also find the PDF. For the time being, you’ll have to be patient and settle for...

Bonfiglioli Mosaico is the bridge to digitisation and a user-friendly approach. What is it, in details? We get them to explain it to us directly (Here the interview at Agritechnica 2019). Bonfiglioli Mosaico: a complete e-procurement system Mosaico has become a complete e-procurement system: the new...