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Engine digitalization: MAN, DSME and HSD

This summer brought a new focus for some important companies in the sector: engine digitalization. MAN Energy Solutions, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and HSD Engine (HSD) signed a strategic agreement to cooperate in the field of marine engine systems digitization. The companie...

Duramax 3.0 L from General Motors and FEV

Duramax 3.0 L, the new diesel engine for heavy applications Through the new Duramax 3.0 L, General Motors (GM) in collaboration with the FEV decided to develop a diesel engine for heavy applications (light-duty pickups and trucks) that can easily comply with demanding emission limits. Given the purp...

Volvo Penta and the Italian nautical sector

After yet another revelation from Volvo Penta, which revolutionized the inboard market and upgraded IPS and sterndrives, it was inevitable that the wind of change could reach Italian yards. What this means exactly for Volvo Penta Italy we asked Andrea Piccione, Marine sales manager, at the Milan hea...

ZF green propulsion for ferries

ZF environmentally friendly propulsion is serving ferries all over the world Ferries typically provide an efficient way to transport people, vehicles and cargo, this is why ZF decided to focus its propulsion technology on them. As cities grow, worldwide tourism increases and new emission laws come i...

Low-pressure gas engines for MAN

MAN ES announced the development of low-pressure, two-stroke, gas engines Man Energy Solutions Two-Stroke Business Unit has announced that it has initiated the development of a low-pressure gas engine as a supplement to its existing dual-fuel ME-GI engine. The company based this decision on the tren...

Carraro: new Campodarsego R&D center

Campodarsego: double the area, new layout and new capacity for testing and product validation The new Research and Development center in Campodarsego of Carraro Group, the well-known global player for transmission systems for off-highway vehicles and specialized tractors, was recently inaugurated, o...

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FPT Industrial: let’s go, XC13

The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial’s unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT’s product marketing manager, told us about dialogui...

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Rolls-Royce decided to push on electrification

Rolls-Royce will acquire Siemens Electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion business Rolls-Royce has decided to enhance its electrification development strategy by entering into an agreement with Siemens. The plan is to acquire the electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion activities ...

Scania OC16: biogas step by step

OC16 with biofuel. Scania is keeping up the rythm of gas development for its engines. Trucks with the name of the Swedish manufacturer on the front but with gas in the tank are more an more finding their place on the roads. The recurrent slogan is that gas engines can perform almost the same as [&he...

Ascomac and a “pro emissions reduction” Seatec

Ascomac Unimot (Italian Federation of Trade in Industrial Machinery) and Seatec, the exhibition of technology, components, design and subcontracting applied to yachting, look such as an inseparable pair. Seatec is the right stage for the representation of zero-impact shipbuilding and pollution reduc...

Amer Yachts and Cento Quad

Amer Yachts Permare launched a new Amer Cento Quad The arrival of the new Cento Quad in the Amerio family can be defined as the new “Dark side” of Amer Yachts. Together with the new boat, Amer brought brand-new marks and a new chromatic starting point for the Amer Cento series. In partic...

An overview of Caterpillar’s work on Stage V

As we already reported back from the Bauma Munich 2019, Caterpillar is deeply focusing on the development of its Stage V line up for the free market. Let’s take an overall look at the current state of art inside Cat’s Stage V house. Engines and beyond Caterpillar’s digital solutions are ...

Eni and biodiesel: Venice is working hard

We have already discussed in a previous post how diesel is solidly part of Eni’s family and how it is appreciated not only in its fossil forms. In particular, using the words of Giuseppe Ricci, Chief Refining & Marketing Officer, we can now continue exploring the relationship that exists b...

Danfoss’ footprint point of view at Bauma 2019

Danfoss added new dimensions to footprint at Bauma 2019: technology and design Danfoss Power Solutions showcased the progresses of its expertise as a technology provider and partner in off-highway vehicle design in two booths at the last Bauma 2019 in Munich, Germany. The booths reflected the compan...

Sitrex news from Italy: the words of Diego Senatore

Sitrex moves on two fronts within the sector of agricultural mechanization: the one of equipment for haymaking, such as straw-throwers and presses, and that of self-propelled mixers. The main markets are both the Italian one and the international one. Sitrex, in fact, exports to more than 60 countri...
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