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Logistics providers moot industry status
 A number of logistics companies, including Safexpress, have prepared a wishlist for the government prior to the Budget 2009. |
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Logistics needs an innovative approach
To keep pace with the growth in opportunities from the automotive sector, the Indian logistics industry would have to deliver new innovations in supply chain and logistics management, due to the advent of new distribution models. |
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Indian logistics costs at global high
Even as the leading logistics players in the country are implementing expansion programmes, growing their warehousing space and improving transportation facilities, the stark reality is that logistics costs in India are among the highest in the world as percentage of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). |
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DTC steps up effort to train bus drivers
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), owned and operated by the Delhi government, has embarked upon a massive safety programme to impart specialised training to its drivers who drive low-floor buses made by Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland. |
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AMPA & Autotronics gets global response
While the global automotive industry is working hard at exploring new strategies to ride out the ongoing economic crisis, Taiwan went all out to for its annual AMPA & AutoTronics Taipei Show held from April 14-17. |
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Japan offers help in tackling emissions
Global warming continues to be a burning topic and there’s overwhelming evidence that if we don’t do something about the problem soon, the effects will be irreversible. |
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Shanghai surprise
Rarely in automotive history have there been such strong and obvious signs that the world has changed as was evident at the Shanghai Auto Show 2009 held from April 20-28. |
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NGV India shows market potential
It was an expo with a difference but whose time has come. Natural Gas for Vehicles or NGV India, held from March 24-26 in New Delhi, drew 182 exhibitors from 27 countries clearly indicating that these companies have recognised the market potential in India. The conference and exhibition, organised by Bangkok Exhibition Services (BES) and supported by GAIL, was inaugurated by Dr Bhure Lal, chairman, Environment Pollution Control Authority. |
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SIAM guns for fake parts makers
Indirectly acknowledging its limited resources in dealing with economic offences of all kinds, Delhi’s top cop in charge of curbing menaces like counterfeiting has put the onus on the automotive industry to effectively deal with the growing menace of fake parts in the automotive industry. |
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Biofuels get green signal
We have been relying on fossil fuels to power our vehicles for the best part of a century, and as global warming becomes a reality, the need for an alternative strategy has never been so acute. We need to run our cars and commercial vehicles on sustainable fuels. In short, our vehicles must use fuels that don’t emit carbon dioxide if we want to protect our planet. |
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UK pushes low-carbon vehicle tech
UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the trade promotion arm of the UK government, recently organised an Advanced Engineering seminar in Oxfordshire in the UK, with the focus on development of low carbon or green vehicle technology. |
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IETF 2009 puts up a strong show
The 18th International Engineering and Technology Fair (IETF 2009), the biennial flagship event of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), opened on a positive note on February 23, 2009 despite the economic downturn worldwide. Organised for the first time outside New Delhi, the four-day expo attracted the largest number of participant countries, companies and delegates compared to previous events. South Africa and Japan were the partner and guest countries respectively for the trade fair. |
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Italian solution for automotive stylists
The world’s lowest-cost and easiest-to-use product definition software was introduced in the Indian market last fortnight. SolidThinking is the conceptual design tool of choice for leading automotive styling houses Italdesign-Giugiaro and Pininfarina, automotive OEMs Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo Truck, Tier-1 supplier Automotive Lighting (a subsidiary of the Magneti Marelli Group), and race wear manufacturer Dainese. |
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Forging the future
One thousand two hundred students. Fifty-eight teams from around the country. Fifteen sponsors. That was the scale of the 2009 SAE Mini Baja competition, where the competing teams were tasked with designing, building and racing their own Baja buggies. |
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