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Dürr builds high automation paint shop for Ford in Mexico

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Dürr has built a high-tech paint shop for Ford in Hermosillo, Mexico, in order to accommodate a new vehicle that Ford will be producing. The project in Hermosillo represents the largest order that Ford has given to Dürr in Mexico. The new replacement paint shop is located next to the existing stamping and assembly plant.

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation to supply global compact sedan to Chrysler de Mexico

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Chrysler de Mexico (CdM) announced a five-year agreement in which MMC will supply its global compact sedan to CdM, to be sold in Mexico starting November 2014. —Bruno Cattori, President and CEO of Chrysler de Mexico.

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Dürr building smart and resource-efficient paint shop at San Luis Potosí in Mexico for BMW Group; Industry 4.0

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Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 The use of renewable energy sources will ensure that the plant is supplied with 100% CO 2 -free electricity. production. San Luis Potosí will build the BMW brand’s best-selling model series, the BMW 3 Series Sedan.

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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is providing $41,270,609, with the remainder funded by industry and the research partners.

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BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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Following initial contracts with European suppliers, the BMW Group has now concluded further 2 -reduced-steel-for-global-production-network">agreements for the supply of CO 2 -reduced steel in the US and China. Steel is one of the main sources of CO 2 emissions in our supply chain.

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DOE awarding $22 million for algal fuel and biomass feedstock supply chain projects

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US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced more than $22 million in new investments to help develop cost-competitive algae fuels and streamline the biomass feedstock supply chain for advanced biofuels. Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. Nearly $16.5

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Mexico aims to develop local supply chain for EV production

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Recently inaugurated, President Claudia Sheinbaum shared the Government’s plans to develop Mexico’s supply chain to encourage local electric vehicle (EV) production and reduce its reliance on imports. She hinted that Mexico’s compact EV could rival those made in India and China but did not go into detail.

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