NIPPON SHOKUBAI: Enhancement of Facilities and Patent Rights for Lithium-ion Battery Electrolyte IONEL (LiFSI)

NIPPON SHOKUBAI: Enhancement of Facilities and Patent Rights for Lithium-ion Battery Electrolyte IONEL (LiFSI)

OSAKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (TOKYO:4114) (https://www.shokubai.co.jp/en/) has decided to begin facility design of new electrolytes “IONELTM – Lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide [LiFSI]” for lithium-ion batteries by setting up the “IONEL Construction Team” on October 1, 2020 in order to construct new manufacturing facilities (annual production capacity: 2,000 tons; location: Ichikawa, Chiba) using its own […]

Vontier Announces Pricing of Secondary Equity Offering of Remaining Shares of Common Stock Held by Fortive

Vontier Announces Pricing of Secondary Equity Offering of Remaining Shares of Common Stock Held by Fortive

RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vontier Corporation (“Vontier”) (NYSE: VNT) today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten offering of 33,507,410 shares of its common stock, representing all of the shares of Vontier common stock currently owned by Fortive Corporation (“Fortive”), Vontier’s former parent company, at a price to the public of $33.50 per share. Fortive has […]

FLEETCOR and TravelCenters of America Renew Comdata Payment Acceptance Agreement

FLEETCOR and TravelCenters of America Renew Comdata Payment Acceptance Agreement

TravelCenters of America and Petro Stopping Centers will now begin accepting Fuelman and FleetWide fuel cards in Q1 2021 ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a leading global business payments company, today announced it has renewed an agreement under which TravelCenters of America Inc. (“TA”) will continue accepting FLEETCOR’s Comdata fleet card at its TA, […]

New Look and New Features for AXA driveXperience

New Look and New Features for AXA driveXperience

Same great discounts for young drivers BRUSSELS & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–No longer AXA Drive, but AXA DriveCoach: AXA’s young driver application gets a makeover and gets rid of its OBD dongle. Since 2016, young AXA drivers could subscribe to the AXA driveXperience option through their insurance broker. This allowed them to obtain a score calculated […]

OmniVision and Nextchip Partner on Automotive Viewing Camera Solution, Simultaneously Providing 120dB HDR and Highest LED Flicker Mitigation for Low-End and Midrange Vehicles

OmniVision and Nextchip Partner on Automotive Viewing Camera Solution, Simultaneously Providing 120dB HDR and Highest LED Flicker Mitigation for Low-End and Midrange Vehicles

Pre-Tuned Solution Saves Camera Designers 3 Months of Tuning Effort to Process Images Captured by Two OmniVision Sensors With Simultaneous HDR and LFM, Using a Single Nextchip Image Signal Processor SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, and Nextchip Co., Ltd., a dedicated automotive vision technology company, today […]

Electric Last Mile, Inc. Establishes New Global Headquarters, Tech Hub and Customer Center

Electric Last Mile, Inc. Establishes New Global Headquarters, Tech Hub and Customer Center

New global headquarters includes engineering and prototyping facilities for the Company’s Class 1 electric Urban Delivery vehicle and future products Facility strategically located to industry partners and talent, with capacity to expand the Company’s Detroit-based workforce to 200 employees Creation of the Company’s customer center for product testing and customization TROY, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electric Last Mile, […]

Partnership to Improve Safety on America’s Roads Expands

Partnership to Improve Safety on America’s Roads Expands

MITRE, the Auto Manufacturers, and the Federal Government Share Data to Advance Traffic Safety BEDFORD, Mass. & MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, a partnership dedicated to the advancement of traffic safety launched the next phase of the Partnership for Analytics Research in Traffic Safety (PARTS). The group, made up of public and private participants, including eight automakers, […]

LKQ Corporation Expands Its Services Business Under a Single Brand Name With Elitek® Vehicle Services

LKQ Corporation Expands Its Services Business Under a Single Brand Name With Elitek® Vehicle Services

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LKQ Corporation today announced that it is bringing its two mobile automotive services businesses together under a single brand, known as Elitek® Vehicle Services (“Elitek”). Since acquiring Elite Electronics and VeTech Automotive Electronics in 2019, LKQ organically grew to become the largest U.S. provider of mobile, on-site vehicle services to automotive collision repairers, mechanical […]

Award-Winning Technology Completes Continental’s State-of-the-Art Trailering Portfolio

Award-Winning Technology Completes Continental’s State-of-the-Art Trailering Portfolio

Continental’s Transparent Trailer technology was honored this week with a 2021 CES Innovation Award in the Vehicle Intelligence and Transportation product category. The complete trailering portfolio offers solutions to make driving and maneuvering a trailer safer and more efficient. AUBURN HILLS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CES2021–Continental’s Transparent Trailer technology is being recognized this week with a 2021 CES […]