Maxion Wheels will continue supplying lightweight steel truck wheels to the American semi-trailer manufacturer and truck bodybuilder.

The facility has a capacity of 8 GWh per year and is expected to reach 14 GWh by 2024. Whilst details are sparse, the company has announced plans to build another European factory, this time in Hungary.

Her responsibilities will include being in charge of the production, sales and further development of the Unimog, Econic and Zetros models as well as their production plants in Wörth, Germany and Molsheim, France.

Lorenz-Dietz will take over as Chief Financial Officer from Wilfried Trepels from 1 January 2023.

Costing EUR40m, the production area has grown from 7,000 to 18,000 square metres to fulfil EUR2 billion worth of new contracts from vehicle manufacturers.

In this exclusive feature with T&BB, Dr Marc Osswald from the Voith Group explains the changes made to the company’s DIWA automatic transmission, and states why he believes the DIWA NXT is the ideal bridging technology between diesel and electric.

BMZ has acquired a controlling shareholding in its battery cell holder supplier, Schutz Kunststofftechnik, essentially protecting its current supply chain.

A new one million sq. ft. site will house some 6,500 employees and will predominantly be responsible for automotive research and development (R&D) housing hi-tech hardware, software and vehicle testing facilities.

ZF has produced two million electric motors, including central drives and axle drives for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, since it began supply them for hybrid drives in 2008.

Appointed with immediate effect of Eberspächer Group, Pepijn Dinandt has served as CEO and Executive Chairman of industrial companies such as URSA, Braas Monier and Mannesmann Plastics Machinery.

The two-axle freight goods truck uses the Atego chassis from Daimler Trucks, has a payload of 9 tons, a 500 km range, 200 kW engine, 1,400 Nm torque and a 30-minute refuelling time.

The building is 13,500 square metres - over 10,500 square metres will be dedicated to production, testing and development of fuel cell stacks and fuel cell systems.