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09/07/2010
Efficient large-diameter piston solutions help to protect the environment
The 24th Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology (SMM) is being staged in Hamburg from September 7 to 10, 2010. Among the exhibitors is KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH that on an area of almost 80 m² in hall A4, stand A4.201 is displaying its complete range of large-diameter diesel and gas engine pistons, with diameters of 160 to 640 mm.
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08/06/2010
Press releases IAA Commercial Vehicles
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08/03/2010
New products at IAA Commercial Vehicles
Nowhere in the automotive sector are vehicle mileages higher than in the truck and haulage segment. As a consequence, heading the list of OEM preferences are the dependability of all engine components, low emissions, cost-efficiency, and fuel economy.
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07/27/2010
Kolbenschmidt Pierburg stepping up its industrial business
KS Gleitlager GmbH, St. Leon-Rot, has transferred to its affiliate Motor Service the marketing to wholesalers of the low-maintenance and maintenance-free plain bearings in standard dimensions which it manufactures under the name of Permaglide®.
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07/07/2010
Automechanika 2010 - Motor Service presenting “Service with Tradition”
Automechanika is being held this year from September 14 to 21. MS Motor Service International GmbH (MSI) is participating in hall 5.1, A42–44 at this leading Frankfurt fair and, for the first time, will be exhibiting together with its German subsidiary Motor Service Deutschland GmbH (MSD) on a joint Motor Service platform.
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12/10/2009
This region has the best materials tester
Among this year’s materials testing trade apprentices, Kai Bechtold, born in Heilbronn, has obtained the best final examination results. The award was presented to him in Berlin on December 7 by Germany's Federal President Horst Köhler.
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10/13/2009
Another scaleback in workforce at Kolbenschmidt Pierburg
KS Kolbenschmidt and KS Aluminium-Technologie, two companies both belonging to the Kolbenschmidt Pierburg Group (a member of the Rheinmetall Group), are having to further adapt their workforce structures on account of shrinking auto industry sales.
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10/13/2009
Motor Sevice: Equip Auto 2009
Equip Auto, meeting place for the international automotive industry, this year is being held in Paris from October 13 to 18. Every other year, the fair presents new products and services related to workshop equipment, vehicle parts, components and systems, electronics, supplies, care and repair.
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09/09/2009
Centenary coinciding with IAA
Focal points at this year’s International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt are further improvements to classical engine options - clean diesels and highly turbocharged, direct-injection gasoline engines - as well as progress in car electrification ranging from mild hybrid to all-electric.
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08/27/2009
Press releases Kolbenschmidt Pierburg Group International Motor Show 2009
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06/30/2009
KS Aluminium-Technologie examining structural adjustments
KS Aluminium-Technologie, Neckarsulm, Germany, a member of the Kolbenschmidt Pierburg Group (Rheinmetall Group), is at present fighting fiercely against shrinking orders caused by the ongoing recession.
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05/15/2009
Auto crisis threatening Hamburg plant
As a consequence of surplus capacities worldwide and the sharp decline in orders placed by the international auto manufacturers, KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH, a member of the Kolbenschmidt Pierburg Group (Rheinmetall Group), has suffered a substantial sales decline over the past months, also at its German production plants.
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02/03/2009
Honarary Professorship from Magdeburg for Dr.-Ing. habil. Eduard Köhler
The Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg has awarded an honorary professorship to the long-standing head of development of KS Aluminium Technologie GmbH, Dr.-Ing. habil. Eduard Köhler.
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01/29/2009
KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH and Metaldyne Corporation Sign Global Strategic Alliance
KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH and Metaldyne Corporation have signed a global strategic alliance to jointly develop and market complete power cylinder systems thus offering their customers in-depth system expertise and joint system research projects.
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