BorgWarner's Largest Facility in China Produces Fuel Efficient Products in Environmentally Friendly Building (14380)
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan -- Propelled by growing demand in the rapidly expanding Chinese automotive market, BorgWarner Thermal Systems opened a new production facility at its campus in Ningbo, China, where it will produce fans, viscous fan drives, Visctronic(R) fan drives and water pumps. The new 194,000-square-foot (18,000-square-meter) operation is BorgWarner's largest in China, employing 260 people.

Parker Trilogy’s I-Force Ironless Linear Motors Components Offer High Forces and Rapid Accelerations in a Compact Package, Available From B.W. Rogers Co. (14329)
Parker Trilogy’s I-Force ironless linear motors components offer high forces and rapid accelerations in a compact package. With forces ranging from 5.5 lbf (24.5 N) - 197.5 lbf (878.6 N) continuous up to 5.5 lbf (24.5 N) - 883 lbf (3928 N) peak, the I-Force family offers a superior combination of performance and size.

Jobs Expansion at Toyota Boshoku America. Company to add 170 additional jobs at Erlanger head office by 2009. (14328)
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Economic Development Cabinet Secretary John Hindman were joined by company and community officials in Erlanger to announce the expansion of Toyota Boshoku America’s home office. The premier manufacturer of automotive interior systems will add 170 new jobs by 2009.

Interroll Partneres with Insight Automation of Erlanger, Kentucky to Optimize the Performance of Roller Drive System. Interroll RollerDrives Compatible with ConveyTrax® CRSC Speed Control Module (14326)
WILMINGTON, N.C., — Providing unparalleled control of its high efficiency EC100 and EC110 RollerDrives, Interroll Corp. has partnered with Insight Automation to optimize the performance of its roller drive system. Insight Automations’ new ConveyTrax® CANopen roller speed controller (CRSC), a four-zone logic and motor control module, operates Interroll’s RollerDrives safely and securely while enhancing the performance level in approved applications such as postal, distribution center and light pallet handling.

R&M Materials Handling Inc. Introduces the LoadMate Electric Chain Hoist for Wind Turbine Applications (14324)
SPRINGFIELD OH, The LoadMate® Electric Chain Hoist by R&M Materials Handling Inc. is a compact, versatile, and cost-effective electric chain hoist. With load capacities from 1/8 to 1 ton, a lifting height up to 262 feet, and a wide range of lifting speeds and power supplies, the LoadMate® is ideal for wind turbine applications. The LoadMate® is a compact electric chain hoist that can be installed inside the wind turbine nacelle to assist with standard maintenance activities, including change-outs and repairs of generators, high-speed gears, yaw and pitch motors, etc.

Toyota, Daihatsu and FUJI Heavy Industries LTD Deepen R&D and Product-Supply Ties (14274)
Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC), DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD. (Daihatsu) and FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (FHI) announced today that they have agreed to expand their cooperative ties with new arrangements related to research and development and product supply.

Thayer Scale Introduces the MWF-OS Sanitary Open Construction Weigh Belt Feeder (14250)
Thayer Scale, developer of continuous weighing and feeding equipment, introduces the new MWF-OS Sanitary Open Construction Weigh Belt Feeder for processing of snack food, cereal, pasta, pet food and any other application where hygiene and ease of cleaning is important. The MWF-OS can provide either a “closed loop” gravimetric control of material feed rate or an “open loop” control for precise convey rate output and totalization of an uncontrolled or intermittent material supply.

ACS Motion Control Develops The First Configurable Machine And Motion Control Solution for OEMs (14249)
ACS Motion Control, an international manufacturer of advanced multi-axis motion controllers, machine control systems and integrated control modules, has developed a rack-based modular control system that offers the flexibility to control up to eight rack servo drives and 64 distributed axes via CANopen.

Kentucky High School Teachers Join Japan Auto Workshop on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (14216)
Washington, D.C. -- The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) will sponsor the first Green design workshop March 28th for Kentucky high school teachers at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Continental Launches Production of Lithium-Ion Battery (14210)
HANOVER and REGENSBURG, Germany, The international automotive supplier Continental will launch first-time volume production of a high-performance lithium-ion battery for hybrid vehicles at the end of the present year. It will be used in the Mercedes S 400 BlueHYBRID. "This marks an important innovation for Continental as supplier of battery systems. In the next few years we will be launching production of further lithium-ion energy storage devices for mild- and full-hybrid and electric-powered vehicles," says Continental Executive Board member Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann.