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JSE-listed automotive components manufacturer and distributor Metair has reported a 27% year-on-year increase in operating profit to R450-million for the six months ended June 30, while revenue...
Radial truck tyre recycling company Mathe Group has commissioned new equipment, including a new clean steel mill with an automated packaging line and several de-beading machines, to extract...
The component manufacturing, fuel and automotive retail sectors have signed a three-year wage agreement. Wage talks within the Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO) started on April 10 and...
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Exhibitor innovation took the spotlight at industry event KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE) 2025 as industry association South African Capital Equipment Export Council (SACEEC)...
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EU targets to cut CO2 emissions from vehicles, including a 100% reduction for cars by 2035, are no longer feasible, the heads of the European automobile manufacturers' and automotive suppliers'...
The Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF) has assumed the role of Executive Oversight Committee (EOC) Secretariat to track the implementation of the South African Automotive Masterplan...
The component manufacturing, fuel and automotive retail sectors have signed a three-year wage agreement. Wage talks within the Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO) started on April 10 and...
Japan will provide up to ¥25-billion ($169.42-million) in Samurai financing to Kenya that will be directed towards boosting the East African nation's vehicle assembly and energy sectors, officials...
In efforts to scale up the capacities of Tier 2 and Tier 3 automotive suppliers, as well as new-energy vehicle component manufacturers, two entities hosted at the Nelson Mandela University, in...
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Addressing delegates at the National Association of Automotive Components and Allied Manufacturers’ (NAACAM’s) 2025 Show, in Gqeberha, on August 14, Deputy President Paul Mashatile acknowledged...
While automotive production in South Africa has largely recovered to pre-Covid-19 levels, it remains well below the South Africa Automotive Masterplan (SAAM) target of 900 045 vehicles being...
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has said the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) is hosting its 2025 Show, in Gqeberha, at a defining...
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles (TMPV), a subsidiary of Tata Motors, is returning to South Africa after its 2019 exit, and is doing so in partnership with JSE-listed automotive group Motus as its...
Egypt has signed a deal with China's Sailun Group to build an automotive tyre factory in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCEZ), with total investments of $1-billion, a cabinet statement said on...
JSE-listed automotive components supplier Metair has reported that group revenue for the six months ended June 30, is expected to increase by between 52% and 54%, compared with the revenue of...
Based on national traffic information system data, the first electric motorbikes – 22 in total – were registered and sold in South Africa in 2014, says Association of Motorcycle Industry...
The South African Motor Body Repairers’ Association (Sambra), in partnership with the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), is intensifying its efforts to address the critical shortage of...
The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) has appointed Cabral Ngubane as its new project manager focused on expanding the manufacturing of components for original-equipment...
The 2025 National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) Show will for the first time be hosted in Nelson Mandela Bay, at the Boardwalk International Convention...
Award-winning supplier of high-level welded assemblies and National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers member Malben Engineering has invested in a “notable technical...
The 2025 iteration of the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) Show will be attended by automotive components manufacturers and suppliers from across South...
In line with its corporate mandate to facilitate collaboration between private and public entities in the automotive sector, the Automotive Industry Development Centre – Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC) has...
The Ford dealership network will see a R900-million-plus investment rollout over the next three years. The money will not be spent by Ford, but by its partners and dealership owners, such as Motus,...
South Africa’s automotive sector is under “growing pressure”, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter. He states that incrementally stricter vehicle emission regulations in the...
The projected passenger electric vehicle (EV) fleet in South Africa by the beginning of 2030 will be 25 456 vehicles, representing only 0.3% of the expected passenger vehicle population in South...
Bearings manufacturer Vesconite’s self-lubricating, wear-resistant bushings have been selected for e-bike developer Tadhole’s new line of three- and four-wheel electric vehicles, which are designed...
Vehicle exports from South Africa to the US dropped by 73% in the first quarter of the year, declining by a further 80% and 85% in April and May respectively, says naamsa | the Automotive Business...
The City of Cape Town (CoCT) will procure 30 fully electric buses from Volvo Bus Southern Africa for its MyCiTi bus service, following an open-market tendering process. The first buses are...
Chinese importer Chery South Africa (SA) is in the midst of a feasibility study to determine if it will establish an assembly plant in the country. “Given Chery’s rapid growth in the South African...
The South African Motor Body Repairers’ Association (Sambra), in partnership with the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), is intensifying its efforts to address the critical shortage of...
The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) has appointed Cabral Ngubane as its new project manager focused on expanding the manufacturing of components for original equipment...
The Ford dealership network will see a R900-million-plus investment rollout over the next three years. The money will not be spent by Ford, but by its partners and dealership owners, such as Motus,...
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Automotive components manufacturer Malben Engineering believes that a strong tool and die-making (TDM) foundation helps it collaborate with original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and global tool...
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