Asia’s leading event for the complete aluminium supply chain will highlight aluminium’s role in the technological and environmental revolution across major global industries

7 May 2015: With more leading car makers launching electric and hybrid vehicles and China’s stated national strategy to reduce average passenger vehicle fuel consumption by a third before 2020, Aluminium China 2015 in July will showcase the increasing role played by aluminium in the growing green automotive industry. By reducing vehicle weight without compromising safety, aluminium is increasingly being used in a range of automotive products from engine casings and chassis to wheels, doors and connectors.

Visitors to Asia’s leading event for the complete aluminium supply chain will see aluminium forging, stamping and extrusion products along with new disruptive technologies such as the aluminium-air battery (AI-battery). Claiming better energy density along with reduced costs and lower environmental impact compared to conventional batteries such as lead-acid, Ni-MH and Li-ion cells, the AI-battery is already being used by Citroën in its C1 electric car.

“Changing regulations from governments and expectations from consumers around the world are putting pressure on motor manufacturers to respond and it is clear that aluminium is set to help shape the future of the green automotive industry,” said Chris Zang, Senior Project Manager of Reed Exhibitions China, organisers of Aluminium China 2015. “Aluminium China 2015 provides a timely and unique opportunity to bring together the world’s automotive and aluminium experts to experience the latest technology, products and processes that will help meet the challenges ahead.”

The 11th Aluminium China exhibition and conference in Shanghai runs from 8-10 July 2015. Over 17,000 professionals are expected to attend, representing a wide range of industries and buyers from China as well as other Asian and global markets. It will showcase over 550 international exhibitors from 30 countries; representing the entire aluminium production chain, from raw materials, semi-finished and finished products to production and processing machinery and accessories.

This year’s event will feature innovative new activities and pavilions including:

• Architectural Aluminium Enterprises Lean Management Symposium
• Alumina and Primary Aluminium Sustainable Development Forum 
• Energy-efficient Buildings and Building Integrated Pavilion 
• Rare Metal Forum

Delegates will also be able to visit the Upgrade Aluminium Downstream Processing Forum and Display Zone and Industrial Environment Protection Pavilion, as well as going on aluminium factory tours to see advanced downstream aluminium processing and machinery.

In addition, Aluminium China will once again run its successful Business Matching Service to connect top buyers, agents and distributors with exhibitors. The special Targeted Attendee Program (TAP) will introduce senior Diamond VIP corporate executives who have specific purchasing requirements, to leading experts and suppliers in the aluminium industry. “Last year we had almost 750 TAP Diamond VIPs and this number is set to rise again this year,” said Chris Zang. “The business matching program helps our VIP visitors to schedule on-site appointments with the most relevant exhibitors and get the most out of their time at the show. No other channel provides such high level access to senior decision makers across Asia, the world’s largest and fastest growing aluminium market in the world.”

About Aluminium China
Aluminium China 2015 is Asia‘s top trading, sourcing, networking and branding platform for the complete aluminium industry chain, bringing together leading industry figures, cutting edge technologies and advanced applications. Annually held in Shanghai, the event engages the global aluminium community with new customized matchmaking programs linking application buyers with emerging and established demands and buyers of equipment and accessories with leading suppliers. To facilitate networking and education, the show creates product specific tours for int'l visitors covering different industry sectors as … Read more

Driving Monitor have announced a series of live demonstrations across the UK to showcase the new eConsent paperless driving licence checking service. The live sessions will demonstrate how a fleet manager can now perform instant realtime checks on his fleet as soon as a driver enters their licence details. The new service is part of a series of first-to-market set of tools Driving Monitor have developed over the past few months.

Kevin Curtis, Managing Director of Driving Monitor commented, "The live demos will show first hand how simple and fast our new licence checking service runs. With the forthcoming counterpart abolition in June this year we feel that fleet managers need a simple and fast way of checking their employees' licences. The new eConsent system we have developed is a UK first and takes the administration away from collecting consent from drivers via the traditional paper route.

Our new eConsent system is called ePass (Electronic Permit and Safety System) and connects the driver consent with the new live realtime checking service we have recently launched. This means for the first time a manager can verify the status of their employees' licences within seconds. Traditionally we've had to rely on the DVLA ‘batch' processing model where we send a volume of licence checking data via a secure channel to the DVLA - and then wait for the ‘batch' of results to be returned.

The new platform has opened up a whole range of new services we can offer with instant real-time checks. We can also get instant results when a driver completes our Driving Monitor risk assessment profiler, meaning the DVLA data is right up-to-date allowing the risk assessment to be 100% accurate instantly. We have also recently tested the new realtime service against the current overnight batch service that we use via a secure DVLA link. Our results found that 100% of records that were previously suppressed via the overnight EDECs service were checked successfully via the new realtime service. This is a marked improvement on reducing the number of records that previously were held up by the DVLA if they were working on a licence. We can now use the new realtime service to reduce the number of blocked records."

Kevin Curtis went on to say, "One of the main areas of confusion we've found talking to customers is that the DVLA are releasing a similar service this summer. However there needs to be a distinction from the service that the DVLA are going to provide (to replace the counterpart once it's been removed) and the services that companies such as Driving Monitor offer fleet and Health & Safety managers. The new DVLA ‘Share My Licence' service that will be launched in the summer will only offer a single view approach and relies on the driver registering for the service using the government gateway ID verification platform. Once a driver has been through this process (10 mins) they would then activate a one-time use code for their employer to use. They would then need to print a form to give to their employer, which then starts the process of the employer needing to access the web service. The employer would then need to access the DVLA portal with the one-time use code to verify the driving licence (a further 5 mins).

What will become apparent very quickly is that employers will not want their drivers taking up valuable time going through an online approval process to register, then to generate a one-time use code that needs to be handed to the employer. Fleet managers also need to understand that the new DVLA service … Read more

Barcelona, Spain/Montreal, Canada- March 2nd 2015 - Summit Tech is unveiling the first Voice over LTE (VoLTE)/Rich Communication Services (RCS)-capable Connected Car in collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), a world leading specialist in IP networking, cloud and ultra-broadband technology, at the GSMA's Innovation City showcase at Mobile World Congress 2015. The two companies will be demonstrating the transformational power of the service provider's all-IP communications network on the Connected Car of the future.

With operators increasingly rolling out commercial VoLTE services across their 4G LTE networks, a new chapter in IP communication innovation expands the delivery of ultra-broadband services and enhanced service experiences. Based on a highly reliable virtualized IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) platform that comes equipped with APIs for rapid service creation, VoLTE's high definition voice and rich communications can now be easily extended to the Connected Car.

In contrast to cars with only built-in LTE for Internet access, Summit Tech and Alcatel-Lucent will demonstrate how VoLTE/RCS enable the Connected Car itself to become a secondary device to complement a user's smartphone. The Connected Car has call hand-over -- seamlessly transferring calls to the car without any user interaction.  Even if their smartphone battery dies, a user can continue the call from their car which behaves as an independent secondary telephony device.

The system works with Heads-Up Display systems in cars, so that users can view their calls, messages or data while keeping their eyes on the road and manage them using gesture control.  Leveraging the power of Alcatel-Lucent's IMS solution currently in operator's networks and capable of supporting mobile and WiFi, the Connected Car brings occupants a full complement of communication services including support for VoLTE, video communications, IP messaging/chat and social presence to open up countless use cases.  

For instance, the Connected Car can automatically advise a caller that the call is not private if there are other passengers in the car.  The caller is then offered the option of leaving a message rather than being heard by all on the speaker phone.  Once the driver is available for a private conversation, the system can prompt the caller to call back.

Another real-life example of the power of VoLTE/RCS-based vehicles can be applied to drive-thru restaurants.  The driver can be automatically linked to the drive-thru attendant with a standard Android™ or Windows™ phone using an HD audio call, instead of the crackly drive-thru speakers.  After the order is placed, confirmation and an electronic invoice are displayed on the car's in-dash display.  The driver can then complete a mobile commerce transaction to pay for their meal.

"By leveraging APIs exposing the rich functionality of today's IP communication networks, communications as a service can be embedded into the Connected Car experience to provide on the go consumers and business users with personalized ultra broadband experiences," Fran Heeran, General Manager of the IP Communications business at Alcatel-Lucent.  "The Connected Car becomes yet another means by which operators can offer innovative services beyond the smartphone and enter new vertical markets to leverage their investments in LTE networks and VoLTE services."

"We don't need any more fragmentation across voice, messaging and data systems," commented Alido Di Giovanni, President of Summit Tech.  "Closed systems are not helpful to the progression of Connected Cars.  With this ecosystem, operators can finally be at the heart of Connected Cars, as they should be.  They can be the ones that provide the disruption and the innovation in this market.  And consumers can benefit from a system that works seamlessly across car manufacturers, operating systems and carrier networks."

About SUMMIT TECH
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Leaders in the automotive field join forces to enable independent specialist and generalist garages to save time and money by ordering parts and supply direct from the diagnostics device.

10 NOVEMBER 2014 - Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK. Autologic Diagnostics today announced a new global strategic alliance with WORLDPAC, Inc., a leading wholesale distributor of original equipment automotive parts. Autologic has integrated WORLDPAC SpeedDIAL online cataloguing functionality into its market-leading diagnostic devices. Now, Autologic users that are also WORLDPAC customers can diagnose a vehicle, check parts availability at any time, confirm pricing and place orders direct through their Autologic devices. This will create the industry's first seamless process from initial diagnosis to parts sourcing and vehicle repair.

This new collaboration will enable independent repair facilities to better manage the ever-increasing complexity of European vehicles. The combination of Autologic and WORLDPAC's speedDIAL catalogue will deliver a deeper level of diagnosis and a straight-through diagnose-to-fix process.

"Joining forces with WORLDPAC is going to save our shared customers a great deal of time and money in many direct and practical ways," said John Conoley, Chief Executive Officer of Autologic Diagnostics. "WORLDPAC represents a fine fit for us and by integrating their service into our devices, we will overnight, extend the value of our devices into new areas of the technician's workflow."

"The collaboration between WORLDPAC and Autologic has been long standing and this latest integration of speedDIAL with Autologic will greatly increase the customer's shop efficiency along with vehicle through-put. We can now say that we have a real solution for accurate European and British vehicle diagnosis along with providing the right part at the right time," said Mario Recchia, SVP Marketing at WORLDPAC.

In practical terms, the WORLDPAC service will be accessed through a single, always accessible button, on the Autologic device. All WORLDPAC customers will need to do is enter their existing account number. VIN numbers will then be exchanged seamlessly with WORLDPAC to ensure the right parts are ordered for the vehicle being diagnosed.

The new service will be available to existing Autologic and WORLDPAC customers from September 2014 and will form part of the next scheduled software update.

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About Autologic Diagnostics
Autologic Diagnostics provides comprehensive automotive diagnostics and expert technical support to a worldwide customer base of independent specialist and generalist garages.

The company is a recognized leader in multi-manufacturer diagnostics and service with a major focus on the UK, US, Germany and Nordic countries. Winner of multiple awards, including the Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade in 2012, Autologic was founded in 1999.

Please visit www.autologic.com for further information.

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About WORLDPAC, Inc.
WORLDPAC is a leading importer and distributor of original equipment automotive replacement parts serving the independent import and domestic service center market through its 100+ branches across the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico.  SpeedDIAL, WORLDPAC's exclusive online catalog and fulfillment ordering software including new OE Detailed Schematic Parts Diagrams, contains over 120,000 products covering more than 7 million import and domestic, multiple brand applications for virtually all makes and models including.  WORLDPAC customers can also download the free, 5-star rated WORLDAC App featuring speedDIAL Express and VIN decoder for iPhone or Android mobile devises. Additional WORLDPAC customer services include an extensive distribution network, multiple same-day deliveries through the company fleet of vehicles, direct importer pricing, an experienced knowledgeable sales team, targeted customer marketing solutions, and the WORLDPAC Training Institute's (WTI) highly praised advanced technical and business training. 

To learn more about WORLDPAC or to become customer, contact (800) 888-9982 … Read more