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TOKYO - Friday, September 2nd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TDK Corporation (“TDK”, TOKYO:6762, Representative Director and President: Shigenao Ishiguro) and Toshiba Corporation (“Toshiba”, TOKYO:6502, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Satoshi Tsunakawa) have agreed to establish a joint venture (“JV”), TDK Automotive Technologies Corporation, that will engage in the development, manufacture and sales of automotive inverters for hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles, as detailed below.

I. Reasons for establishment of the JV

Many countries propose to impose more stringent regulation of automobile exhaust emissions in 2020 and after, in an effort to prevent air pollution and global warming. This trend to stricter regulation is expected to greatly affect the global automobile market, contributing to an increase in demand for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the global mark ... Read more »

Company to showcase powerful new features like Voronoi Fracturing, Interactive Knife Tools and Substance Engine connectivity at the IBC 2016 in Amsterdam

FRIEDRICHSDORF, Germany - Thursday, September 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MAXON today announced the immediate availability of Cinema 4D Release 18 (R18), the next generation of its industry-leading 3D animation, graphics, VFX, visualization, and rendering software application. Cinema 4D R18 has new, powerful and easily accessible tools that are tailored to the needs of creative professionals and help master the challenges of digital production for TV, film games, architecture, advertising and design.
Cinema 4D R18 Feature Highlights
New MoGraph features in R18 include the Voronoi Fracture object for procedural object fracturing and the ReEffector that works like a layer system for Effector setups. New interactive knife tools make precision cutting across multiple surfaces for modeling a ... Read more »

BEIJING - Thursday, September 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- JAC (Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600418) is currently developing a new four-wheel drive pick-up following the success of their Frison model in the international market. The Chinese auto maker aims to repeat the success the Frison has achieved globally, when it unveils its new model in Africa and the Middle East next year. Sales of the Frison were particularly high in Chile, where it quickly became the No.1 Chinese pick-up model after its release in May. This followed the model’s strong performance in the Philippines and Paraguay. During the first half year JAC overseas pick-up sales have doubled compared to the previous half year. These outstanding sales figures not only demonstrate a growing recognition of the JAC’s reliability and quality in the international market, but also indicate the company’s ability to manufacture and export an independently-developed pick-up.

The Frison ha ... Read more »