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Buick is a modern luxury brand offering vehicles with sculpted designs, and luxurious interiors with thoughtful personal technologies, along with responsive-yet efficient-performance. Buick is attracting new customers with its portfolio of award-winning models, including the Enclave crossover, LaCrosse sedan, Regal sport sedan and highly anticipated all-new 2012 Buick Verano compact luxury sedan. Buick is the fastest growing major brand in the US and remains a best-selling brand in China, with continuing record growth.
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Cadillac has been a leading luxury auto brand since 1902. In recent years Cadillac has engineered a historic renaissance led by artful engineering and advanced technology. The CTS family has become one of the most acclaimed in the luxury market. Popular Mechanics named the CTS Coupe one of the Top 10 cars for 2011, and the CTS-V Wagon was named a 2011 Automobile magazine All-Star. The SRX luxury crossover, dramatically redesigned for the 2010 model year, has continued its growth, while the Escalade received top honors in the SUV category of the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Initial Quality Survey.
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Founded in Detroit in 1911, Chevrolet its celebrating its centennial as a global automotive brand with annual sales of about 4.25 million vehicles in more than 130 countries. Chevrolet provides consumers with fuel-efficient, safe and reliable vehicles that deliver high quality, expressive design, spirited performance and value. The Chevrolet portfolio includes iconic performance cars such as Corvette and Camaro; dependable, long-lasting pickups and SUVs such as Silverado and Suburban; and award-winning passenger cars and crossovers such as Spark, Cruze, Malibu, Equinox and Traverse. Chevrolet also offers 'gas-friendly to gas-free' solutions, including Cruze Eco and Volt. Cruze Eco offers 42 mpg highway while Volt offers 35 miles of electric, gasoline-free driving and an additional 344 miles of extended range.
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GMC has built trucks
since 1902, and is one of the industry's healthiest brands. Today GMC is
evolving to offer more fuel-efficient trucks and crossovers, including the Terrain small SUV and Acadia crossover. The new
GMC Sierra Heavy Duty pickups are the most capable and powerful trucks in the
market. Innovation and engineering excellence are woven into all GMCs,
including the Yukon and Yukon XL and full line of Sierra pickups. Today GMC is
the only manufacturer offering three full-size hybrid trucks. Visit website
What is design today? It is the extraordinary union of shape and function, a journey among products and experiences that celebrate beauty and performance in the most exclusive creations, without forgetting a new factor that has recently arrived on the scene: respect for the environment. Alcantara® is a 100% “Made in Italy” material that covers the most prestigious creations in various fields of application: car seats and interiors, décor for public and private environments, clothing and accessories. Refined and elegant, available in many colours and textures, Alcantara® communicates with those who love to fully experience the products they use every day. Alcantara® also respects the environment: in fact, the company has quantified, reduced and compensated for all CO2 emissions deriving from the material’s manufacturing process. It’s hard to imagine a world without Alcantara®.
Alcantara®. Can you imagine?
Alcantara® is a registered trademark of Alcantara S.p.A.
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CGT has been making coated fabrics for the automotive industry since 1928. Today, many cars and light trucks produced in North America and China have soft interior trim products with CGT fabrics in them. We offer a range of materials that are an economical and durable substitute for leather. Most consumers can't tell the difference! See for yourself.
Our quality is the benchmark of the industry and we are ISO/TS 16949 compliant throughout our organisation. Although PVC continues to be the cost and performance benchmark for the industry, recycling and environmental concerns are causing a shift towards alternative materials. Our long standing global alliances ensure that we have the right technologies available to us at the right time.
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Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) links GM, Autodesk, HP, Oracle, Siemens PLM Software, and their global operations, to support strategically selected academic institutions worldwide to develop the automotive product lifecycle management (PLM) team of the future. PLM, as it relates to PACE, is an integrated, parametrics-based approach to all aspects of a product's life - from its design inception, through its manufacture, marketing, distribution and maintenance, and finally into recycling and disposal.
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Assisted by many companies called PACE Partners, Contributors and PACE Supporters, PACE provides hardware, software, training, automotive parts, industry projects, and much more to PACE Institutions around the world.
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SRG Global Inc., a Guardian Company, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chrome plated plastic parts for the automotive industry. The company is unrivaled in product breadth and global reach with a manufacturing presence in major world markets including North America, Europe and Asia. The company is headquartered near Detroit in Warren, Michigan.
Found on the vehicles of virtually every OEM in the world, SRG knows that distinction is in the details, its products transcending mere decorative items. Engineered for greater surface durability, structural integrity and enhanced functionality, SRG continues to lead the industry in innovative chrome finishes and coatings that are lighter, stronger and more flexible. Often, SRG products directly contribute to brand distinction for its customers. Its product range includes grilles, nameplates, bezels and interior trim.
SRG Global currently has global facilities in North America and Eastern, Western, and Central Europe. In China, SRG Global has a facility in Suzhou, in the province of Jiangsu. In 2011 the company celebrated the ground breaking of a manufacturing facility in Mexico, and plans to announce expanded capabilities in Asia.
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