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General director of Mexican Automotive Industry Association to speak at symposium

Editor's note: This is the fourth of four stories appearing in the Laredo Morning Times about each of the keynoters scheduled for the upcoming Logistics and Manufacturing Symposium.Fausto Cuevas, director general of Asociación Mexicana De La Industria Automotriz, or AMIA, will be the final keynote speaker for the 23rd annual Logistics and Manufacturing Symposium.Cuevas is set to give his keynote address Wednesday, Sept. 28.

Kia Report Predicts Future of Automotive Industry

Kia Report Predicts Future of Automotive IndustryIt has been 25 years since the Kia brand launched in the United Kingdom, and the Korean carmaker wants to celebrate this milestone right.So what did it do?Well, Kia released a report to predict the future of the automotive industry in 25 years—and it has some interesting predictions.

Alcoa Debuts Versatile New Joining System for Automotive Industry

Alcoa Debuts Versatile New Joining System for Automotive IndustryAmerican aluminium major Alcoa recently announced that it has developed a new way to join dissimilar items in the context of automobile manufacturing.The process, called the RSR joining system, is a new method of resistance spot riveting that is flexible enough to join many different combinations of materials in a manner that is up to 20% stronger than previous methods."Our RSR technology is going to be a powerful tool in the array of joining options for the automotive industry," said Alcoa's Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President Ray Kilmer.