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...Having taught himself how to make piston rings before the second world war, Honda sold his business – to Toyota – in 1945 and took a 12-month holiday during which he “learned to play the Japanese bamboo...
...Yoosung supplies about half of the piston rings GM Korea needs and provides camshafts for Renault Samsung. Ssangyong uses Yoosung piston rings for its large Chairman sedan....
...The action on Tuesday came earlier than expected after talks between the management of Yoosung Enterprise – which supplies Hyundai with piston rings and cylinder liners – and its workers failed to reach...
...The earthquake had stopped production at Riken Corp, a supplier of piston rings and seal rings for transmission parts....
...Damage to the main plants of Riken, which dominates the domestic piston-ring market, will result in about 65,000 fewer vehicles rolling off Japan’s production lines, according to Macquarie’s calculations...
...A week ago it had to recall 97,000 vehicles in North America due to faulty piston rings. All this comes at a tough point in the product cycle....
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