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In-Car-Gaming with the BMW Group.
21 Oct 2024
In August 2024 the BMW Group, Mattel and AirConsole revealed the new in-car game UNO® Car Party! Find out more about the innovative in-car treat.
BMW 3D printing takes over in production: individual robot grippers play a crucial role.
08 Oct 2024
3D-printed components are being used more and more at the BMW Group and play a crucial role at BMW plants. Find out more.
Humanoid Robots for BMW Group Plant Spartanburg.
11 Sep 2024
At BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, BMW and the California-based company Figure are using humanoid robots to test what the future of production might look like.
Hydrogen Pioneers take collaboration to the next level.
05 Sep 2024
The BMW Group and the Toyota Motor Corporation are pooling their innovative strength and are planning to launch a new generation of fuel cell drive technology on the market in 2028. Read more about the current developments.
Hydrogen research pioneer.
04 Sep 2024
After 45 years in hydrogen research, the BMW Group is taking a leading role in working with this technology. In this article, you will find out more about milestones, premieres, and records.
Charging smarter: tomorrow’s electromobility.
29 Aug 2024
The charging infrastructure is crucial to electromobility – and the BMW Group is proving to be a pioneer in the field within the automotive industry.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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