Heat 11 has successfully delivered a major order for the plastics industry. For a heating system of a roughly 100 meters long processing facility for web-shaped plastic products a total of 36 package units were dispatched to the ...
At the SEMICON China show in Shanghai next week (19-21 March), Shanghai-based dielectric and through-silicon via (TSV) etch tool supplier Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc (AMEC) is making its solid-state lighting (SSL) market debut ...
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US insurance holding company WR Berkley has established a new underwriting business, Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters, to concentrate on inland marine and related property risks regionally and nationwide. The products and services of ...
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Weekly classified magazine Auto Trader's shift to digital-only has been helped by its switch to a TelecityGroup datacentre, according to Tim Jones, the CIO of Trader Media Group (TMG), which owns the title. In an interview with Computing, ...
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Three global partners with an interest in smart grids—International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) and VDE (a European technical and scientific association)—have joined forces to ...
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The average annual growth of DRAM content per PC will decline to a record low of 17.4% this year says IHS. This is some way down from the peak growth year for DRAM content growth in PCs which was 56% in 2007 followed by 50% in 2008. ...
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A Valley of Death blocks the way from laboratory to business, says the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. "British entrepreneurs are being badly let down by a lack of access to financial support," says Andrew Miller MP, ...
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Akado Telecom, a multi-service cable network operator, has launched a high-speed metro optical network in the Moscow region of Russia, based on the DTN and ATN platforms of Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated ...
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) is intending to dispose of 15.3% shares in its motor insurance startup, to boost its capital base ahead of regulators’ deadline. Representing nearly 229.4 million shares, the share sale will be ...
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Five optical component manufacturers including LAPIS Semiconductor Co Ltd, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Oclaro Inc, Renesas Electronics Corp and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd have announced the release of new common specifications for ...
Tags: TOSA, ROSA, 40Gbps pluggable, transceiver modules, Electrical, Electronics
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer shouldn't judge staff performance on how many hours workers log on the VPN from home, but on the results they bring to the company. That's according to David Plumb, general manager, enterprise, at Telefonica O2 UK. ...
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As snow blankets the United Kingdom, Autoglass is reaching out to consumers and warning them that roads are becoming more dangerous. The company has released a video for consumers offering advice, including tips on needed windshield ...
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The Cyber Security Challenge (CSC) is not only about recruiting talent, but is aimed at raising awareness and widening the IT security talent pool, according to the competition's CEO, Stephanie Danan. Danan was responding to Computing's ...
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German oak-roundwood exports declined by 18% to 75,142 m3 last year. The federal German statistics agency in Wiesbaden reports that the fall was primarily attributable to the sharp decrease in deliveries to China, which were down year on ...
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North America and European OSB producers are trying to hold their positions on Asian export markets despite a positive trend in sales in their respective home markets. OSB suppliers managed to reap the rewards of rising plywood prices so ...
Tags: OSB, export markets, home market, plywood prices