The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld the complicated formula that Iowa uses to tax natural gas consumption, rejecting a legal challenge brought by the state's powerful ethanol industry. The owners of several ethanol plants argue the ...
After controversy has swirled for days around a group of weight-loss supplements containing a potentially dangerous chemical, many big retailers have pulled the product from their shelves. The supplements in question include the ...
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Fourteen months after General Motors started recalling more than 2 million small cars with faulty ignition switches worldwide, the company says it has repaired about 70 percent of the vehicles that are still on the road. The figures, ...
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With spring planting around the corner, now’s the time to consider equipment upgrades that cut costs while reducing emissions. According to new research commissioned by the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), adopting ...
Anyone who has ever worked on equipment knows bearings can be a lot of work. First off, there are a lot of them. And on agricultural equipment, most bearings must be lubricated periodically to prevent them from wearing or seizing. But over ...
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'One Belt, One Road' initiatives offer hope to firms like Zoomlion amid stagnant sales in domestic market, reports Xu Wei. Plans by China's leaders to revive ancient intercontinental land routes and develop maritime links are being seen ...
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Chairman Jimmy Chu of the Fair Friend Ent. Group, Taiwan's biggest machine-tool conglomerate by revenue, announced plans to go public in Taiwan around the end of 2017 by consolidating resources of all of its subsidiaries worldwide. The ...
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Tesla Motors says it will reveal a new product next month, but it's not a car. CEO Elon Musk tweeted Monday that "a major new Tesla product line" will be revealed April 30. Tesla shares rose 3 percent to $190.60 after the tweet. Musk ...
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Pearl River Delta cities spend big on updating manufacturing model, reports Qiu Quanlin. An increasing number of companies in Dongguan and Foshan - two major manufacturing cities in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province - have been ...
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A bus fitted with a Kinetic Recovery System (KERS) has entered full service trial in Kent as part of a research and development project to explore fuel saving technologies. The Wrightbus vehicle is fitted with a flywheel KERS unit, which ...
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Charles Ross & Son Co. has introduced large-scale Ross Ribbon Blenders built with up to 1,000 cu.ft. working capacity. They are ideal for high-volume production of powder blends, pastes and slurries. These blenders can also function as ...
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Finnish engine maker Sisu Diesel, acquired by Agco in the early 2000s, was one of the first companies to implement electronically controlled wastegates on engine turbochargers. Wastegates as a category have been around for a long time. ...
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Have you ever had the sadness facing a disappointing slice of toast when you were starving at the midnight? Have you ever excepted a miracle of a hot chip vending machine that deep fries frozen chips when you get hungry? A Perth-based ...
Hiwin Technologies Corp., a major Taiwan-based manufacturer of linear guide ways and ball screws, reported revenue of NT$15.08 billion (US$471.25 million) throughout 2014, rising 21.3% from 2013's NT$12.44 billion (US$388.81 million) to ...
Chairman Jimmy Chu of the Fair Friend Ent. Group (FFG) announced that his company will enter into alliance with Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) to develop and manufacture composite materials for aircrafts. FFG, Taiwan's ...
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