There are vast quantities of seawater available; Drinking water, on the other hand, is in scarce supply. Desalination plants can convert seawater to drinking water. Yet these plants require pipelines made of a special kind of steel or ...
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Turnover at Austria-based machinery maker Engel Holding GmbH should reach at least 900 million euros (US$1.18 billion) this fiscal year, about 8 percent higher than 834 million euros in fiscal 2011-2012. Engel President and CEO Peter ...
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The DARPA Robotics Challenge, one of the most rigorous tests of robotic ability ever conceived, kicked off on Wednesday. The contest sets teams of engineers from around the US and the world a set of Herculean robot trials that promise to ...
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Taipei, Oct. 23, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) recently announced a plan to help Taiwan's machine tool industry with developing intelligent design and manufacturing to increase the industry's revenue to ...
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The European Union officially amended antidumping tariffs on certain steel fasteners imported from China. As expected, and reported by Fastener + Fixing Magazine in September, the new regulation confirms the continuation of antidumping ...
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Rainwater harvesting is becoming an integral part of the toolkit for sustainable water management. This study indicates that office-scale rainwater harvesting systems offer significant water and cost savings, and emphasises the importance ...
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Fair Friend Group, a Taiwan-based machine-tool conglomerate, plans to invest more than EU$50 million (US$64.795 million) to merge two to three Italian machine-tool makers, becoming the largest machine-tool group in Italy, said Jimmy Chu, ...
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The 2013 market for flow control and filtration equipment and consumables for desalination will exceed $5.7 billion according to the latest aggregated forecasts in McIlvaine market reports. The major market has been the Middle East but ...
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Bredel hose pumps eliminate the all too familiar problem of pumping ceramic slip in the ceramics industry. Slip consistency must be maintained at correct levels for production efficiency and product quality but the abrasive nature of the ...
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The United States isn’t the only place debating “reshoring” of manufacturing from China these days -- Taiwan’s large plastics industry is also taking a hard look at whether rising costs in mainland China will bring ...
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The Moyno 2000 Model G3 Progressing Cavity Pump is properly suited for handling semi-dry, high solids content or caked substances. It features a series of finger mechanisms mounted on two counter-rotating shafts. Positioned above the pump s ...
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The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) announced its 2013 Executive Committee members today. Formed in 1998, the RPA is the leading trade association dedicated to promoting the expansion and value of reusable packaging systems for greater ...
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Gardner Denver Thomas in Puchheim has once more expanded its range of gas diaphragm pumps. The series 1010 is the smallest miniature diaphragm pump ever developed by the Thomas Division. The smallest product in the range of motor diaphragm ...
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Taiwan’s plastics machinery makers are worried about a 40 percent fall in their order books in India, one of their largest export markets, following this year’s sharp drop in the value of the Indian currency against the U.S. ...
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The city of Veresegyház in Hungary will use GE ZeeWeed 500D ultrafiltration membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology to increase water reuse at its water treatment plant. The plant's wastewater treatment processes will be upgraded with ...
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