Temperatures across the northern tier of the country are bitterly cold once again as another Arctic front has plunged south from Canada. This front is currently progressing south and east through the southern Ohio Valley, with temperatures ...
Tags: Arctic, Moisture, Temperature, VHI
Surgeons' best tools for locating tumors inside the body are often their hands. But during minimally invasive surgeries—which can reduce recovery time by days—the ability to examine tissue through touch, called palpation, is ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
As project activity and spending continue to increase in many U.S. industrial sectors, Industrial Info is tracking approximately 580 projects in the U.S. worth $140 billion that were previously canceled or placed on hold that have returned ...
Tags: U.S.Industrial Sector, map series
The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) has released a comprehensive app to aid in the inspection of hot-dip galvanized steel. The app is available for purchase for $4.99 in both the Apple and Google Play stores. The app is a visual ...
Tags: visual guide, APP
One quarter of the world's cartilaginous fish, namely sharks and rays, face extinction within the next few decades, according to the first study to systematically and globally assess their fate. The International Union for Conservation of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Overfished
A team of researchers exploring the intergranular stress corrosion cracking of a type of metallic tubing used within nuclear power plants has developed a technique to both map and predict its propagation. Metallic tubing plays a key role ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Canada-based specialty packaging company CCL Industries has bought additional 12.5% stake in its Chile-based wine label joint venture Acrus-CCL for $1.2m. Following the purchase, CCL Industries holds a total of 62.5% equity in the joint ...
Tags: CCL Industries, Packaging
Mark Lampert, Daimler Trucks North America's senior vice president of sales and marketing, will retire at the end of March, the company said. Lampert has worked for DTNA for more than 20 years, having started as the vice president of ...
Tags: Transportation
US-based Lakefront Brewery has increased its production to 40,496 barrels of beer in 2013, up 21.4%, from 33,368 barrels in 2012. President Russ Klisch said the increase is due to the double-digit growth of the brewery's core brands as ...
Tags: barrels of beer, Food
The latest report from China's wealth research institutions showed that a third of China's super rich - those assets of more than $16 million have been immigrant. Most of these Chinese immigrants are seeking to settle overseas for a ...
Despite tough economic conditions, revenues for the world's 250 largest retailers reached $4.3 trillion in the last fiscal year (June 2012 through June 2013). The average size of the top 250 retailers exceeded $17 billion according to the ...
Tags: Retail Economy, Service
Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, today announced the launch of the insulin delivery device NovoPen Echo® in the United States. This is the first and only pen device available in the U.S. with half-unit dosing and a memory ...
A virus sweeping through farms in the United States is a growing concern for Canadian pork producers. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea first appeared in the U.S. last spring and has already spread to 22 states. It has not been found in Canada, ...
Tags: Pork Industry, PED, Rajiv Arora, Robert Harding
Canadian dairy products maker Saputo has signed an agreement to acquire the fluid milk business of Scotsburn Co-Operative Services for $61m to expand its presence in Atlantic Canada. Scotsburn Fluid Milk Business operates two processing ...
Tags: Milk Business, Food
US-based RiceBran Technologies has signed a distribution and supply agreement with Hela Spice Canada to sell its rice bran and derivative products in Canada. A member of the Hela Gewurzwerk Herman Laue global network of companies, Hela ...