Ford is issuing a safety recall for vehicles that have certain non-desiccated Takata passenger-side frontal airbag inflators after Takata declared those inflators are defective. This expanded recall follows Takata's notification to the ...
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Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France (a subsidiary of Safran and Thales that makes cooled infrared detectors for military, space, scientific and industrial applications) says that its new Daphnis HD is entering production. Sofradir ...
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At the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS 2016) event in Baltimore, MD, USA (17–21 April), Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France, which makes cooled infrared (IR) detectors based on mercury cadmium telluride (MCT/HgCdTe), ...
Google has laid out a proposal to bring self-driving cars to market in the United States sooner rather than later. In a letter to transport officials, Google has requested new rules enabling autonomous vehicles that pass federal safety ...
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The LED industrial lighting market has enjoyed accelerated growth in recent years owing to the rising demand worldwide and government subsidies, says LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. According to LEDinside’s latest report, 2016 ...
Construction has started on the Mondelēz International’s $90m biscuit manufacturing factory in Bahrain with scheduled completion expected later this year. Mercury Middle East WLL (Mercury Mena) is the project's general ...
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A study published on 2 February 2016 in Volume 315, Issue 5 of the Journal of the American Medical Association has found eating seafood at least once a week could lower an individual’s chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease. ...
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China's production of 10 major non-ferrous metals in November grew at a slower pace than a year ago, the top economic planner said Sunday. Output of non-ferrous metals grew 1.4 percent year on year in November, down by 6.5 percentage ...
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Ford Motor has issued three safety recalls and one safety compliance recall for about 317,000 vehicles. The biggest recall is on the Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis sedan models, manufactured between 2003 and 2005, over ...
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Japanese UV LED manufacturer Nikkiso is collaborating with Formosa Plastics Group to build the world’s largest UV LED factory in Taiwan, reported Japanese media Nikkei. The UV LED factory will be entering mass volume production ...
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The 20-year cost of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator's compliance with the US Clean Power Plan could be as little as $5.8 billion to as much as $104 billion in today's dollars, depending on which strategies are pursued, ...
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The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) commends the U.S. Department of Energy on its Dec. 2, 2015 decision that mandatory energy conservation standards for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps are not technically feasible ...
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The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards program that governs utility emissions will remain in effect while the US Environmental Protection Agency, under instruction from the US Supreme Court, continues to review the rules, an appeals court ...
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Excelitas Technologies introduces a new multi- wavelength LED fluorescence illuminator for microscopy imaging. (Excelitas Technologies/LEDinside) Excelitas Technologies® Corp. today announced the availability of X-Cite® TURBO, a ...
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Australian and New Zealand label converter Hally Group will be acquired this month by New Zealand-based Hexagon Holdings. Hally Group's subsidiaries include Hally Labels in Brisbane, Christchurch and Auckland, AC Labels in Sydney, and ...
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