Automotive supplier Continental announced that it has started the development of solutions for future 48 V hybrid architectures, which will hit production in 2016. The company said that the integration of a second voltage level of 48 V ...
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Buick, an arm of US automotive giant General Motors, has taken the wraps off the 2016 Encore Sport Touring, powered by a 1.4L turbocharged engine with direct injection and stop/start technology. The direct injection produces 153 hp (112 ...
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Praedium, the Spanish investment Group which owns Nylstar, a producer of polyamide yarns and fabrics, has acquired acrylic fibre manufacturer Montefibre Hispania SA. Praedium has invested €2 million to acquire a 90 per cent stake in ...
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China's top economic planner has approved the construction of the second phase of a nuclear power station in the country's northeast, the first approved since 2011, a company source said on Tuesday. The second phase of the Hongyanhe ...
West Bengal based and since long ailing, Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) is expected to reopen its plant as lenders have agreed to infuse fresh funds into the loss making company. After Purnendu Chatterjee, chairman of The Chatterjee ...
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Apple has forced Mac computers to update in an effort to patch security issues. This is in contrast to the normal update process that requires users to give the software a thumbs-up on their end. The Cupertino, California-based firm ...
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If you're a factory operator, you want to know what's happening now, not hours ago. Gebo Cermex' EIT (Efficiency Improvement Tool) gives operators real-time access to key plant data to optimise packaging line efficiency and to increase ...
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Annandale Distillery, a whiskey distillery producing single malt Scotch whiskey in Scotland, has resumed production after 95 years. Thomson and Church, which acquired the distillery in 2007, have invested around £10.5m in a ...
Valve as one of the key devices in flow control system is principally applied in petroleum & gas, energy & power and chemical areas. Subject to slackening economic growth and weakening downstream demand around the globe, sales of valve ...
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The government is likely to give the green light to some nuclear projects this year, with the Hongyan River nuclear plant likely being the first to get approval, according to officials. Several other new nuclear projects are also in the ...
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Format-wise, the Obama Administration's policies in the Ukraine crisis appear to have troubles in two aspects: the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific and containment of Russia. First, national strength in the United States is falling short of ...
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Higher aluminum prices have prompted some Chinese smelters to abandon production cutbacks and are seen leading to restarts of other plants, chipping away at what was expected to be the first global deficit after years of oversupply. A ...
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US-based paper manufacturing company International Paper will be investing $90m to restart an idle machine at its container board mill that will help in creating 65 new jobs. The machine has been out of use for the past five years. ...
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Chinese building materials and glass manufacturer CNBM (China National Building Materials Group Corp) has completed its acquisition (announced on 22 April) of Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany, which manufactures copper indium gallium ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it is currently mining and shipping 5 million mt of iron ore per year in Liberia from its operations in Yekepa and Buchanan. The company is also working on an expansion project that will ...
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