Alfa Romeo will cease production of its front-wheel drive-hatchbacks and shift to rear-wheel-drive models in early 2015, according to an overseas report. Car magazine claims the front-wheel-drive Alfa Romeo Mito and Giulietta hatches ...
Tags: Alfa Romeo, FWD Models
The National Development Corporation (NDC) of Tanzania is looking for US$ 500 million to set up the soda ash factory, which would enable it to exploit over one million metric tons of soda ash deposits in Lake Natron, bordering Kenya. ...
Tags: Soda Ash Plant, Tanzanian Firm
Total retail search volumes grew 15% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Search volumes on tablet devices outpaced those on any other device, increasing 132% compared with growth on smartphone ...
India and Iraq have expressed keen interest in setting up refineries and petrochemical plants in Iraq. According to an official statement issued in New Delhi, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily led a ...
Tags: Petrochemical Plants, Textile
A Mini hybrid is a production possibility and insiders have revealed such a model would be of interest for the local market. Speaking at the recent launch of the Paceman and Countryman JCW models, a Mini source said a hybrid powertrain ...
Tags: auto, car, Mini Hybrid, Transportation
Levi Strauss & Co announced leadership changes in its executive team with the creation of regional presidents for the Americas, Europe and Asia. This is part of a natural evolution of the company’s organization structure to further ...
Tags: Levis, Regional Presidents
Pathogenica and Illumina have entered into an agreement to co-market a new version of the former’s HAI BioDetection kit in the Asia Pacific region. Currently under development and compatible with Illumina's MiSeq benchtop sequencing ...
Tags: Biodetection Kit, Medicine
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) announced that Stuart (Stu) Crum has been named president of Bridgestone Retail Operations LLC, effective August 5. Crum has nearly thirty years of experience in automotive retail, most recently ...
Tags: Auto, Auto Parts
How do you use packaging to communicate your sustainable strategy to customers? Come and find out. On July 17, 2013, Jim Hanna, director, environmental impact, Starbucks Coffee Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & ...
Tags: Packaging, Sustainability, Gateway
Games developer Valve, which already runs the world's biggest and most successful software download platform, Steam, and is planning its own branded PC line, has announced an intention to enter the education sector. Launching a service ...
Tags: education, Service, Computer Products, education software
It’s been variously belittled as a Boxster with a roof, or the Porsche that tells people you can’t afford a 911 … but the Porsche Cayman emerged in 2005 to quickly establish itself as one of the great driver’s cars. ...
Tags: Sports Car, Porsche
Aspiring communities across the nation will be able to receive Feed-in Tariff (FITs) payments for the clean green energy generated by larger community energy projects, under new plans set out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, solar PV
The UK's leading designer and manufacturer of surplus PV energy controllers will be discussing the future of sustainability at this month's Energy Storage UK exhibition. Robin Whitehead, Sales Manager at 4Eco-immerSUN, will be a keynote ...
Tags: Energy, green energy
A massive energy farm planned near a Cumbrian village would be equivalent to the size of 40 football pitches. Fears have already been expressed that the proposed 72-acre solar energy park will be an eyesore that will drive tourists away. ...
Tags: Solar Farm, Solar, Energy
There is a growing demand from consumers globally to gift, share and resell digital content and video games according to research findings unveiled today by WorldPay, a global leader in payment processing, risk and alternative payments. ...