The operator of a Gulf of Mexico production platform that was the site of an explosion on November 16, which killed at least one crew member, had a history of safety violations, the top US offshore drilling regulator said Wednesday. The ...
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US-based Cretex Companies has purchased Spectralytics,a contract manufacturing provider of laser-based medical services,for an undisclosed sum. Spectralytics is involved in the production of stents,laser ablation,laser marking,and ...
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Honda Malaysia (HMSB), a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture (JV) in Malaysia, has begun construction on $110m second automobile production line at its existing auto plant in Malacca. The second production facility is ...
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Gerresheimer Medical Plastic Systems (MPS) is expanding its plant in Dongguan, China, which will become a competency center for injection molding, printing and assembly of medical devices. The company starts producing price-sensitive ...
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Novelis, a provider of aluminum automotive sheet, said that its material is used in the first full-production vehicle from Mercedes-Benz model with a structure designed in aluminum. The company had supplied rolled products and aluminum ...
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Benefitting from the huge demand in the field of aerospace, energy, electronics and metal welding, the laser market maintained rapid growth in 2011, though the global manufacturing industry was sluggish. The global laser sales hit USD7.46 ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motor(TMC)is planning to invest JPY7bn($91.43m)to expand the capacity of its St.Petersburg plant in Russia over the next three years. The investment will see Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia(TMMR),TMC's Russian ...
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Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits and subsystems) has launched a family of 1200V Schottky diodes based on silicon carbide (SiC) material and technology. ...
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Thermoforming equipment and welding system supplier Kiefel GmbH is opening a new office in Warren, within an existing technical center for Proper Group International Inc. and KraussMaffei Corp. The companies said that through their ...
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Lighting LEDs are a route to energy efficiency that also allow creative effects that were not possible with incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. But the output spectrum, like that of fluorescent tubes, is nothing like the sunlight ...
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PTG Heavy Industries, part of the UK-based Precision Technologies Group, has secured orders for two of the company's innovative Powerstir Friction Stir Welding (FSW) machines from leading organisations in the Russian space industry. ...
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GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Welding Machinery markets. The global market for Welding Machinery is projected to reach US$14.8 billion by 2018, driven by new infrastructure projects specifically wind turbine ...
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TERRY Evans reckons potential customers for the Italian two-wheel tractors are easy to identify. He says most of them are owners of small holdings, people who have moved to the country for a lifestyle change, with plans to cultivate ...
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Report by India Education bureau, Chandigarh: Punjab Industry and Commerce minister Mr. Anil Joshi woos the Chinese investors to invest in the Hand tool sector in Punjab during his visit along with the leading industrialist of Punjab to the ...
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Precision copper strip is a flat square or rectangular shaped metal ribbon that has been squeezed or rolled out from the bulk of raw copper ores with precision endurance. These precision strip is also sometimes referred to as ...
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