General Motors has introduced two air bags that will be equipped in the company's 2013 cars and crossovers. The company has collaborated with safety restraint supplier Takata for the production of the air bags. Vehicles including Cruze, ...
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Medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has completed the acquisition of California-based Safety Syringes. The acquisition is expected to expand BD's healthcare worker safety offering as Safety Syringes develops ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor has said that it will incorporate i-Activsense technologies into the new Mazda6 to be launched later in 2012. i-Activsense is a series of Mazda's advanced safety technologies designed to aid the driver in ...
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The National Rifle Association(NRA)today proposed placing armed guards at every U.S.school to safeguard against another mass shooting like the one that took place in a Connecticut elementary school last week. "The only thing that stops a ...
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Patient Safety Technologies has registered a patent infringement lawsuit against ClearCount Medical Solutions. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, asserts claims against ClearCount for the ...
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HealthTrust Purchasing Group has awarded a contract to SurgiCount Medical to provide its SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System. Under the contract, SurgiCount will provide its Safety-Sponge System to member facilities of HealthTrust including ...
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Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors is planning to unveil Outlander SUV at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in China. For the Chinese market, the new SUV will be powered either by a J11 2.0 litre in-line 4-cylinder ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor has unveiled the new Cima hybrid in the country. Cima is powered by a hybrid VQ35HR engine which will generate a maximum power of 225kW (306PS)/6800rpm and maximum torque of 350nm and is mated to an ...
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Ford China has unveiled the 2013 Ford EcoSport SUV at Beijing Auto Show. EcoSport SUV will be powered by a 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) Ecoboost engine, which will deliver an output of 120PS. ...
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Powertrain and safety technologies supplier Federal-Mogul has started operating as two business segments which include powertrain segment and vehicle components segment. The powertrain uanit will focus on original equipment products for ...
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Federal-Mogul, a supplier of powertrain and safety technologies, has reported a decrease of 2% in net sales of $1.6bn for the third quarter of 2012, compared to $1.73bn for the same period in 2011. Gross margin for the third quarter of ...
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The US Department of Transportation has launched a road test of connected vehicle crash avoidance technology equipped on nearly 3,000 vehicles which include cars, trucks and buses as part of year-long safety pilot project. Under the test, ...
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Commercial vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus (MFTBC) has unveiled the 2012 Super Great model of heavy-duty truck and medium-duty truck, Fighter for Japanese market. The new models are equipped with new safety technologies ...
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US carmaker General Motors (GM) has begun the production of 2013 Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV at its Rayong production line in Thailand. The first produced LTZ model is powered by a 2.8litre Duramax turbo-diesel engine generating 180hp ...
BMW has unveiled two new five door hatchbacks of its new generation 1-series which include 114i, M135i models. The 114i model will be powered by a 75kW/180Nm four-cylinder petrol engine featuring twin power turbo technology with ...
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