Mercedes-Benz has started production of GLE Coupé at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US. The GLE Coupé is a new series of Mercedes-Benz that incorporates characteristics of a coupé with SUV. The company said it ...
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Electric vehicles have been developing rapidly from the original hybrids, to parallel/serial and plug-in hybrids through the optimization of power drive designs. Since then, the industry has been able to develop all-electric models as the ...
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Berkshire Hathaway has signed a deal to acquire 8.7% stake in Axalta Coating Systems from Carlyle Group for $560m. Under the stock purchase agreement, Berkshire Hathaway will purchase 20 million Axalta's common shares at $28 each. The ...
BASF will once again be present with its polyurethane experts at the 2015 UTECH International Polyurethane Exhibition and Conference in Maastricht (NL). For the first time, the company will display a new roof module based on the PU system ...
Tags: "Green"Coatings, Marine Coatings, Decoration
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. has announced that an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with certain affiliates of The Carlyle Group for the purchase of a total of 20 million of ...
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. will present new research at UTECH Europe 2015 that demonstrates how thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) based on polyester polyol building blocks from a renewable, plant-based source — Elevance ...
Icebug USA, a subsidiary of Icebug Sweden and the leader in traction footwear, announced the opening of its first official test center in North America at the world-class permanent obstacle course racing facility, Shale Hill Adventure Farm ...
Andrews Distributing Company, a leading beer distributor in the US, has signed a deal to distribute craft beer of New Holland Brewing in Texas. Co-founded in 1997 by Brett VanderKamp, New Holland Brewing produce beers and spirits. Its ...
Ford is working to reduce the weight of its 2015 F-150 pickup truck without altering its capabilities. Engineers at Ford have used military-grade, aluminum-alloy body and high-strength steel throughout the frame thereby reducing the ...
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University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed gallium antimonide (GaSb) thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells on gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates [Bor-Chau Juang et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p111101, 2015]. The use of GaAs ...
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Harrison Spinks is embarking on a joint venture with Macau Taiwan Machinery Group to manufacture and distribute the award-wining range of postufil products in China. The products produced by the new joint venture, Harrison Taiwan Macau will ...
DuPont Protection Technologies has launched the latest version of DuPont SafeSPEC, its suite of online interactive product selector tools. “SafeSPEC for Nomex Flame Resistant (FR) Apparel-North America enables professionals to make ...
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Advanced weaving technology producer Picanol reached an impressive milestone this week when the 20,000th OptiMax rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line at its plant in Ypres, Belgium. “The first OptiMax which was ...
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Favourable macro factors such as urbanisation and the expanding middle class continued to support new retailer expansion across Asia Pacific in 2014. The number of new entrants rose to 464, an increase of 23 per cent year-on-year. ...
US-based Atlas Holdings has acquired the North American Foam Trays and Absorbent Pads (TAP) businesses of Sealed Air Corporation for an undisclosed amount and launched its new operating company Novipax. Novipax will be operating five ...
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