As it prepares for its $43 billion merger with Medtronic, Covidien has purchased a small California medtech company. The price was not disclosed. Privately held Reverse Medical Corp. (Irvine, CA) makes devices to manage acute stroke and ...
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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s biggest private sector company, is implementing a project to source 1.5 MMTPA of ethane from US to feed its crackers in India. RIL has executed storage and capacity agreements for liquefaction ...
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Ross offers new custom Agitated Vessels with silicone heating blanket for processes that cannot accommodate the conventional jacket which requires a heating fluid. Ross offers portable 50-gallon Agitated Vessels Model VSL-50 fabricated in ...
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The Toll Group has commenced operations from its new $24 million freight terminal in Hobart’s north. The 17,000 square metre facility on 6.8 hectares in the Brighton Transport Hub is its most modern and efficient transport terminal ...
From GE Healthcare carbon dioxide detectors with potentially incorrect values to Medtronic’s recall of a cerebrospinal fluid draining and monitoring device, July saw plenty of news when it came to serious medical device errors. And ...
“The recent downfall in the prices of cotton at the global level is a major threat and to add fuel to the fire, the curtailment of import of cotton and yarn by Chinese has only added fuel to the situation”, said a top official ...
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Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has submitted a 10-point detailed agenda for growth and development of Indian textile industry to the Textiles Minister, Mr Santosh Gangwar. "With textile industry in China reducing its spinning activities ...
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China's largest coal producer Shenhua Group is trying to persuade traders and utilities to buy more coal in a bid to reduce inventories at ports as relatively high stocks at utilities and robust hydropower production continue to weigh on ...
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China's coastal coal freight rates are showing signs of stabilizing this week, after falling for three months amid lackluster shipping demand from utilities. As of June 18, the shipping rate for vessels of 50,000-60,000 dwt from ...
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'Tomato pill' may improve the function of blood vessels A daily supplement of an extract found in tomatoes may improve the function of blood vessels in patients with cardiovascular disease, according to new research from the University of ...
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The Urals crude market strengthened sharply Wednesday in both Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean as buying interest increased sharply to clear some remaining prompt June cargoes. Differentials for CIF Augusta Urals Aframax cargoes ...
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According to official data, the Mexican government has stopped the export of about 300,000 tons of iron ore (totaling US$30 million) since March from four ships: one containing 68,000 tons, two ships with 100,000 tons each, and a fourth ...
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According to a report Monday from the Lake Carriers’ Association, iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 6.4 million tons in May, a virtual repeat of a year ago. The total would have been about 600,000 tons more, but three ...
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Covidien plc (Dublin, Ireland) has announced that FDA has approved its Apollo Onyx delivery microcatheter, the first detachable-tip microcatheter available in the United States. The new microcatheter is designed to mitigate the technical ...
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Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) has started construction of a new West Coast regional facility in Long Beach, California. The new location serves as the future home of MBUSA's Vehicle Preparation Center, Western Region and Learning & ...
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