With the recent vote in the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, steps were taken to bring the general safety of products more in line with the already stringent safety rules for toys. For instance, other ...
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Vehicle sales in China showed unexpectedly robust growth in September as Japanese producers continued to recover from anti-Japanese sentiment last year, which was tied to a territorial dispute between the two countries. Vehicle sales ...
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Arthur J Gallagher, a US-based insurance brokerage and risk management services company, has acquired RJ Dutton of Overland Park, Kansas, a provider of employee benefit consultation and brokerage services across the country. Financial ...
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US-based Inventure Foods has signed a letter of intent to purchase all of the assets of Fresh Frozen Foods, a branded frozen vegetable processor, for $38m. Based in Jefferson, Georgia, Fresh Frozen is a processor and supplier of over 60 ...
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Cummins Generator Technologies has developed its CorePlus Motor Generator and Power Electronics technology. Cummins believes there is a strong market for engine electrification in medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles and has been ...
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Head-mounted display market set to expand 24 Sep 2013 A new report predicts strong growth over the next six years. The Golden-i HMD from Kopin A combination of technical advances and lower component costs is helping to push ...
The design agency worked with Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe and has been the incumbent agency since 2004, when it first designed packaging for the same range of Purina Felix products. Seymourpowell's brief was to further develop ...
At this year's Floor Tek Expo — being held in Dalton, Georgia USA, between September 10 and 12 — Oerlikon Neumag will be showcasing solutions for the efficient production of BCF carpet yarns (Booth 135). When applying hot-melt ...
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Pekka Tiitinen, the global head of ABB?s Drives and Controls business, has been appointed to ABB?s Executive Committee as head of the Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division as of Sept. 15, 2013. He succeeds Ulrich Spiesshofer, who is ...
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Industry executive brings extensive experience in global operations and corporate development View Inc., the leader in dynamic glass, today announced Harold Hughes, a semiconductor industry veteran, is joining the company's board of ...
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Advances in materials science and nanotechnology have created several new functionalities in coatings, going beyond their original basic protective and decorative attributes. However, mismatched perceptions among coating developers and ...
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the US have now broken through the 10GW barrier, following strong market deployment since the start of 2010. During the first half of 2013, more than 1.8GW of new solar PV capacity was installed in ...
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PC sales in Western Europe crashed by 20 per cent in the second quarter, according to analyst group Gartner, with Acer and Asus experiencing crushing falls in sales of more than 40 per cent. Gartner's Meike Escherich, principal research ...
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Clariant is proceeding with a 50 percent expansion in capacity at its Azo pigments and pigment preparations plants in Roha, India. This recently approved investment will also enhance the capabilities and output at the site in a sustainable ...
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Calgary, Alberta-based TransCanada said Thursday that it will move forward with the 1.1 million barrel per day (bbl/d) Energy East Pipeline project based on binding, long-term contracts received from producers and refiners. The conclusion ...
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