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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In the days when people owned two or three outfits, laundering garments by hand may not have been a huge chore. In the modern world, people tend to own far too many clothes, and cleaning even the ones they wear regularly can be a formidable ...
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Little Charmers has enjoyed 'stellar ratings' since launching last year in the US and Canada. Nelvana Enterprises has partnered with Rubie's to launch a line of costumes based on the pre-school series, Little Charmers. Little Charmers ...
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Chevrolet has announced a hybrid version of the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, which will be using technology from the 2016 Chevrolet Volt’s propulsion system to provide 45mpg. According to GM, the car's fuel economy rating is higher ...
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Tetra Pak is rating its past year a success, with higher recycling rates, lower CO2 emissions and commercialisation of the world’s first 100% bio-based carton achieved. Tetra Pak has continued to make progress towards its 2020 ...
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Kellogg’s responds to CHOICE’s sugary cereals accusations and Health Star ‘failings’ Breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s has responded to the recent accusation by consumer group CHOICE, which claimed the ...
At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and provides gallium nitride-based power conversion ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching transistors based on its proprietary Island Technology for power conversion and control applications, has announced new top-side ...
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TTI now stocks in Europe Vishay’s latest PolyTan series of surface-mount polymer tantalum moulded chip capacitors in five compact case sizes. Optimized for computer, telecom, and industrial applications, the Polytech T55 series ...
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In the latest of a series of reports on the subject in the last week, the New York Post says the company is willing to offer feedback on viewer demographics and disclose what viewers are watching and when they're watching it. The ...
Ford has started production of its 2015 F-150 pickup truck at the company’s Kansas City Assembly Plant. The company has hired More than 900 new workers to meet the production demands and to ensue seamless production of the F-150. ...
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Peer-to-peer lending, websites that allow individuals to borrow money from other individuals without going through banking middlemen, is facing its first serious government regulation as defaults undermine confidence in the online systems. ...
Freedom Foods has reported a Net profit of $55.2 million for the first half of the 2015 financial year. However, the Net Profit figure was boosted by the inclusion of a post-tax fair value gain of $52.2 million from the gain on ...
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Despite smaller plantings, U.S. farmers will harvest the second-largest soybean crop and third-largest corn crops this fall, the Agriculture Department projected, with high demand whittling down the corn stockpile by 8 percent but soybean ...
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Vishay will introduce a new series of hybrid ENergY storage capacitors, ENYCAP, with low 2.5mm profiles and industry-high energy densityA figure of merit usually expressed in Joules per cubic inch for capacitorsA figure of merit usually ...