Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a regional innovation hub for Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China. More than 200 experts will develop novel ideas for the use of high-performance plastics, foams and coatings in key sectors such as ...
Global pipe and tube producer Tenaris said Wednesday that next week the company will start up two new presses at its mill in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil, the result of an US$180 million investment. The new presses will allow Tenaris to ...
In the past 2012/2013 business year the North American office furniture group, Steelcase spent a total of US$34.7m on restructuring measures. Of this amount US$13m was spent on the closures of three North American production locations, ...
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London-based technical nonwoven fabrics manufacturer Fiberweb Plc is to invest $15 million over two years to expand its facility in Old Hickory, Tenn. The expansion includes a 300,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center and will ...
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A modern textile technology development centre - Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico Textil (CEDETEX) has been inaugurated by Mario Lopez Valdez, governor of Sinaloa state of Mexico. CEDETEX, established at a cost of approximately ...
Frutarom Savory Solutions is set to shut down its Loxstedt-Nesse spice refining facility in Germany and expand other nearby production sites, as part of its efforts to ensure long-term capacity and quality. The company stated that as the ...
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General Motors has unveiled a plan to invest EUR230m in the next three to four years for the construction of new testing facilities at its European Product Development Center in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The investment is a part of the ...
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Agria, a China based holding company for investments in the agriculture sector, has established a new research and development center in Shenzhen, China as part of its efforts to support the company's growing operations in China and other ...
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Samco Inc of Kyoto, Japan, a supplier of etch, CVD and cleaning systems for the semiconductor industry, says it has expanded its OPTO Films Research Laboratory in California's Silicon Valley in order to strengthen its research structure and ...
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Fujitsu has acquired RunMyProcess, a French startup that helps companies integrate on-site and cloud-based services. The startup offers API "connectors" for online services such as Google Apps that allow the services to talk to existing ...
German automotive manufacturer Daimler has opened a new product development center in China, under a joint venture with the Fujian Benz Automotive. The center includes a design and computation department, a proving ground, several ...
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Magnolia Solar Corp of Woburn, MA and Albany, NY, USA says that its subsidiary Magnolia Solar Inc has demonstrated a flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar cell with an energy conversion efficiency of 13%, rivaling the ...
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Eagle Inds. has laid off about 250 workers at its plant here and says it is in talks with an investor for a possible purchase of the entertainment furniture and case goods manufacturer. Eagle was asked to ...
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ContiTech, a subsidiary of German automotive supplier Continental, has opened a new research and development (R&D) center in China with investments of about EUR8m. The center located at Changshu in Jiangsu Province will develop ...
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Heart attacks and cardiac events are the leading cause of firefighter Line of Duty Deaths (LODDs), resulting in over half of LODDs in 2011. But new technologies, such as the Wearable Advanced Sensor Platform (WASP), show promise in reducing ...
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