Daimler has inaugurated Lab1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, a new location for the company's innovation hub. Guests at the event included Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia, as well as Silicon Valley icon and investor Guy Kawasaki. Lab1886 ...
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Flexible packaging firm Uflex is planning to commence the production of packing liquid products at its new aseptic packaging plant in Sanand in Gujarat, a state in India by April 2017. Being built with an investment of Rs5800m ($85.2m), ...
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The last phase of China’s incandescent bulb ban will be effective as of Sept. 30, 2016. China will ban the imports and sales of 15W and above general incandescent bulbs Starting from Oct. 1, 2016, and will make adjustments based on ...
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Regulators have revealed concerns with price rises and quality issues following VTech's merging with LeapFrog. Toy firm VTech could face an investigation over competition concerns, following the company’s recent merging with ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly finalized standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles that will improve fuel ...
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Hyundai and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are extending their fuel cell vehicle confirmation program, originally from 2013 through 2015, to its second phase, from 2016 through 2017. The program involves Hyundai providing a number of ...
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Maxion Wheels has opened a new light vehicle aluminum wheel plant in Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new plant, adjacent to the company's existing steel wheel plant, will add two million aluminum wheels per year in capacity and create an ...
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Barkers Home officially unveiled its revamped £3m furnishing store in Northallerton on Saturday. Directors Charles, Ian and Guy Barker cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the family-owned store on Yafforth Road, which has ...
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The Chinese and Kenyan governments have signed three agreements on the financing of China-aided projects in the East African nation. The three deals on a total funding of 152.4 million U.S. dollars were signed in Nairobi on Wednesday by ...
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Textile Exchange (TE), a US-based international non-profit organisation committed to a more sustainable textile industry, has recently announced the release of an online tool for the textile industry that measures the environmental, ...
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Dubai's first electric vehicle charging station has been introduced at Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA’s) main office. Dubai Supreme Council of Energy Chairman HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum inaugurated the ...
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Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whiskey and premium gin unit of France-based Pernod Ricard, is planning to triple production capacity at its Glenlivet Distillery. The company had applied to the Cairngorms National Park Authority for ...
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Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, has increased capacity at its precipitated alumina trihydrate (ATH) plant in Bauxite, Arkansas by 30 percent. “Huber has a long-term, multi-stage plan to ...
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For second-quarter 2014, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €46.2m, rebounding by 5% from €43.9m last quarter (which had been down 14% on the previous quarter) and up 2% on €45.3m ...
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Phase two of Mondelez Food Innovation Centre commences at Ringwood Global food manufacturing giant Mondelēz International has begun construction on stage two of the Food Innovation Centre at Ringwood, Victoria, continuing the ...
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