Swedish vehicle maker Scania and Stockholm based Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) are planning to test wirelessly charged electric-hybrid city bus in Sdertlje, Sweden. The company aims to replace combustion engines with different types ...
Tags: electrification technologies, electric-hybrid city bus, Auto
Scania is undertaking intensive research into various types of electrification technologies that could replace or complement combustion engines. Induction is among the options being investigated and would involve vehicles wirelessly ...
Tags: electrification technologies, combustion engines, Auto
ChemChina Petrochemical's Jinan branch held an ERP evaluation meeting on Nov 15 with the company's CIO, other leaders, ERP personnel, key users, IBM consultants and KPMG supervisors. At the meeting, IBM consultants reviewed ERP operations ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Tempco Glass Fabrication recently acquired two additional new pieces of glass processing equipment. Tempco's new vertical orientation automated edge polisher accommodates much larger glass pieces requiring flat edge polishing than the ...
DuPont China Holding Co. Ltd. (DuPont) and GD Solar Co. Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement focused on collaboration to improve the power output, quality and reliability of solar energy systems. "DuPont and GD Solar share a ...
Tags: solar energy systems, solar energy, solar, Electrical, Electronics
Almelo, the Netherlands: PANalytical, the world's leading supplier of analytical X-ray equipment and software, is set to launch its new software for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) systems. PANalytical developed Stratos, a brand new software ...
Tags: software, XRF systems, coatings, surface layers
Meet Modern’s team of editors covering ProMat 2013. Bob Trebilcock Bob Trebilcock, Modern’s executive editor, has covered materials handling, technology and supply chain topics for Modern Materials Handling since 1984. A ...
Tags: ProMat, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
With an eye for better serving big data projects, Oracle and partner Fujitsu have commenced building the next generation of Sparc64 processors, in a project called Athena. The new design will feature a number of new features, including a ...
Tags: big data projects, Oracle, Fujitsu, Sparc64 processors, Athena
In today's competitive, high tech world, businesses rely on technology to facilitate their daily operations. Communications, storage of information, security functions, and more are all controlled through high-tech networks. It is therefore ...
Tags: daily operation, information storage, security function, network
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association(AAMA)announced new staff appointments during the AAMA Fall Conference,held this week in Albuquerque,N.M.These include Ken Brenden,technical director;Dean Lewis,educational and technical ...
Tags: AMMA, fall conference, America
The new Silento,Calyx and Tresol LED luminaires embed energy-efficient LED technology in luminaires suited to flexible use.They provide ideal lighting solutions for any room.In the stairwell,living room or kitchen,the new luminaires from ...
Tags: LED, Lighting, energy-efficient
Making the most of CNC machinery means taking good care of it. It’s an expensive piece of equipment for any shop and it can vastly improve the quality, as well as the quantity, of production. However, CNC machines are high-tech pieces ...