Norwegian sensor-based sorting company Tomra has introduced a free-fall laser sorting machine in China to help food manufacturers tackle the threat caused by aflatoxin contamination. Branded as Nimbus BSI, the new laser sorters are said ...
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The price of Australian alumina continued to drift sideways Thursday, leaving Platts daily assessment unchanged at $200/mt FOB, despite a slight slippage of Yuan 15/mt ($2.30) in Chinese domestic prices in Shanxi province. The Australian ...
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Chinese shares continued to rally on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai index jumping more than 3 percent in the afternoon trading session to regain the 4,000-point psychological mark. The smaller Shenzhen Component Index advanced about ...
China's confidence in achieving its economic growth rate of around 7 percent this year is not weakened despite rising downward pressure, a senior official said Thursday. The economic development has entered "new normal" and economic ...
Russia's rouble went into free-fall in Tuesday trading, falling repeatedly to hit record lows, despite the central bank's dramatic decision to raise interest rates from 10.5% to 17%. The rouble's slide this week was prompted by fears ...
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When the U.S. is switching to midterm election time, the media's attention is usually focused on domestic issues. It is not that international affairs are not important, but comparatively the public that is overwhelmed by local issues often ...
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People are taking more photographs than ever before, nearly 400 billion this year, yet sales of cameras are shrinking. Overall, global shipments of digital cameras have fallen 30 percent this year, according to Christopher Chute, research ...
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Chinese shipbuilders have been sailing toward bankruptcy in recent years, with China trying to consolidate the industry and bail it out from the woe of overcapacity. With delays in deliveries, order cancellations and price decreases for ...
Although a historic downturn in PC shipments has made headlines since April, "Peak PC" -- the moment when personal computers crested -- was two years ago, according to data from researcher IDC. In the third quarter of 2011, global PC ...
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Miniature Conveyors for Efficient Pharmaceutical/Medical Product HandlingMichael A. Hosch P.E., Director of Product Development, Dorner Mfg. Corp. The handling of pharmaceutical /medical products and medical product assembly has unique ...
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Mettler-Toledo Safeline has upgraded its Gravity Fall metal detector designed to remove metal contaminant during the production of powdered and granulated foods. The upgraded system features Mettler-Toledo Safeline's Profile search head ...
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After months of teasers, Intel kicked off shipments of fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell, with the first batch being quad-core chips for laptops and desktops. The Haswell chips, which also include dual-core chips to be ...
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A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, signaling what one judge described as the "death" of software and business method patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...
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Change is in the air for Microsoft in response to?ho-hum sales of Windows 8, and it sounds like PC makers couldn't be happier. Citing various PC industry executives in Asia, the?Wall Street Journal reports?that Microsoft is being more ...
SquareTrade today announced its Breakability Score for the new Samsung Galaxy S4. The SquareTrade Breakability Score ranks today's top devices based on how prone they are to break due to accidents. Evaluating key elements such as front and ...
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