Poyry has secured a detail engineering services contract to upgrade Smurfit Kappa's paper machine 1 in the Netherlands. The scope of the contract includes mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical, instrumentation and ...
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In the first nine months of 2016, KBA-Sheetfed achieved a 17.5% increase in revenue to €443.8m, accompanied by strong segment earnings of €17.3m. Following a good third quarter, the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA) came substantially ...
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Anokiwave Inc of San Diego, CA, USA, which provides highly integrated silicon core chips and III-V front-end integrated circuits for millimeter-wave (mmW) markets and active electronically scanned array (AESA)-based terminals, has announced ...
Ford and the University of Michigan are teaming up to accelerate autonomous vehicle research and development with a first-ever arrangement that embeds Ford researchers and engineers into a new state-of-the-art robotics laboratory on ...
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Identifying the potential for running pumps as turbines originated because companies wanted to assess the impact on their systems if a pump stopped and went into reverse operation. One international pump manufacturer decided to examine the ...
Austrian aluminium producer Amag rolling has selected Primetals Technologies to upgrade the drive technology on the four-high cold rolling stand at its facility in Ranshofen in a bid to increase availability. As part of the deal, ...
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ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has set a world record for thin-film photovoltaic cell energy ...
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with ...
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XCMG XDA40 articulated dump truck was rolled off production line successfully in February, 2016. This king of dump truck was designed by business division according to the production structure and developing plan on the basis of the demand ...
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Apple has just announced that Jeff Williams will now be the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Williams was previously responsible for overseeing Apple’s supply chain, a role he started back in 2010. He was also the man in ...
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Lighting Science Group, a leading global manufacturer of innovative LED lighting solutions, announced today the appointment of Jeff Campbell as Senior Director of Product Management. Mr. Campbell will be responsible for contributing to ...
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A blue glowing device the size of a peppercorn can activate neurons of the brain, spinal cord or limbs in mice and is powered wirelessly using the mouse's own body to transfer energy. Developed by a Stanford Bio-X team, the device is the ...
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LEDs are up to 80 percent more energy-efficient than normal light bulbs and last around five times as long as energy-saving light bulbs. As a result they are being used more and more frequently as a source of light. Nevertheless, white LEDs ...
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Despite technological leaps in modern electronics, the quality of lighting they provide still leaves much room for improvement. A collaborative team — led by Jian Li, an associate professor of materials science and engineering in ...
Google has hired former Hyundai boss John Krafcik to spearhead its self-driving car project. He has been working as the president of online car shopping service TrueCar since April 2014 and earlier held management position in Ford. ...
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