Fort Wayne, Indiana-based steelmaker Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced Tuesday that John Nolan, Vice President and General Manager of the company's Structural and Rail Division, has been appointed to the newly created corporate level position ...
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Australian miner Flinders Mines Limited has announced that it has signed a binding memorandum of understanding with four Chinese steel mills, allowing the steelmakers to evaluate whether the iron ore from Flinders' Pilbara iron ore project ...
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Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) has announced that the construction of the China Guangfa Bank (CGB) building in Wuhan city has used over 10,000 mt of high-strength HRB 400 rebar produced by ...
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Hebei Province-based Handan Iron and Steel Group Co., a subsidiary of Chinese steelmaking giant Hebei Iron and Steel Group (HBIS), produced 51,085 mt of slab used for rolling automotive plate at its Hanbao steel mill in the January-February ...
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Silicon Labs has unveiled power-aware software tools for its Precision32 microcontrollers, which are based around ARM Cortex-M3 cores. Called Power Estimator, and working with the firm's integrated development environment (IDE), "the tool ...
Chip maker Maxim has changed internal procedures to reinforce best-practice in embedded security products. The firm's efforts add to a security wave crossing the industry to protect intellectual property and to block stuxnet-like attacks ...
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Despite a clear market slowdown in Europe, Georg Fischer generated a turnover of CHF 3.6 billion in 2012, 3 percent above the 2011 figure. On a like-for-like basis, sales reached the same level as in 2011. All three divisions both ...
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Xylem Lowara has launched a new solar powered submersible pump specifically designed for domestic applications. The RainPerfect pump harnesses the power of the sun allowing for efficient electrical operations without the constraints or ...
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MAG has developed a new system to automatically exchange a fresh cut/clamp/restart (CCR) unit whenever needed on fiber placement machines, eliminating downtime and allowing the machines to maintain full production rates virtually ...
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The Merino Company (TMC) has acquired renowned spinning facility NUYARN®, strengthening its fabric and garment offerings to the outdoor, fashion, performance socks and seamless markets. Since its beginnings some 14 years ago in ...
Italy-based itema Spinning business unit Savio Macchine Tessili S.p.A. — with support from Alpha, a Europe-based private equity fund that also has a majority interest in Savio — has acquired a controlling interest in yarn ...
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Glenwood Springs, Colo.-based industrial hemp and natural fiber manufacturer EnviroTextiles LLC announces that its hemp products have qualified for listing in the Federal Procurement Preference category of the U.S. Department of ...
Cree LED Bulb Breaks $10 Price Barrier and Works Better than a Light Bulb DURHAM, NC -- March 5, 2013 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces a game-changing series of LED bulbs at a retail price point that gives consumers a reason to ...
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Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced the approval by its board of directors of phase two of the company's mining operations in Liberia. The second phase of the project will bring the annual capacity of the iron ore mine from 4 ...
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Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it has completed the modernization of two long steel rolling mills belonging to the German steelmaker BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH. The plantmaker has upgraded the wire ...
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