Mark Cooper joined iGuzzini UK as National Sales Manager – Public Realm on the 4th February, 2013. Mark brings 22 years of accumulated experience in the lighting industry in sales, engineering, consulting and marketing and has been ...
A timely switch back to plastic crates has helped Brisbane-based produce supplier Favco reduce spoilage in its shipments of citrus fruits after a brief flirtation with using cardboard boxes. Favco was established in July 1999 as a joint ...
Canadian retailer Loblaw has added lines of "healthier" foods to its flagship own label President's Choice. Loblaw has launched products including cereal, yoghurt and side dishes into the range. "Research shows that eighty-five percent ...
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Has Sony finally nailed it? From our time using the Xperia Z handset, Sony seems to have achieved exactly that. We found the Xperia Z to be a sophisticated phone. Its 5-inch full HD screen is ultra sharp with 441 pixels per inch ...
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Newly formed social gaming developer Win today launched Slots Craze, the company's first major game released worldwide for Facebook and iOS. Win is backed by the world's largest publicly traded online gaming company bwin.party digital ...
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Switchable Projection Window TM is a newly invented product to the market and represents the latest technology in home theater design. It can virtually turn any window into TV screen while remaining a full function of a normal window. ...
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Nokia has expanded its Lumia portfolio with the 520 and 720. The Lumia 520 is the company's cheapest Windows phone to date at $184, and comes as the company is under pressure to increase sales volumes. The struggling phone vendor's switch ...
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Smartphones and tablets with the emerging Wi-Fi wireless networking technology, 802.11ac, will arrive early in the second half of this year, a Qualcomm executive said. Mobile devices based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 series processors ...
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With robots increasingly being used on factory floors and elsewhere, researchers are looking for ways to help humans work better with their electromechanical counterparts. Scientists at MIT say the answer is cross-training: Humans and ...
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Communications regulator Ofcom has notified the European Commission of proposals to reduce prices for high-speed data links after finding that BT had "significant market power" in the £2bn-a-year market. Wholesale leased lines allow ...
Altera has teamed up with Flexibilis of Finland to make it easy to implement an FPGA-based Ethernet switch. Combining Altera FPGAs with the Flexibilis Redundant Switch (FRS) IP provides ‘an easy and cost-effective way to implement ...
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Altera has introduced an FPGA-based reference design for smart grid substation automation equipment. Developed jointly with wireless networks firm Flexibilis Oy, the IEC 62439-3-compliant reference design includes Flexibilis Redundant ...
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A feeling of optimism prevailed as Première Vision Pluriel closed its doors this past 14 February. By bringing together 58,000 textile industry professionals (+ 5.8% over February 2012) and 1,742 international exhibitors, its shows ...
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Today, chocolates, chocolate bars and a variety of pralines are manufactured industrially. Nevertheless, the process of making chocolate demands considerable know-how and can only be carried out efficiently using modern systems. Innovative ...
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The mental images that pop up when considering beautiful wood furniture are typically those of attractive tables and chairs or elaborate chests. A bunk bed or loft bed is not exactly the archetype for stunning wood craftsmanship. But as you ...
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