Power management company Eaton recently announced a $54 million investment in its Waukesha-based Cooper Power Systems business. The project, which calls for expanding one facility and renovating two others, will help Eaton meet growing ...
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The well-known story of Corning Inc.’s unsuccessful foray into the automotive glass market in the 1960s may have a happy ending sooner than you think. The Fortune 500 company’s development of a superior auto windshield using a ...
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IBM has built on their previous graphene research and developed what is being reported as the best graphene-based integrated circuit (IC) built to date, with 10 000 times better performance than previously reported efforts. This ...
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When it comes to storing energy on the grid, giant batteries are the only game in town. Now, a number of companies are building mechanical systems that use air as the storage medium. U.K.-based Highview Power Storage last week said that ...
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The revitalization of the non-mineral economy is headed by manufacturing is the new Australian government's important policy goals. The federal government is hard working to strengthen the interaction with the state sector, activate the ...
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American automaker General Motors (GM) is set to invest EUR250m in its GM Manufacturing Poland plant in Tychy for production of a new generation midsize diesel engine family. With this new investment, the company will set up additional ...
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ABB says that it is receiving $2.1m of the $70m grant over five years from the Advanced Manufacturing Office within the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) that is funding the new Next ...
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US-based packaging products and services provider FCA has opened its new manufacturing plant in Corry, Pennsylvania. The company produces custom industrial packaging comprising wood, steel, corrugated and hybrid products, and provides ...
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PepsiCo, Inc. today announced plans to invest $5 billion in Mexico over the next five years. The investment is designed to further strengthen PepsiCo's food and beverage business in Mexico, one of the most attractive markets in Latin ...
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Magna Steyr, an operating unit of Magna International, has entered into a new manufacturing contract with German luxury carmaker BMW Group. Under the contract, Magna Steyr will continue assembling BMW's vehicles at its plant in Graz, ...
Ruhrpumpen is opening a new manufacturing plant this year in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro. The 80,729 ft state of the art facility is strategically located near a major highway in Rio in order to provide optimum delivery service. The ...
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Some people believe that developing new manufacturing techniques for na noscale devices, like new types of epitaxy in which crystals are grown on a substrate, may in fact be more critical to producing the next generations of chips than ...
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Xicato, a leading developer of superior light quality from LED modules, announced recently that it has relocated its San Jose headquarters to accommodate a new manufacturing line for the company's next generation of products. The new 24 ...
Corning Inc (GLW - Analyst Report) recently announced that it has a new manufacturing process in place to mold its shatter-resistant smartphone glass covers. These covers can be molded into three-dimensional shapes, which will allow device ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, 3D Gorilla Glass, Glass
Sweet Dreams has announced major promotion and two new posts. Jackie McGarvey, who has been with Sweet Dreams for 20 years, has been promoted from sales manager to general manager. The role comes with overall responsibility for the ...
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