India-based state owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that the country's largest blast furnace has become operational at its Rourkela steel plant. According to SAIL's statement, the blast furnace will ...
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US-based automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has unveiled the new Focus EcoBoost's 1L engine variant. The new three cylinder EcoBoost petrol engine featuring Ford ECOnetic Technology will generate an output of 100ps, while offering fuel ...
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PPG Industries recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its electrocoat systems at its China headquarters in Shanghai. PPG was the first company to introduce electrocoating technology commercially in an automotive OEM (original ...
The modular headquarters of the Organizing Committee for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games is the first commercial building in Brazil to adopt GE Lighting’s Lumination™ ET Series Recessed LED Troffer, an ...
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Tridonic’s Dornbirn site obtained ISO 50001 certification in July. The international standard for energy management systems (EMS) has been audited in the site for the first time. This factory is therefore the first in the Zumtobel ...
"Energy conservation must start from 'lighting on demand', especially in the public construction sectors, such as underground garage, corridors, and stairwells. There is a big difference between effective lighting time and actual lighting ...
It’s reported that India's Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) announced that it has commissioned the country’s largest blast furnace (BF) at its Rourkela steel plant. SAIL expected its pig iron capacity will increase ...
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German automotive supplier Continental has launched a new version of the electric vacuum pump (EVP) for vehicles that reduces CO2 emissions. The EVP is claimed to meet the automobile emission standards that are expected to be imposed by ...
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Songhao Liu, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the famous optics and lasers scientist professor, recently stated that LED lamps will replace incandescent bulbs soon, occupying the lighting market. He believes that the ...
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The incandescent light bulb was invented in 1879. It has served us well for the last 134 years. But as energy demands rise and concern over green house and climate change grows, a challenger has risen—the LED light bulbs. In 2011 ...
Royal Philips has announced it will phase out the supply of its trade range of incandescent Softone bulbs to its New Zealand electrical wholesalers from October 1. Philips is the first lighting company in New Zealand to make this move, ...
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Rawlings has developed a lightweight glass bottle for mineral water client Belu in a bid to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint. Through new techniques and innovation, Rawlings, in partnership with sustainability focused glass ...
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BASF is going to expand its production capacity for waterborne coatings in the Demarchi Coatings Site, located in São Paulo state, Brazil. The €2 million investment will increase its capacity of both waterborne primer and ...
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It is reported that Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp and 3 other steel companies have announced that they will build an experimental hydrogen-fueled blast furnace to reduce CO2 emissions. The furnace is part of a project by the Japan ...
The Audi A3 1.6 TDI ultra has been unveiled, linked with the title of Audi’s most fuel-efficient production model. A variant of the all-new A3 that first debuted at the 2012 Geneva motor show, the 81kW Audi A3 1.6 TDI ultra claims ...
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