The Japanese Daimler subsidiary, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation is presenting itself at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show under the motto “Building Together”. True to this motto, the two commercial vehicle ...
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As head of IT at Mercury Engineering and now chairman of SAP's UK and Ireland user group, Philip Adams has spent his first year pushing hard for changes and closer relations with the vendor. Computing sat down with Adams at the group's 25th ...
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The Volkswagen Group will invest 84.2 billion euros ($125 billion) in its automotive division over the next five years as the German auto giant seeks to "power [its] way to the top". Volkswagen Group chairman Martin Winterkorn said more ...
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The development of shale gas in Europe could add as many as one million jobs to the economy, make industry more competitive and decrease the region’s dependence on energy imports, according to a new study released today. The ...
Symantec plans to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service, saying it lacks mobile and content-sharing features and wouldn't be the right platform for delivering them. Backup Exec.cloud is a pure cloud-based offering designed to make it ...
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Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced that it will invest $301 million to replace two shiploaders at its Nelson Point port operations in Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This investment will also help ...
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With cement manufacturers in Nigeria rapidly ramping up cement production capacity, Nigeria is now the biggest Sub-Saharan Africa manufacturer of the commodity. According to a Renaissance Capital (Recap) report on the cement industry in ...
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A lack of certainty in renewable energy policy and expertise of renewable energy projects are holding institutional investors back according to a new EY survey released today. Of the 75 North American and European major pension and ...
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Hydro One, along with Bob Chiarelli, Ontario's minister of energy, officially launched a new customer education tool: the Electricity Discovery Centre. The 1000-sf, 60-ft long mobile centre features interactive exhibits on electrical ...
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Tatra Pak has invested $337,000 (208,000) in the project which will create a stock preparation factory producing concentrated pulp and separates for PolyAl (polystyrene and aluminium). The company said there was a need for a dedicated ...
As China became one of the fastest-growing markets for Canadian agri-foods, Ottawa plans to increase such exports to the Asian country. Under a new program unveiled Friday, the Canadian government will invest up to 4.3 million Canadian ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor is set to add new diesel engine powered vehicles to its American product line for the first time. Mazda6 will be the first model to be rolled off the line with the new diesel engine, and will join the ...
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Hollingsworth & Vose is planning to add Technostat filtration media production capability at its plant in Floyd, Virginia, USA. The additional production will support the successful launch of Technostat Plus and the ongoing demand for ...
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Hugo Boss AG, a luxury fashion and style house based in Metzingen, Germany, backed its goal of attaining planned sales of 3 billion euro in 2015 at an investor day in Hong Kong where the Managing Board of the company was reporting the ...
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For fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (to end-August), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $3.4m, down 29% on $4.8m last quarter and down 38% on $5.5m a year ago. Revenue for full-year fiscal 2013 ...
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