Japanese company Spread plans to construct a large fully automated vegetable factory capable of producing 30,000 heads of lettuce per day, according to a recent company statement. The Kyoto based company will start constructions on the ...
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When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
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Porsche has introduced 2017 911 Carrera 4 and 911 Targa 4 models with all wheel drive system that features new turbocharged engines making them more powerful than their predecessors. Users will also be offered rear-axle steering for the ...
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BASF will expand its emollients and waxes production capacity with a new plant at its site in Jinshan, Shanghai. The investment, complementing the current production of wax esters, emulsifiers and primary surfactants in Jinshan, will ...
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Unveiled recently in London, UK, the Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) has been built to become the first land vehicle to achieve 1,000mph. A showcase for science and engineering technology, it will try to reach 800 mph in the South African ...
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Cargill is set to invest $111m to transform its ground beef facility in Columbus, Nebraska, to cooked meats facility. This conversion, which will begin in early December this year, will enable the company to produce specific types of ...
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Automotive safety system maker Autoliv has joined the Drive Me project under which the company will work with Volvo to accelerate the autonomous driving (AD) initiative. Drive Me project was established in 2013, and it is a joint ...
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Volvo Cars has revealed one of the industry’s most advanced and easy-to-use interfaces to oversee how drivers will transfer control to a car’s autonomous driving (AD) mode in its forthcoming cars. The advent of autonomous ...
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Vehicle technology maker Cohda Wireless has introduced V2X-Radar system which is capable of delivering low-cost, 360-degree radar for vehicles fitted with V2X connected car systems. The technology created by Cohda Wireless allows ...
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Valmet will supply a CompactCooking G2 pulp cooking system to bleached paperboard and pulp company Clearwater Paper's mill in Lewiston, in the US state of Idaho. The supply is in line with Clearwater Paper's $160m upgrade project to ...
Metal packaging products supplier Crown Holdings is to increase beverage can capacity at its Osmaniye plant, in central southern Turkey with the installation of a new production line. The expansion plans come in response to increasing ...
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China on Wednesday announced measures to improve the living standards of retired soldiers through pension reforms. The proposed amendments to the veteran pension system have been approved by the State Council and the Central Military ...
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Chinese demand for seaborne-traded thermal coal will fall sharply from 2016, dragging prices down in its wake, analysts at Goldman Sachs said this week. In a report entitled The Tiger and the Dragon, the bank's analysts downgraded their ...
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Japanese automaker Subaru has announced plan to invest $140m in its Indiana plant in the US to boost its production capacity by 100,000 units per year. The plant currently produces 300,000 units. The investment will be made by Subaru ...
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Just days after Porsche debuted its EV Mission-E, Taiwanese technology group Thunder Power unveiled its answer to the super car with ‘Thunder Power Sedan’, which is capable of providing driving range of 650 km on a full charge. ...
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