For many small and mid-sized exhibitors, traveling to distant trade shows to expand their reach seems like a cost-prohibitive idea. It’s definitely a big step and a serious investment, so it’s important that those companies get ...
Researchers based in UK, France, Australia and the USA have developed a chemical epitaxial lift-off (ELO) technique for full 2-inch-diameter gallium nitride (GaN) grown on sapphire and free-standing substrates [Akhil Rajan et al, J. Phys. ...
Tags: GaN, HVPE, free-standing wafers
Nissan Motor has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s first solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) vehicle in Brazil, a prototype model which runs on bio-ethanol electric power. This prototype vehicle is in connection with the ...
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The payoff of Taiwanese fastener makers' effort on going upmarket is a major growth drive for the industry's sustainable development (in the photo are the high-strength, quality-approved bolts and fixings for rail construction). Although ...
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Workshops for repair specialists at Automechanika Frankfurt are a long-standing tradition and, this year, trade visitors can choose between twelve different professional-development courses – free of charge and in German or English. ...
Tags: Auto Repairing, BASF Coatings
From logistics operators to public transit authorities, the entire mass transport sector has a mandate to make its operations environmentally sustainable. Iveco and Iveco Bus, CNH Industrial's commercial vehicles and passenger bus brands, ...
Tags: commercial vehicles, Iveco Bus
Osaka University in Japan has developed a liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) process for the growth of gallium nitride (GaN) in a sodium (Na) flux with a small amount of carbon (C) that, with the addition of lithium (Li) and gallium, can also be ...
Bega Cheese has published its first ever sustainability report. Looking back on its 2015 financial year, the report examines the dairy company's environmental and social impacts. It reveals that Bega Cheese achieved a 7 per cent ...
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Spain based plastics technology center, Aimplas has coordinated to develop a new biodegradable packaging for cheese and pasta to ensure preservation while lowering cost and environmental impact. Developed within the framework of the ...
Tags: Packaging, Fresh Pasta
German automaker Porsche has opened a new 8 cylinder engine manufacturing plant at the main site in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. About €80m has been invested in the plant, which has a capacity to produce 200 engines per day. The new ...
Global food giant Mars has announced that it would invest £23m to expand its King's Lynn facility in the UK to meet the growing demand for Uncle Ben's Ready to Heat rice. The company plans to make the investment to add a new ...
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Ceres Power has now finalised all agreements to begin its new relationship with Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd and M-Solv, as part of the funding arrangement from Innovate UK and The Office for Low Emission Vehicles ("OLEV") as ...
Tags: M-Solv, Ceres Power, alternative fuels
ABB technology products – low-voltage switchgear, motor-controller, electrical panels and automated lighting systems – will be used to power the factory’s entire electrical system. The project includes the supply of Emax ...
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Separate recent discoveries by scientists have potential to generate or improve fresh water production in different ways. The ramifications could revolutionise capabilities by creating fresh water in drought and desert impacted areas. ...
Tags: fresh water, carbon-rich nanorods
Bericap has developed an ultralight weight closure for the 29/25 PET neck finish HexaLite 29/11 SFB UL 3T. The last few years have seen a significant drive for reductions in the cost of packaging for all beverages alongside with an ...
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