Long Island distributor Security Bicycle Accessories will continue to sell Shimano components to small bike builders, following Shimano's revamp of its U.S. distrbution strategy. SBA was among the the U.S. aftermarket distributors ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
In 2013, Shanghai Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. (SDEC) achieves good results in promoting new products and wins wide acknowledgement in the engine industry. At the beginning of July, SDEC's first batch of 12L E series engines equipped to ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
UK general insurer Allianz Insurance has implemented Guidewire’s claims management system ClaimCenter standardize claims handling processes. According to Guidewire, the system will provide visibility into claims operations, data ...
French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen is planning to invest EUR1.5bn to upgrade its production plants in France through 2016, if the labor unions agreed to a wage freeze and reduced overtime pay. This move of the company is a part of its ...
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Following the decline in turnover of 11.4% to €65.3m already announced in August, the French tropical-timber concern Rougier also showed a considerably higher operating loss of €4.4m in its business report for the first half of ...
Tags: tropical-timber, Construction
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp, of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), has announced what it claims is the highest-performance, carrier-grade Wi-Fi switch ...
Tags: Peregrine SOS CMOS SOI RF switches, Electrical, Electronics
Modern power transistors based on gallium nitride (GaN) enable power electronic switches to operate at much higher switching frequencies compared with those based on silicon (Si). Advantages include increased power density per volume and ...
Tags: Fraunhofer ISE, Electrical, Electronics
The Federal Circuit Court of Australia has awarded Microsoft $304,994.95 in damages after Paul McLane, trading as Software Paul, was caught selling counterfeit Microsoft software. This is not the first time McLane has been in trouble ...
Tags: Microsoft, Counterfeit Claim
In early September 2013, KSB launched a zero-leakage mag-drive pump series in back-pull out design: RPHmdp. The horizontal, radially split volute casing pump to US standard API 685 has been developed to reduce maintenance costs and ensure a ...
Sun Life Financial's US business group has introduced a new Stop-Loss Cancer rider, to help employers better protect themselves and their employees against the costs of cancer treatment. The insurer said that the rider offers an enhanced ...
Tags: Sun Life, Cancer Costs
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. APOG -1.35% on Sep 18, 2013 announced fiscal 2014 second-quarter results. Apogee provides distinctive solutions for enclosing commercial buildings and framing art. Operating income up 24 percent, EPS up 17 ...
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The April switch in the NYMEX basis for distillates to ULSD from heating oil has led to decreased volatility in the Gulf Coast ULSD differential, the most liquid product Platts assesses in the Americas. The specification for the NYMEX ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Green development is facing a series of obstacles, as Jiang Xueqing reports in Changchun. Seven years after China's Renewable Energy Law took effect in January 2006, renewable energy companies are making huge contributions to the ...
Tags: New-Energy, Wind Farm
Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry has agreed to a US$4.7bn takeover bid from a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial. In a statement released today, the company has signed a letter of intent agreement under which ...
Tags: Blackberry, Consumer Electronics, smartphone
Kao Corp. (4452.T), the biggest maker of toiletries in Japan, has been laid far behind by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) in the Chinese mainland. It entered the market in August 1993, but always suffered a loss-making ...
Tags: consumer goods, Light Industry, Daily Use