After a sharp downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, growth in coatings demand in the Gulf region of the Middle East is now surging forward again. This recovery was symbolized in late November by the announcement that Dubai, which ...
Tags: Middle East, construction, coatings market
The BMW M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe have been unveiled, revealing a pair of all-new sports cars set to launch simultaneously and go on sale in Australia in mid 2014. The first-ever generation of the BMW M4 nameplate and the fifth of the M3, the ...
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott and senior government ministers are holding talks with Toyota in a bid to ensure the car maker remains in Australia following Holden's decision to cease local manufacturing in 2017. Coming a day after Toyota ...
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BASF has obtained a patent for a rheology modifier, which is a water-soluble polymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 1,000,000 g/mol and an intrinsic viscosity of at least 2.5 dl/g, both as determined by size ...
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SATO, a leader in barcode printing, labeling, and EPC/RFID solutions, announced the appointment of Mr. Yoichi Abe as Head of the President's Office at SATO Holdings Corporation. In this role, Mr. Abe will be heading the newly established ...
Tags: SATO, barcode printing, labeling, appointment, Yoichi Abe, AIDC
Following positive feedback and strong enquiries from the market, Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), is proceeding with the building of its new CAN DO drillship. When ...
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Researchers at Meijo University and Nagoya University, Japan, have produced low-resistance n-type aluminium gallium nitride (n-AlGaN) [Toru Sugiyama et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p121002, 2013]. Using the n-AlGaN as part of an ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2013) in Washington D.C., USA (9-11 December), nanoelectronics research institute imec of Leuven, Belgium reported the first functional strained germanium (Ge) quantum-well channel ...
Tags: FinFETs III-V CMOS, Electrical, Electronics
Maxim Truck and Trailer held its annual charity Pancake Breakfast in support of the Christmas Cheer Board of Winnipeg. This is the 13th year the company held the fundraiser, amassing over $8,900 in donations for the Christmas Cheer Board, ...
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China announced revisions to it subsidy program for companies breaking old transport ships and single-hulled tankers Monday, but industry insiders said this would do little to cut restrictions on what ships could be broken. "This will ...
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Macson, the famous menswear label from Spain, has recently opened a new store in the city of Girona, located in the northeastern part of Catalonia. With a sales area of around 80 sq m, the newly opened establishment is the ...
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Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux insists he was telling the truth at yesterday’s Productivity Commission hearing when he said no decision had been made on the company’s local manufacturing future. Devereux ...
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According to data released by the Korea Iron & Steel Association (Kosa), the country’s heavy plate production totaled 744,800 tons in October, up by 3% from a month ago and increasing by 2% year on year. In the January-October ...
Nostra Terra, the AIM quoted oil and gas producer with its portfolio of assets in the USA, is pleased to provide an update on the Company's Verde prospect in Colorado and Chisholm Trail prospect in Oklahoma. Verde 3 Production testing ...
IBERDROLA INGENIERíA has been awarded a 66 million Euro contract in Mexico to build an interconnection system that will join Salamanca's cogeneration plant to Ingeniero Antonio M. Amor refinery (RIAMA). It is the first agreement ...
Tags: Oil and Gas News, Iberdrola Ingeniería, Contract with Pemex