Last year the leading fresh food packaging supplier, Linpac, won the most improved factory award for its St. Helen’s site in the prestigious Britain's Best Factory Awards. A major part of the work at St Helens - and throughout the ...
Volvo Cars’ ongoing research into autonomous driving has confirmed what we all know - that the daily commute is taking the joy out of driving. It is during the commute and on long-haul motorway trips that people are most willing to ...
Tags: Volvo Cars, Concept 26, steering wheel, seat
The discovery of 47 human teeth in a cave in Hunan province by Chinese scientists has unearthed new evidence that the earliest modern humans lived in East Asia. The teeth and a number of animal fossils were excavated from Fuyan Cave in ...
Tags: 47 human teeth, Homo sapiens, East Asia
BorgWarner produces its mini direct-acting variable force solenoid (VFS) in Water Valley, Mississippi, for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Malibu hybrid and Cadillac ELR as well as future General Motors (GM) vehicle applications powered ...
BorgWarner supplies Eco-Launch stop/start accumulator technology and multi-segment wet friction plates for the new 8-speed rear-wheel drive automatic transmission (8L45) from General Motors. To enable the transmission's stop/start ...
Tags: BorgWarner, transmission, Eco-Launch stop/start accumulator
Global automakers will manufacture fewer vehicles in China this year than they are able to because of slowing demand in the world's largest auto market, a reversal after years of rushing to build factories. The average level of capacity ...
Tags: auto market, passenger-vehicle
BorgWarner supplies its wet friction technology for ZF's new eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions. The 8-speed transmission features BorgWarner's multi-segment friction plates with intricate groove designs, and the torque ...
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It was a different kind of catwalk in Almedalen in Sweden. At a seminar called ”The world’s most sustainable catwalk” a garment made of the water repellent and fluorocarbon-free fabric OrganoTex was presented. The ...
Tags: Recycled Polyester, Fabric
The kit lets users create their own customisable videogames with a selection of physical building blocks. An initiative that allows kids to create their own videogames from physical building blocks has soared past its crowd-funding goal ...
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Researchers in the US have found scientific reasons behind the common complaint that airline food tastes bad. In a study conducted by Cornell University, researchers found that a plane's noise was the biggest factor impacting the taste of ...
Tags: Airline Foods, Tasting Factors
Mexican corn miller and tortilla producer Gruma has acquired the European unit of US-based Azteca Foods in a €45m deal. The acquisition includes all shares and ownership interests representing the capital stock of Azteca Foods ...
Tags: Gruma, wheat products, Food
Goodman Fielder CEO departs as sale to Asian giants settles It was announced today that Scott Weitemeyer will be appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Goodman Fielder, replacing Chris Delaney. The announcement ...
Tags: ASX delisting, First Pacific, Food
3D printing and additive manufacturing solution maker Stratasys has announced that Volvo Trucks is using its additive manufacturing technology at Volvo’s facility in Lyon, France. According to Stratasys, the technology has helped ...
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In a major sustainability initiative, American fast-food giant KFC will soon serve coffee in edible cups at select stores in the UK. KFC's new edible cups dubbed, the "Scoff-ee Cup" are a result of collaboration with London-based The ...
Tags: Edible Cups, Packaging
DC Entertainment is launching a series of animated movies and shorts inspired by Mattel and Fisher-Price's popular toy lines. DC Entertainment is to launch a series of animated movies based on its popular Justice League toy lines from ...
Tags: toy lines, companion app, Toys