Prices of copper – the bedrock industrial metal and a benchmark for gauging the strength of the global economy – are likely to soften further in the coming year as production growth is expected to exceed that of consumption. ...
Tags: Softer Copper, Industrial Metal
Some chefs and bartenders in California are miffed about a new regulation restricting them from handling ready-to-eat foods with their bare hands. At the beginning of January, language in the state's food code changed from directing food ...
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Secant Medical, Inc. has announced its newly branded website at www.secantmedical.com.The redesigned site serves as a source for new and existing clients to learn more about the company's advanced biomaterials and biomedical textile ...
Tags: medical, Biomaterials, Biomedical
Vehicle component-maker Eaton Corp. said its fourth-quarter net income rose to $482 million, or $1 a share, from $180 million, or 46 cents, a year earlier. Net sales climbed to $5.5 billion in the quarter from $4.3 billion a year ago, ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) will soon propose rules for vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communications on U.S. roads, it announced yesterday. The agency is now finalizing a report on a 2012 trial with almost 3000 ...
Tags: Vehicle-to-Vehicle, Communications
ABB says that it is receiving $2.1m of the $70m grant over five years from the Advanced Manufacturing Office within the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) that is funding the new Next ...
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Commercial Vehicle Group reported a fourth-quarter profit compared with a net loss a year ago, the truck and auto components maker said. CVG's net income was $1.1 million, or 4 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $5.6 million, or ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Vehicle, Transportation
Clean Air Power has entered into an agreement with British automaker Ricardo to produce a dual-fuel truck engine for South East Asian Market in a concept development agreement with a global truck manufacturer. This project will use ...
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From Monday 10 February, there is one Heavy Vehicle National Law regulating trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles across most of Australia, with the aim of 'boosting efficiency and productivity in the transport industry.' Under the new ...
The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold a record 8,266,098 vehicles in 2013, propelled by record sales in the car group’s two largest markets, China and the United States. Renault-Nissan's 2013 calendar-year sales, which include sales of ...
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German carmaker BMW has announced that its new laser light technology will be incorporated into its plug-in hybrid sports car, BMW i8, beginning autumn 2014. The luxury carmaker has equipped its BMW i8 with the new laser light concept, ...
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Class 8 truck orders doubled in December 2013 from both the month and the year before,making it the second biggest Class 8 order month since March 2006. "The U.S.and Canada did the'heavy lifting'for Class 8 orders in December,while Mexico ...
Tags: Heavy Lifting, Lifting, Transportation
Set to the sounds of soulful electrified blues music, Kia Motors America (KMA) today hosted the global unveiling of the 2015 Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show. Scheduled to go on sale in the third quarter of 2014, the Soul EV will be Kia's ...
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Toyota Australia has announced plans to stop car production in the country by the end of 2017 and operate as a national sales and distribution company. This move will cease the local manufacturing of the Camry, Camry Hybrid and Aurion ...
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British transport companies Eddie Stobart and A.W.Jenkinson Forest Products have ordered 1,500 Scania Euro 6 trucks in the largest single order for vehicles to date in the UK. The order,which will be filled over two years,follows a ...
Tags: transport, Transportation, truck