China China has experienced an explosive growth of sales of non-assisted e-bikes including scooter type, with annual sales jumping from 56,000 units in 1998 to over 21 million in 2008, and reaching an estimated fleet of 120 million ...
Tags: Electric Bicycle, e bike, bike, bicycle, Transportation
Michelin North America Inc. says it is voluntarily recalling approximately 100,000 tires in order to retrieve an estimated 2,500 tires -- about 2.5% of the recalled population -- "that could have partial or full sidewall perforations that ...
Tags: Light Truck Tires, Auto Parts
The roads and the cars on them are set to form an intelligent, connected network within three years when a number of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers bring Car 2 Car (C2C) communication technology to the market. C2C allows ...
Tags: Volvo, Auto Parts, Traffic Safety
The summer is just warming up, but so far this year 15 children have already died from heatstroke after being left alone in a hot car. That's more than double the number of deaths compared to the same time last year. The ages of the ...
Tags: Hot Cars, Deaths of Children
Phillips 66 will reduce delivery of polypropylene grades because of issues with feedstock supply, further squeezing an already tight market, sources said Tuesday. The company announced the measure late Monday in a letter to customers ...
Sanovas, a US-based micro invasive surgical solutions developer, has entered into a patent license and joint development agreement with Mayo Clinic, to commercialise technologies in bronchial smooth muscle modification. The agreement aims ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and agriculture are often on opposite sides of the fence. It’s a love-hate relationship of sorts. The federal agency in part works to protect the U.S. food supply. Yet the FDA has a mixed ...
Tags: Food-Safety, FDA, Agriculture&Food
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that Australia’s population grew by 1.8 per cent during 2012, returning to the excessive growth seen three years ago. This is the level advocated by then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s ...
Tags: Service, Immigration, Population Growth
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announces the availability of a new Ladder Safety smart phone application (app). This new app uses visual and audio signals to make it easier for workers using extension ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, NIOSH, Phone, App
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged medical device manufacturers to boost their security protection systems against cyber attacks, which could compromise the safety and privacy of patients. According to the agency's safety ...
Tags: Medical Devices, Cyber Attacks
Antilock brakes (ABS) have the potential to reduce motorcycle crash fatalities by 37 percent, according to research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). To help riders find models equipped with this potentially life-saving ...
Tags: Motorcycles, ABS
Medical device makers should take new steps to protect their products from malware and cyberattacks or face the possibility that U.S. Food and Drug Administration won't approve their devices for use, the FDA said. The FDA issued new ...
Global clothing companies must work with governments and local groups to improve factory safety and working conditions, the Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia chapters of anti-corruption group Transparency International (TI) said in a joint ...
The US FDA has cleared Sanofi Pasteur's supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) licensing four-strain influenza vaccine, Fluzone Quadrivalent, for broad age range of children and adults. As the first and only four-strain ...
Tags: Influenza Vaccine, Medicine
A cross-functional team of 10 managers from resealable-closure company Zip-Pak recently completed an intensive 18-month global packaging study. Zip-Pak's goal in conducting the study was to openly observe the packaging landscape and the ...
Tags: Packaging, Retail Packaging, Global Retail