Honda Motor has launched its new, compact Honda Shuttle, which is now available for sale across Japan. The new wagon is available in gasoline-powered and hybrid versions equipped with a 1.5-liter direct-injection DOHC i-VTEC engine and ...
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Packaging, serving sizes and health consciousness will be the key to profit growth for Coca-Cola Amatil according to its CEO Alison Watkins. Speaking at the company’s Annual General Meeting yesterday Ms Watkins said she was ...
Extrusion and thermoforming company Par-Pak Europe, the UK division of the Waddington Group, has bought packaging firm Deltaform and its subsidiary Chiltern Thermoforming, to expand its position in the European market. Deltaform and ...
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Audi has launched its two-liter gasoline engine that will be added in the new Audi A4 by the end of the year. The new 2.0 TFSI four-cylinder engine with 140 kW (190 hp) sports a new combustion method and weighs only about 140 kg (308.6 ...
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Mercedes-Benz has made changes to its G-Class models which will now offer around 16% more power and lower fuel consumption. All engines in the class will be compliant with Euro 6 emission standards and feature a new suspension setup ...
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Automotive supplier Continental will introduce solutions at the 36th International Vienna Motor Symposium which will help diesel engines meet nitrogen-oxide (NOx) legislative limits in the future. This comes in response to stricter NOx ...
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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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Injection molding equipment supplier Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced a phased launch of its PET preform barrier module that has been built on the HyPET HPP5 platform. With HyPET HPP5 barrier module, packaging manufacturers ...
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Specialist French manufacturer Lucien Georgelin will be packaging a range of its high quality fruit compotes and desserts in To-Go snack packs that have been developed in collaboration with RPC Bebo Bouxwiller. A part of the RPC Group, ...
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Subaru of America has revealed the details of new features on its planned 2016 WRX and WRX STI models. The new additions include blind spot detection, lane change assist and rear cross traffic alert as well as a new STARLINK touch ...
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Installed at its Pudahuel production facility, both machines are producing lightweight PCO 1881 screw caps for the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Chile, helping to cut carbon emissions across the value chain and reduce carbon footprint ...
General Motors (GM) and SAIC Motor’s joint venture, Shanghai GM is planning to invest CNY100bn ($16bn) over the next five years, to develop new vehicles. The automaker intends to develop ten new or upgraded models each year until ...
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Researchers based in Japan claim the highest output power and external quantum efficiency (EQE) so far for deep ultraviolet (DUV) sub-270nm-wavelength light-emitting diodes (LEDs) during DC operation [Shin-ichiro Inoue et al, Appl. Phys. ...
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Japanese automaker Acura is planning to introduce a powerful version of 2016 RDX luxury SUV. The upgraded vehicle will have more power, will be more fuel-efficient and more luxuriously and feature additional features than its present ...
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The 2015 Xiamen Industry Expo will open at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center from April 12 to 15. Businessmen from 20 countries and regions are expected to attend the event. Among them, 300 enterprises from Taiwan ...