Construction has begun at Oregon State University (OSU) on a $4.8-million facility to test a new nuclear energy technology that, says the university, “could be safer, more efficient and produce less waste than existing ...
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The Toyota Fun-Vii concept vehicle will debut in Canada for the first time at the Canadian International Auto Show. Designed to attract a tech-savvy generation, the Fun-Vii (Vii stands for Vehicle, Interactive, Internet) heralds a ...
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Japanese automobiles manufacturer Honda is planning to invest about THB20bn ($671m) in Thailand to establish a new plant and expand an existing plant. The company intends to spend THB17.15bn ($575m) to build a new plant in Prachin Buri, ...
With 4,418,674 metric tons of cargo handled at the Port of Philadelphia in 2012 compared to the 4,001,759 tons handled in 2011, the maritime facilities of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) showed a healthy 10.42 percent gain ...
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Auto parts manufacturer Johnson Controls has opened a new automotive seat plant at the Grosnica Supplier Park near the city of Kragujevac in Serbia to provide complete seats for the new Fiat 500L compact MPV. The company has also opened a ...
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Bridgestone has opened a new tire manufacturing plant in Pune, India and has commenced production of passenger car radial tires (PSR). The new plant is part of tire maker's JPY50bn ($538.8m) project, which is being executed in phases. ...
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, the country's trade balance indicated a $870 million surplus in January this year, with a total export value of $46.1 billion. ...
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Sime Darby Motors Group has taken over distribution rights of Citroen in Australia. The change of management sees Citroen join sister company Peugeot under the same roof in Australia and ends an 18-year partnership between the French ...
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Japanese automobiles manufacturer Honda has unveiled the revamped version of the five-door 2013 Civic hatch with added features. The 2013 Civic hatch is powered by the 1.8L Inline 4 cylinder SOHC i-VTEC petrol engine mated to a ...
It’s reported that Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal and ArcelorMittal plan jointly bid for ThyssenKrupp's steel business in North America, in order to improve the production of steel sheets for automobiles. It’s known that ...
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The National Retail Federation released its 2013 economic forecast today, projecting retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 3.4 percent, slightly less than the preliminary 4.2 percent ...
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Given the fact that retail sales and consumer spending represent roughly two-thirds of total economic activity in the United States, it is fairly east to surmise that the current numbers are not where they need to be to lift economic growth ...
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US-based automobile maker GM has been conducting R&D with professionals in different industries on the possibility of storing energy on used automobile lithium batteries. Digitimes Research believes if the R&D is successful, it will lower ...
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French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citron has unveiled a new hybrid vehicle concept incorporating a gasoline internal combustion engine along with compressed nitrogen propulsion. Aimed at reducing the cost of cutting emissions to half, ...
Led by Ayodhya N. Tiwari, a team of researchers in the Laboratory for Thin Film and Photovoltaics at Empa (the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) has raised the energy conversion efficiency record for copper ...
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