The realisation was as surprising as it was momentous. Toledo, long known as Glass City, needed glass, and it could no longer be manufactured locally quickly enough. So Toledo turned to China to make the 360 panels, weighing 589kg each, ...
Can one person accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles? Sure, if he's Elon Musk. But what about one more typical person, who doesn't run a car company? Sven Thesen thinks that answer is yes. He calls himself an EV evangelist and ...
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New merchandise line based on bestselling game includes a plush Chop the dog. Rockstar has added a new range of Grand Theft Auto V products to the Rockstar Warehouse, including a plush toy of Chop the dog. Joining a range which includes ...
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Cultivated in China to sweeten tea, Siraitia grosvenorii could rescure the U.S. soda industry valued $8 billion. Siraitia grosvenorii is an herbaceous perennial vine of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd) family, native to southern China and ...
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Let's start with the word "robot." The idea behind the word "robot" grows from the ancient concept of the golem. A golem was an artificial person created by people. Frankly, the idea of a golem scared the bejeezus out of the ancients ...
hosted by Sidel, took place in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 25 and 26. More than 120 attendees from Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa met to discuss the need for sustainability to assure the future of the bottled beverage industry. ...
History of ACR Systems Connector Components: ACR Systems was developed in 1986 and today designs and builds data loggers that are self-powered, pocket-sized instruments that measure and record temperature, relative humidity, electric ...
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I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN)—According to Leisure Trends’ annual holiday survey, many consumers planned to shop early to avoid the traditional shopping rush in November and December this season. The survey contains results from two ...
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THE local glass industry is booming with RM3bil turnover for both glass manufacturing and processing streams of the industry, said Malaysia Glass Association (MGA) chairman Ho Sai Woo. MGA was the local host for Glasstech Asia 2013, which ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor is set to add new diesel engine powered vehicles to its American product line for the first time. Mazda6 will be the first model to be rolled off the line with the new diesel engine, and will join the ...
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China's leading train manufacturer, China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Ltd. (CSR), announced on Sunday that it will produce two passenger locomotives for Turkmenistan, another step to occupy the niche in the central Asian ...
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The concept of a bullet resistant glass has been there since quite some time. It has played a very crucial role in protecting some of the most important people of our time. A number of security agencies whether government operated or ...
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The incidence of diabetes in the United States has been rising for years, making it the seventh leading cause of death in the country, according to the National Institutes of Health, but promising new research indicates that fish oil can ...
Europe's energy intensive industries are probably divided on the merits of power savings targets for 2030, but if the right mix of unambiguous and universal targets and measures can be agreed – and explained – opposition could ...
Tags: Construction, Glass, Glass Industry