GW Driver Training is planning on upgrading its services and facilities in order to address the truck driver shortage crisis in New Brunswick, and the first step to the initiative is a change of name, to CollègeTrans-Canada College. ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen Group plans to invest EUR84.2bn in its Automotive Division over the coming five years, for new models, environmentally friendly technologies and production facilities. This investment is part of the group's ...
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Libbey Glass has announced an expansion project that is expected to bring new jobs to the area. The company announced Tuesday that it will invest $20 million in Libbey's Shreveport manufacturing site, including the addition of a new ...
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Austria-based Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it will supply a flat bar rolling mill for the Chinese steel manufacturer Qingdao Special Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Qingdao Steel). The new mill with an annual production capacity ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The world of manufacturing is changing. Globalization and technological changes is modifying the order in the manufacturing world. Manufacturing industries not only help in modernizing, but also performs as the backbone of our industrial ...
Following declines of 45% in 2011 and 30% in 2013, LED wafer fab equipment spending will rise 17% to nearly $1.2bn in 2014 as the LED industry is working through its over-capacity problems and will renew capital spending and capacity ...
Tags: LED Equipment, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Italian hollow glass processing machines continue to enjoy enormous international popularity, with especially positive results in 2012, which will likely be repeated in 2013. Bottles and glass tableware are doing well, with a few ...
Tags: Hollow Glass, Glass, Construction
The federal government announced yesterday that it is spending $47 million in an effort to expand and update facilities at the Lacolle Border Crossing. Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Denis Lebel made the ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
CERN is making the infrastructure that handles the data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) more flexible by upgrading it with OpenStack for virtualization and Puppet for configuration management. The research organization's objective is ...
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The next summer blockbuster out of 20th Century Fox might be called "The Incredible Shrinking Data Center." The entertainment giant is taking about 9,000 square feet of data center space, spread in three data centers, and shrinking it ...
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In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons) of the corrugated packaging used in the U.S. was successfully recovered for recycling, maintaining its top position as the most-recycled packaging material. Recovery for recycling has increased ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, corrugated packaging, recycled packaging
At the start of the Memorial Day weekend, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a bill to allow the sale of malt-based beverages in convenient pouch packaging. Public Act 13-27, H.B. 6540, sponsored by Senate Environment Committee ...
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The food distribution network in the United States that supplies grocery stores, restaurants, and institutional facilities is among the most complex and precise of any mass market product category. Every step within the network has to be ...
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Research In Motion has unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets, and said it will offer its once-popular BlackBerry Messenger service on iPhones and devices running Google's Android software. CEO Thorsten ...
Tags: RIM, BlackBerry, Phone
HIPAA and outdated communications devices can make it harder to deliver effective patient care, according to a survey of physicians, hospital administrators and IT pros. The survey by the Ponemon Institute is based on responses from 577 ...
Tags: HIPAA Rules, Computer Products