As part of its Clean Technology Innovation Program, the Australian Federal Government has awarded BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia $2,999,255 in funding for its project 'Versatile prototype deposition machine for higher efficiency, ...
Tags: BluGlass RPCVD, Electrical, Electronics
AATCC’s Chemical Applications Interest Group is sponsoring a symposium October 16 and 17, 2013, titled Textile Wet Processing: The Way Forward. The symposium will be held at the Textile Technology Center in Belmont, N.C., USA, and ...
Tags: Textile, Wet Processing
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has signed an agreement with Public Service Company ...
Tags: Solar Power Plants, Electrical
A nine-speed automatic transmission introduced in Germany in the Mercedes-Benz E350 BlueTec is likely to reach the local E-Class range in 2014. As reported by the UK’s Autocar, Mercedes-Benz quietly replaced the current seven-speed ...
The Mercedes-Benz E300 Hybrid has arrived in Australia, giving local luxury buyers the chance to get behind the wheel of the country’s first diesel-electric hybrid. Starting at $108,900, the Mercedes-Benz E300 Hybrid sits $10K above ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, E300 Hybrid, Luxury Sedan
Ford and Toyota have announced the end of their planned joint development of a hybrid platform for SUVs and small utes before the project had even begun. Ford and Toyota entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2011, and over ...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Ford, Toyota
Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) will replace all 6,050 lighting fixtures in both parking structures and increase the number of fixtures by 19% while still saving 66% on its annual elect ric bill by switching to LED lights. The project, ...
Tags: LED lights, LED
Ardagh Group has produced a new lighter weight 660mL bottle for Innis & Gunn's Original and Rum Finish beers. In keeping with its record of continuous innovation, Innis & Gunn set Ardagh the task of producing the lightest weight bottle in ...
Tags: Class Bottle, Packaging, Printing
Utility-scale solar power technology firm Solar Systems Pty Ltd of Melbourne, Australia, a subsidiary of Sydney-based Silex Systems Ltd, has officially opened its 1.5MW Mildura Solar Demonstration Facility, Australia's largest concentrated ...
Tags: Solar Systems, Solar, Electrical, Electronics, Solar Plant
Japanese ingredients company Ajinomoto has opened a new JPY17bn ($170m) facility for the production of umami seasoning AJI-NO-MOTO in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. The completion ceremony was held on 15 July and full-scale operation ...
Air France-KLM will further cut tonnes from its annual aircraft carbon dioxide emissions, simply by using revolutionary new lightweight cargo nets that it is now introducing. Just one new lightweight net with Dyneema? will save Air ...
Tags: Gas, Transportation
Omni mini XP is an ultra-lightweight, one-piece and linerless 28-mm closure, compatible with the 1881 bottle finish. Weighing less than 2 grams, this closure offers high-quality capping application performance, CO2 retention, impact ...
Australia's government is to speed up the country's transition to a carbon emissions trading system by dropping its fixed-price carbon tax in 2014, a year earlier than planned, Australian treasurer Chris Bowen said over the weekend. From ...
Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has commenced the testing of its new Pure Electric Bus in Uruguay. The bus will be tested by the La Compania Uruguaya de Transportes Colectivos (CUTCSA), the Uruguay transport authority, on ...
Tags: Electric Bus, automaker
AR Metallizing has introduced a new metallized paperboard laminate, which is made of low-grade (recycled) board laminated to a 53gsm thick metallized paper. The smoothness of the paper will cover the low surface quality of the board, and ...