The Holden VF Commodore demanded a culture change within the company’s local engineering department. According to vehicle systems manager Andrew Holmes, for the first time ever weight-saving became obsessive and every engineer ...
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A transnational team of researchers has reported the first electrically pumped exciton-polariton laser device using an arsenide semiconductor microcavity [Christian Schneider et al, Nature, vol. 497, p348, 2013]. The team was variously ...
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The Pyroguard range of fire glass solutions is making its Clerkenwell Design Week debut (21st – 23rd May 2013), exhibiting at the event as the specialist glazing partner within ‘The Planet Showroom’. Manufactured by ...
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The BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe concept has made a stunning debut at the 2013 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Como, Italy. The striking concept combines the prestige German manufacturer’s styling pillars of ...
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German carmaker BMW along with Italian car designer and manufacturer Pininfarina has unveiled the new Gran Lusso Coupé concept at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013 in Como, Italy. Being the first car built ...
The European trade association for stee,l Apeal (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging), has released the latest steel recycling figures In 2011, 2.6 million tonnes of steel packaging were recycled to make new steel ...
Tags: Apeal, Steel Recycling, Packaging&Printing
After the supply shortages of commodity bi-oriented polyester (BOPET) thin films in 2010, the global BOPET film industry has done its best to ensure global supplies will not dry up again - or has it? PCI Films Consulting's latest review of ...
In what is possibly the geekiest rivalry in the smartphone industry—and that takes effort—the maker of tough smartphone screens known as Gorilla Glass is arguing that its much-hyped challenger sapphire is weaker, not to mention ...
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CONTRAFLAM fire insulation glass from GLASSOLUTIONS features in two new residential towers situated just a short sprint away from Olympic Park, main venue for the 2012 games. The towers of Pioneer Point in Ilford stand at 25 and 33 ...
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Holden, the Australian subsidiary of US automaker General Motors (GM), has started the production of the VF Commodore Calais V sedan at Holden Vehicle Operations in Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth, South Australia. The sedan is powered by a ...
The limited edition Renault Megane RS Red Bull Racing RB8 has been revealed, as Renault and its Formula One partner Red Bull Racing belatedly celebrate their third Constructors’ world title secured at the end of the 2012 season. ...
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Verticle Inc of Dublin, CA, USA has extended its range of Honeycomb hexagonal-shaped vertically structured InGaN-based LED chips from blue wavelengths (in mass production since February 2012) to ultraviolet (UV). As with the firm’s ...
Bosch GCM12SD This sliding miter saw is built such that it can slide back and forth on a pair of hinged arms that, unlike with its predecessors, do not protrude from the back. It boasts an axial-glide system which is remarkably smooth and ...
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The final specifications of the Porsche 918 Spyder have been released, confirming that the plug-in hybrid hypercar will be the quickest, most powerful and most fuel efficient vehicle in the brand’s history. Porsche says the 918 ...
Full-scale production of the Holden VF Commodore started at the brand’s manufacturing facility in South Australia today. The local car maker wasted no time in adding the all-new large car to the Holden Vehicle Operations (HVO) ...
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