Minister for Industry Greg Combet says manufacturers should not sit back and wait for a fall in the Australian dollar – they must change with the times or risk failure. Mr Combet’s warning, reported by The Australian ...
Tempe, Ariz.-based action sports brand hotmix is helping bring manufacturing back to the U.S. by launching the 4x4x4 Project on crowd funding site Kickstarter. The project revolves around creating four new products with four artists in four ...
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The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) plans to commit US$ 5 billion investment in the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex located in the southern state of Johor in Malaysia. On his visit to Malaysia, the vice-chairman of QIA’s ...
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PLDC is the largest forum for the lighting design community worldwide with more than 1300 attendees expected in 2013. Leading researchers, practicing lighting designers and the leading lighting industry will come together to discuss ...
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In today's fast-moving business environment, success often means getting ahead of the competition and staying there. Not an easy task, considering the pace of technological advances. Here's some help. In addition to ideas showcased by the ...
Serta is following up on its blockbuster iComfort line of gel memory foam beds with the launch of a new high-end iComfort line. Called iComfort Directions, the line introduces what Serta says is the industry's first dual-action gel memory ...
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Change is certainly afoot when a supposedly down-to-earth networking conference is launched with the kind of glitz and glamour usually reserved for the Oscars. But the theme worked well, as Padmasree Warrior, CTO, Cisco, kicked off Cisco ...
It was announced last week that hardware accessories vendor Belkin has agreed to buy Cisco’s Home Networking Business unit, which includes the strong Linksys brand. The terms of the deal, which is expected to close in March, were ...
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Characteristics of modern day folding tables and chairs originated in the medieval times, a period from the fall of the last Roman Emperor, in 476 AD, to the fall of Constantinople, in 1453. Furniture makers deliberately built tables and ...
New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra has opened a solar powered milk chilling center in Hanwella, Sri Lanka. The chilling facility features 32 solar panels with a 3.24 kW capacity and is expected to conserve about ...
The coalition wants to set a standard for digital delivery of public services that other governments around the world will aspire to. That's what Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude told the audience at Sprint 13, a government ...
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The glass and materials industry of China is presently faced with various difficulties while developing, such as uncoordinated and unsustainable development, weak ability for scientific and technological innovation, unbalanced industrial ...
The stringent requirements for energy efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions make the selection of the electrical components increasingly important in the design of cars. From electric power-steering and stop-start technologies ...
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John Adams’ new HolograFX interactive entertainment show allows users to star in their own 3D holographic video show. The latest offering from John Adams represents a significant dynamic shift for the company, offering a combination ...
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LEDs are “going mainstream but are still not yet a mature commodity”, according to market analyst Yole Développement in its latest ‘LED Packaging’ report. The analyst determines that the combination of growth ...
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