July 4,2013-Substation automation equipment has been a significant and mature market for at least a decade.The integration of substation automation functions into the broader smart grid architecture is gradually shifting the nature of the ...
Pieces of the all-new Volvo XC90 puzzle will be revealed progressively over the coming months before the complete picture comes together at its late-2014 unveiling. Volvo this week gave us an early look at some of the innovative ...
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The all-new Volvo XC90 will feature three innovative new safety systems – including two claimed world firsts – when launches at the end of 2014. All three utilise Volvo's latest camera and radar technology to pre-empt ...
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According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the third quarter of the current year is expected total 28 million mt, unchanged from the third quarter output forecast made in the second quarter, with ...
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R-M, the premium automotive refinish brand, opened the new International Refinish Competence Center (RCC) in Clermont, France. It is now one of the most modern training facilities in Europe. With an investment of approx. € 2.5 million, ...
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Following the first reversal into negative territory in ten months in April, the Architecture Billings Index has bounced back in May. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve ...
NEMA's Lighting Systems Index increased in the first quarter of 2013 following a 3.4 gain in the fourth quarter of 2012, growing 5.4 percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis and by 3.8 percent on a year-over-year basis. Lighting equipment ...
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Developed in conjunction with the Greenway Group, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has made the AIA Foresight Report available for free download to AIA members at AIA National Convention and Design Exposition – June 20th ...
Gallium-nitride-on-silicon architecture inches closer to sapphire-based LED performance levels but a significant gap remains. Plessey Semiconductors has announced the PLB010350 LED that it is manufactured on its gallium-nitride-on-silicon ...
Glaston has closed a deal worth approximately EUR 2.2 million with the Chinese company Xianning CSG Glass Co., Ltd. for two flat tempering furnaces: Glaston CHF™ and Glaston CCS900™. The orders are a follow-up to ...
Shaw Floors is proud to be a sponsor of five beautiful show homes across the U.S. in 2013. Shaw has partnered with some of the nation's top shelter publications to introduce inspiring show home experiences that display Shaw flooring in a ...
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Downtown Toronto is getting a spectacular visual experience.? Jason Bruges Studio's latest interactive artwork will absorb pedestrians into a moving and dynamic experience. Source: Design in Dada Commissioned by the Canadian ...
Cisco today unveiled its vision for the next-generation data centre, which it calls application-centric infrastructure. The networking firm said its architecture aims to transform data centres to better address the demands of new and ...
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Each time any one of the billion Facebook users visits the social networking site,the company's servers must assemble data--user posts,likes,shares,images--from hundreds or even thousands of different servers around the globe.The page must ...
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"A story of gravity. What do all architects have in common? They have to deal with gravity. Falling is how things look." – Architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars - While designing an item, structural consideration is thoroughly evaluated ...
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