Covéa Insurance has extended its risk management partnership with RiskSTOP, an independent risk control service provider, for an additional three years. As part of the extension, RiskSTOP will continue to conduct site surveys and ...
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FibeRio, the developer and manufacturer of ground breaking Forcespinning® nanofiber production systems today announced it has completed a $13M capital raise led by two global strategic investors - SABIC Ventures B.V., Saudi Basic ...
Kerry Group booked a double-digit increase in sales and earnings for fiscal 2012, with growth driven by its ingredients and flavours arm. In a regulatory filing released this morning (26 February), the Irish food and ingredients group ...
Hewlett-Packard is reentering the consumer tablet market with the Slate 7, an Android-based device with a 7-inch screen that will start at US$169. The Slate 7 runs Android 4.1, also known as Jellybean, and has a dual-core processor based ...
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Freescale Semiconductor has signed a major new ARM license agreement which will cover the Cambridge firm’s most advanced processor cores. Freescale has taken a multiyear subscription license with ARM beginning with the ARM ...
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ARM's big.LITTLE processing combo, which pairs a Cortex A-15 with an A-7, has been adopted by five users - Renesas, Samsung, CSR, Fujitsu and MediaTek, ARM announced at MWC today. ARM says the technology saves up to 70% of processor ...
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ARM's next steps in the mbed open source embedded design project is a new SDK released under a permissive open source licence. It has also created an HDK for creating low-cost development boards. The mbed platform was created to prototype ...
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Renesas Electronics has given details of its plans for the RX family of microcontrollers, which include its lowest power, lowest cost 32-bit MCU. The RX100 series microcontrollers are based on a 130nm process technology and run at 32MHz, ...
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Shanghai-based Chinese steel giant Baosteel Group has announced that the X70 line pipe steel produced by its Xinjiang-based subsidiary Bayi Steel has successfully passed tests carried out by PetroChina Co., and so Bayi Steel has become a ...
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Pacepacker Services, a designer and manufacturer of packaging equipment in the UK, has enhanced its Blu-Robot systems range by introducing a new range of second-user pick and place solutions. The pre-owned Blu-Robot range, which is ...
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A US court has dismissed a legal appeal made by Hexbug creators Innovation First International (IFI) against RoboFish manufacturer Zuru Toys. The federal district court in Dallas, Texas affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, ...
Designed to provide maximum flexibility, performance and reliability in a small footprint, the EnCompass RCP-15 robotic case packer is suitable for demanding and space-conscious production environments, according to the manufacturer. The ...
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The ‘1st Social and Environmental Excellence Awards 2012’ (SEE Awards 2012) have been given to few Bangladesh apparel manufacturing units for their achievement in social compliance and environmental protection. The awards ...
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BARCELONA -- Hewlett Packard on Sunday unveiled the HP Slate7, a 7-in. tablet that will go on sale in April in the U.S. starting at the bargain price of $169. The HP Slate7 is a 7-in. tablet that will go on sale in April for $169. ...
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Intel will start shipping its high-performance Atom smartphone chip with 3D transistors to device makers later this year, who will then test the chip for use in handsets. The Atom chip, code-named Merrifield, will improve performance and ...
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