Ford Motor is undertaking a trial at its assembly plant in Cologne, Germany where collaborative robots, also known as co-bots, are being used to help workers fit shock absorbers to Fiesta cars. The robots will ensure perfect fit and ...
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South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor says that Japanese lens maker Enplas' LED lens patent has been revoked in Taiwan, adding to a series of legal victories against Enplas in the USA, Korea, and Europe. Enplas's patent has been ...
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For fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 (ended 1 May), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $318.8m, down slightly on $320m a year ago but up 3.1% on $309.2m last ...
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New Zealand-based dairy co-operative Fonterra is set to test online sales of its Tip Top ice cream brand in China. The company plans to sell Tip Top ice creams online through TMall platform operated by Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba. ...
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Porsche is responding to the growing demand for a built-in navigation device for vintage Porsche sports cars with its Porsche Classic Radio Navigation System. Following its successful market launch in Europe in February 2015, the Porsche ...
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The UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has been selected to supervise the CarConnect plug-in vehicle (PIV) charging project. The project intends to help the electricity industry understand how (PIVs charge at home in harmony ...
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Volvo Cars is set to disrupt the delivery experience with the introduction a new service that promises In-car Delivery of your online shopping in under two hours The ground-breaking collaboration with Swedish start-up urb-it will enable ...
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UK-based Riversimple has unveiled two new models as continuation to its Rasa hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The new models were announced at the London Motor Show. One is a four-seater car and the other a van. Rasa is claimed to offer ...
Salt of the Earth has launched a new all-natural food ingredient Umamix Bold that claims to cut sodium levels in food products, besides boosting the flavor. Umamix Bold will also help in eliminating the use of monosodium glutamate (MSG) ...
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XCMG Heavy-duty Truck Co., Ltd. And its supplying companies held “The Promotional Conference of XCMG Heavy-duty Truck in Xuzhou City” recently. About 50 persons from 27 logistics delivery enterprises attended this activity. They ...
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The “Reversed Cold Weather” in the north of China still cannot prevent the exciting start of the heavy-duty truck industry in March, 2016. Confronting increasing pressure of economical downward and changeable situation in this ...
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Oracle is seeking a whopping $9.3 billion in damages from Google over its continued use of Java in Android. There have been so many high-profile tech-related court cases in recent years - Apple vs Samsung, Apple vs The FBI, Microsoft vs ...
Fully-functional self-driving vehicles may still take time to hit the roads but customers in the UK are buying cars with self-activating safety systems. A recent study conducted by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) ...
Tags: SMMT, Autonomous safety features, Self-driving, JATO Dynamics data
Waste campaigners in the UK are praising Starbucks' latest decision to offer a discount to customers who bring their own cup to the cafe. In Australia, it is estimated consumers use one billion disposable coffee cups each year, and ...
The BFM is part of an industry consortium that manages Working Tri21, an EU-funded project which aims to enhance the social inclusion of people suffering from disabilities by integrating them into the job market, specifically in the ...