Hyundai is taking a two-pronged approached with its redesigned Santa Fe SUV, offering it in two- and three-row configurations. The Veracruz is history for 2013; hence the Santa Fe will be offered as two different models - the regular ...
Tags: Hyundai, SUV, Santa Fe, long-wheelbase model car
German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen is planning to commence production of the Cross Up hatchback. The car was first unveiled as a concept at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany in 2011 and was designed for use in cities. The Cross ...
Sulzer Pumps has launched four wastewater products at WEFTEC.This marks the completion of the ABS EffeX range of wastewater solutions. The ABS EffeX range was introduced in 2009 with the ABS submersible sewage pump XFP,the first ...
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The relatively affordable electric Smart ForTwo ED (electric drive) may be the best Smart car yet. While not a high compliment, it does point to the promise of this diminutive two-door model as a green alternative for commuters. We recently ...
Tags: Electric Car, electric drive, two-door Car
Toyota is no longer alone in offering a small hybrid wagon-microvan. Ford has rolled out the long-awaited C-Max as a Prius V competitor, boasting more power and fuel efficiency. We just bought one in Blue Candy Metallic Tint. Based on a ...
Tags: Toyota, Ford, hybrid wagon-microvan, electric motor and engine, gas engine
The Chevrolet Spark is an affordable city car that's great for tight parking spots and easy on gas, but that is where the good news ends. The new four-door subcompact gets excellent 32 mpg overall and 42 mpg on the highway. There is a ...
Tags: Chevrolet Spark, four-door subcompact, touch-screen audio, air bags
Wisconsin Oven designed and manufactured a gas fired industrial draw batch oven with a powered load table for a company that repairs and refurbishes generators and steam or combustion turbines. The draw batch oven is used for stress ...
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The redesigned Escape marks a dramatic improvement over the dated, unrefined model it replaces, elevating the model to the upper echelon of small SUVs. For our tests, we bought two examples: Escape SE ($28,040) and Escape Titanium ...
A smooth-running Toyota RAV4 that does not consume gasoline is now at dealerships, and we recently borrowed one to sample at our test track. And so far, we're seeing real appeal in an electric sport-ute. The RAV4 EV is derived from the ...
Tags: Toyota RAV4, EV, electric sport-ute, lithium-ion battery, Electric SUV
Jack Mans -- Packaging Digest, 12/4/2012 10:16:30 AM Lenze Americas has expanded support to material handling operations ith its fully integrated energy efficient solution package comprised of DSD software, MF(multiple frequency) gear motor ...
Tags: DSD, Gear Boxes, Motec Inverter Drive, MF Three-Phase AC Geared Motors
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/26/2012 10:04:01 AM As packaging professionals well know, the words "high-end packaging" and "short-run" typically do not appear in the same sentence. To achieve the highly ...
Tags: short-run packaging, high-end packaging, digital die-cutting
In its ongoing effort to establish itself as a credible world-class brand and broaden its appeal to younger buyers, Cadillac has made it no secret that the new ATS is targeted squarely at its European compact sports sedan rivals. And based ...
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Our complaints about the current Honda Civic are well documented. Despite its pedigree of past outstanding small cars, the current model is too noisy, has an unrefined ride, and unimpressive fit and finish. It falls well short in our ...
Tags: Honda, test car, small cars, Acura ILX, Civic
Four leading executives from US big data and analytics companies tell a similar story of imminent increased big data analytics adoption in the UK and Europe.Senior executives from MapR,Cloudera,ParAccel,and Pentaho traced out the likely ...
Tags: Big data analytics, parallel programming framework, social media data
Pulp and paper manufacturer in Finland Stora Enso will develop a new digital package printing solution B2 coater, Stora Enso Lakka for the consumer paperboard packaging market. The new Stora Enso Lakka will integrate in-line with the new ...
Tags: Coater, Paperboard Packaging, digital package printing