According to reports this morning (Saturday 14 September), Clegg will announce at this weekend's Liberal Democrat party conference that the charge has been adopted as government policy and will be introduced in 2015. Money from the charge ...
Nissan has hit back at plans by Volkswagen to become the electric vehicle market leader by 2018, while reaffirming its own aim to increase range to 200km on Leaf and introduce four new electric vehicles to market within two years. ...
Tags: Nissan, Transportation
A modular platform designed only for four-cylinder engines will help Volvo liberate the design of its future models, its chief designer claims. Speaking at the Frankfurt motor show, recently-appointed chief designer Thomas Ingenlath ...
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Nylstar, one of the leading suppliers of polyamide 6.6 and worldwide known by its brand Meryl, announces its participation at the September 2013 edition of Expofil in Paris, presenting its Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Trend Forecast. The ...
Thermoseal Group, manufacturer of Thermobar and Thermoflex warm edge spacers and leading UK insulated glass component supplier, has introduced new sizes to its range of Duplex fittings for Thermobar warm edge spacer. Previously ...
Tags: glass, Construction
US-based primary care system Community Health Center (CHC) is expanding its telehealth program to health centers in Delaware under an extension for community healthcare outcomes (ECHO) project. Project ECHO uses video-conferencing and ...
To increase the efficiency of voltage converters and minimize heat losses, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF in Germany are developing transistors based on gallium nitride, characterized by low ...
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The European Parliament voted Wednesday to limit the use of biofuels in the European Union, one of a series of potential changes to the bloc's climate-change policies that investors say are creating uncertainty and bottling up energy ...
Tags: biofuels, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Australian-owned Tru Blu Beverages has achieved its aim of material handling cost reduction by switching to a fleet of Linde forklifts. Comparison tests during the selection process highlighted the advantages which have continued since ...
The FMCG giant said that the invention can be applied to products including chilled drinks, syrups and carbonates. The aim is to give the consumers "favourable aromas" before they drink. One of the inventors, Peter Given, said that the ...
Unique System FZE delivers Marorka's ship performance monitoring solutions to ADNATCO-NGSCO fleet Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company and one of the world's leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics
Intel is planning a new range of low-power-consumption microprocessors intended to challenge ARM-based rivals in embedded and wearable computing. The new Quark range of Atom microprocessors will weigh in at one-fifth of the size of ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The designer the radical Lexus LF-NX concept accepts that his creation will have to be tamed down when it takes the leap from show car to production car but suggests the major design message will remain intact. While not yet officially ...
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Taiwan's packaging machinery industry has been developed over the decades by local companies using skills and know-how learned from overseas, initially with the aim of replacing imports. The industry went on to become an exporter, and many ...
Tags: Packaging Machine
DKSH has expanded its presence in Europe, joining the FECC (European Association of Chemical Distributors) and several new distribution agreements. Last year, DKSH acquired the Swiss specialty chemicals distributor Staerkle & Nagler to ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use