Intelligence agencies across Europe have been developing their own mass internet and phone surveillance capabilities in partnership with the UK's GCHQ electronic intelligence agency. That is the latest claim to arise from the cache of US ...
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Daimler Trucks Mexico, a commercial vehicle division of German automaker Daimler, is delivering two new large orders from Mexican companies, Arca Continental and Transmex, for 369 Freightliner trucks. Arca Continental has ordered 273 ...
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Oerlikon announces the appointment of Dr. Brice Koch as Group Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Koch, who will assume the role during the first quarter of 2014, comes to Oerlikon following a successful career at ABB where he has been a member of ...
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The updated Audi A8 and S8 range feature the German company’s latest in light technology, the Audi matrix LED headlights. Audi says it’s the first electronically controlled glare free high-beam system in the world and that the ...
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BMW believes half the buyers of its new i3 electric car will pay a premium for a range extending petrol engine option rather than rely on battery power alone. The BMW i3, the first model from the German car maker’s new i brand ...
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Official images of the Porsche Macan have been leaked, with scanned pages from an upcoming issue of a German magazine hitting the web overnight. Though low-resolution, the images from Auto Motor und Sport reveal every angle of ...
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When Guangxi Liugong Machinery was bidding to sell wheel loaders to a Thai rice merchant a few years ago, company president Zeng Guangan knew he needed to customize his equipment to beat off Komatsu Ltd and other Japanese rivals. ...
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Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza ...
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BMW has ruled out adding an SUV to its new line-up of low-emissions i-badge vehicles. The German car maker is working on the next members of its new i sub brand that currently comprises the BMW i3 electric car officially launched this ...
Tags: BMW I, SUVs, Sub-Brand's Expanding Range
LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications, says that its spectroscopic photoluminescence (PL) system PearL has been ...
Tags: CIGS Spectroscopic photoluminescence, Electrical, Electronics
German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has announced that blast furnace No. 9 at its Duisburg-Hamborn facility has been put back into operation again. The blast furnace was taken out of service in the spring of 2012 for relining and ...
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It’s reported that ArcelorMittal Ghent, an integrated iron and steel plant in Belgium has commissioned its modernized convert successfully. The convert was modernized by German SMS Siemag and it’s expected that the specific ...
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German autoparts maker Continental has commenced the production of its new tire making plant in Kaluga, Russia. The company has invested EUR240m in the plant to reach an annual capacity of four million tires in the first phase until ...
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The US office furniture manufacturer Steelcase intends to close down its plant in Durlangen, Germany. The 265 staff employed there were informed about the divestment plans on 17 October. The production of cabinet furniture is to be ...
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July - September 2013: -Consolidated revenue was EUR 454.4 million (EUR 485.1 million), down 4.6 per cent excluding terminated franchising operations. -Operating profit was EUR 10.7 million (EUR 17.1 million). January - September 2013: ...
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