France-based Diana has completed the acquisition of Confoco in Ecuador, a manufacturer of flakes, powders and purees from tropical fruits or vegetables, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition, which is part of Diana's growth and ...
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The summer is just warming up, but so far this year 15 children have already died from heatstroke after being left alone in a hot car. That's more than double the number of deaths compared to the same time last year. The ages of the ...
Tags: Hot Cars, Deaths of Children
General Motors and Honda have announced an agreement to co-develop fuel cell and hydrogen storage technologies, targeting commercially viable systems by 2020. The agreement will see GM and Honda work together, with additional ...
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US carmaker General Motors (GM) and Japanese vehicle manufacturer Honda Motor have collaborated to develop fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies through 2020. The collaboration forms part of the automakers' efforts to trim ...
Japan's Sharp Corp has used a concentrator triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell to achieve a solar energy conversion efficiency of 44.4%, exceeding the record of 43.5% for concentrating conversion efficiency set in ...
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A regional provider of truck transmissions, rear differentials, and steering components was building a new facility for their transmission assembly. With existing buildings and a variety of applications, the company already had experience ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components, Crane
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes components, subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has entered into a supply contract with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to manufacture, test and ...
Tags: Emcore, Triple-junction solar cells, Electrical&Electronics
Ah, Mondays. Wonder why your employees are all yawning and glassy-eyed today? It may be easy to blame it on the hot weather or overindulgences over the weekend, but researchers are pointing fingers at another potential culprit that is ...
Tags: Smartphones, tablet PCs, Computer Products
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - says that its latest champion module from its flagship gigawatt-scale Kunitomi Plant in Miyazaki, Japan, has ...
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The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA have jointly demonstrated that Alta's solar material retains its high efficiency in real-world conditions, particularly on hot ...
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Sol Voltaics AB of Ideon Science Park, Lund, Sweden says that the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA), the national authority for energy policy issues, has provided a $6m conditional loan (one of the largest it has ever issued to a company) to ...
Tags: Nanowire GaAs PV, Electrical, Electronics
Most of the smart phones sold in the market now already come with a built-in flash which performs well in certain conditions. When it comes to night you’ll hope to have an external flash to take clear photos. Well, there is the ...
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Verizon Wireless has completed the initial rollout of its 4G LTE network, covering 95% of the U.S. population, and is now looking to reuse other spectrum for LTE and deploy small cells using the technology. On Thursday, in Parkersburg, W. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
As any auto show attendee can attest, the cars of the future have long been forecasted to be powered by fuel cells, rather than rely on gasoline for motivation. Durability and affordability have been formidable obstacles to widespread ...
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A new range of compact,bench-top centrifuges which are ideally suited to most essential applications in life-science laboratories such as haematology,biochemistry,chemistry,biotechnology,have been introduced by laboratory equipment ...
Tags: New Centrifuge Range, MC-5000 model, rotor arms, medicine