The Hybrid Shop (THS), a growing international network of dealers committed to providing expert care for Hybrid-Electric Vehicles (HEVs), will exhibit its new method of battery pack conditioning for hybrids at the 2013 Specialty Equipment ...
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components over optical fiber and wireless networks) says that its GX62472 linear quad channel Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) driver has ...
Tags: GigOptix Mach-Zehnder modulator, Electrical, Electronics
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its top ten list of trucking industry concerns this week. The 2013 survey, which was commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), had a 41 percent increase in ...
Tags: Trucking Industry, Transportation
Canadian Pacific expects to expand further into the crude business by railing more heavy grades from Western Canada as new loading terminals are put into service, the rail company's executive vice president said Wednesday. "Over time we ...
Tags: Crude oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Booming diesel-fuel use in Europe and Latin America is paying off for U.S. drivers, as gasoline prices fall to a nine-month low. October supplies of gasoline are at a three-year high for that month, but refiners are still running at high ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, diesel-fuel
The ongoing driver shortage was addressed in a session at the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) conference here today. A discussion panel was assembled at the Oct. 23 afternoon session to discuss both problems and solutions ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The new hours-of-service rules implemented in the US July 1 have reduced solo driver productivity by 3.1%, and team operations by 4.3%, according to data compiled by Schneider National. The results reflect estimates the ...
Tags: Transportation, truck
In the first nine months of 2013, the order intake grew by 1.8% to CHF 3.0 billion. This level was reached despite a slow start to the year in some businesses, in particular, in the water market and in electromechanical services. For the ...
The global glass market is expected to be the largest consumer and driver of soda ash business to 2018 and beyond. Global soda ash demand is expected to increase from around 55m tpa today to more than 65m tpa by 2018, while the capacity ...
Tags: Soda Ash, Construction Glass
Big data and analytics will help transform PC maker Lenovo from being an enterprise-focused business manufacturer to one with such an understanding of consumers that it will be able to compete against Apple and Samsung. That's according ...
The interior of the all-new Mercedes-Benz V-Class has been revealed ahead of its anticipated 2014 debut. The planned successor to the Viano van, Mercedes-Benz says the new V-Class will be its largest passenger car and the ideal vehicle ...
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IC Bus, a division of Navistar, Inc., publicly unveiled for the first time today its IC Bus CE Series school bus with Cummins ISB 6.7-liter engine at the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Annual Summit. IC Bus announced ...
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It’s been a good few weeks for China’s economic decision-makers. Official data showed exports in August rose 7.2% from a year earlier, surpassing all forecasts. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for ...
Tags: Wrong Growth Path
Zalando further strengthens its market position in both, Germany and Europe. During the second quarter of 2013 (Q2/2013) Europe’s leading online shop for fashion and shoes increased its net sales to 437 million EUR. Compared to 257 ...
Tags: Fashion E-Tailer, Zalando
BMW has called in its DTM championship-winning driver to help in an extensive round of chassis set-up and tuning for its upcoming BMW M4 coupe. Held at Germany’s Nuburgring Nordschleife circuit, the 2012 DTM champion, French-born ...
Tags: BMW M4, BMW M GmbH