Sometime soon you could be drinking your fruit smoothie from a plastic cup that started life as a pile of grass clippings. Moreover, these same kinds of cups also might end up as compost on your lawn. Scientists are working to reduce the ...
A few weeks ago, the ground-breaking ceremony of project of steel-making plant of Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. was held in the Dongshan island, Zhanjiang. It means that the project of steel-making plant of Zhanjiang Iron and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
UK-based distributor of Pack Leader’s label applicators Advanced Dynamics has installed the flexible PL-501 at beauty products supplying company Crystal Spring’s Eastleigh facility in Hampshire. Advanced Dynamics' cosmetics ...
Rigid plastic packaging producer Amcor Rigid Plastics has announced that all manufacturing facilities have earned or will earn certification by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a global retailer-driven program that seeks continuous ...
The expansion increases production capacity at the plant by more than 50% to greater than 600,000 metric tons of aluminium sheet per year. The $340m investment represents the largest capital expansion by Novelis in South America in the ...
Wheels Task Force of Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a division of American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has developed a lightweight steel wheel which is claimed to be equivalent in mass to a comparable aluminum wheel but 40% ...
Tags: Steel Wheel Technology, Auto Parts
Zensah announced the release of the new Tech+ Compression Socks for runners at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2013. The new compression socks will be available this fall at specialty retailers across the country, just in time for marathon ...
Colfax Fluid Handling announced that its Allweiler brand, based in Radolfzell, Germany, has been awarded third place in the Baden-W?rttembergian state competition for environmental technology in the Measurement, Control, and Regulation ...
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc (AMEC) of Shanghai, China has been granted Validated End-User (VEU) status by the US Department of Commerce. AMEC makes dielectric and through-silicon via (TSV) etch systems, and at March's SEMICON ...
Tags: MOCVD, Electrical, Electronics
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. announced plans to invest approximately $207 million (20 billion yen) to expand production capacity at its Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. (TNA) plant in White, Georgia. The company says the expansion, ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre
Advanced Sports International will shift production of bikes destined for the EU to Ideal's China and Poland factories to achieve more competitive pricing, reduce logistics and shorten lead times. Previously, ASI bikes sold in the EU were ...
Tags: Bikes
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its strategic partner Solar Junction Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) based on ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
Following declines of 45% in 2011 and 30% in 2013, LED wafer fab equipment spending will rise 17% to nearly $1.2bn in 2014 as the LED industry is working through its over-capacity problems and will renew capital spending and capacity ...
Tags: LED Equipment, LED, Electrical, Electronics
China's telecoms regulator has recently added a touch of clarity to the confusion surrounding the future technological direction of the country's mobile market – a touch and nothing more. After months of speculation on when the ...
Tags: China's Telecos, 4G
Newark, Ohio-based TenCate Advanced Armor North America — a division of the Netherlands-based Royal Ten Cate NV — has introduced a full line of personal protection products that offer improved protection for law enforcement and ...
Tags: Textile