Three months after a blaze in a glass facade building claimed four lives at Andheri, the fire department and BMC have come out with a fresh set of guidelines for such buildings. These include openings on every floor of high-rises with ...
Tags: Glass Facades, Glass, Construction
It is reported that IREPAS, International Rebar Producers and Exporters Association, has predicted that global rebar and wire rod demand is growing, with further growth also expected next year. Mr. Marti who was named as the new chairman of ...
European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has announced the need for new measures in ICT education across Europe, in the hope that better education will enable young people to fill more jobs in the industry. In a speech at ...
Tags: IT, Computer Products
A grand NHS patient record system that was intended to computerise every patient record - before being abandoned - has cost UK taxpayers £10bn so far. Furthermore, hundreds of millions of pounds more in costs are expected to emerge ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Research and Development Center for Semiconductor Lighting has been exploring the effect of p-type doping of the barriers in multiple quantum well blue-green (~500nm) light-emitting diode (LED) ...
Tags: Blue-Green LEDs, Electronics
Fluke has introduced the Fluke 1730 Three-Phase Energy Logger, an intuitive, easy-to-use tool with professional-level energy data gathering capabilities. The Fluke 1730 breaks new ground by enabling a broader category of maintenance ...
Tags: Security, Protection
The Government of Bangladesh has urged India to remove all tariff and non-tariff barriers on Bangladeshi garments. Although the Indian Government granted duty-free access for Bangladeshi readymade garments in September 2011, the ...
An Auburn, Maine-based developer, manufacturer and marketer of textile products for extreme-temperature industrial applications — has begun construction on a 22,500-square-foot expansion of its Kittyhawk manufacturing facility in ...
Tags: Textile
Semiconductor laser developer BinOptics Corp, Ithaca, NY, USA, has incorporated its patented Etched Facet Technology (EFT) into a variety of silicon photonic applications. The company says creating indium phosphide-based lasers and other ...
Tags: BinOptics, Semiconductor laser, Electrical, Electronics
A shortage of buildable lots, especially in the most desirable locations, has emerged as one of the key factors holding back a more robust housing recovery, according to the latest survey on the topic conducted by the National Association ...
Tags: Construction
In opening a store serviced by persons with severe mental illness in Palafolls (Barcelona), in collaboration with NGO Fundació El Molí d’en Puigvert, fashion chain Oysho has joined the Inditex Group's ...
Voith is investing into the future of small hydro and celebrates two significant milestones in the further development of this sector: K?ssler, a subsidiary of the Voith Group, is expanding its location in Sankt Georgen am Steinfeld, ...
China’s LED exports are impacted by a new wave of foreign technical barriers. According to market statistics, since 2012 the U.S., EU, Japan and other country and regions are implementing new LED standards. On Feb. 1, 2013, the EU ...
Tags: LED Exporters, Technical Barriers
The government and NHS will invest £1bn in technology over the next three years in a bid to improve patient care and ease pressure on A&E departments, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. The move is part of ongoing efforts ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
September 2013 — For 100 years, Heytex has stood for leading quality and the most comprehensive product portfolio of technical textiles and fabrics of all suppliers on the world market. On the US market, Heytex has been successfully ...
Tags: Textile, Heytex special fabrics