The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has said it welcomes the decision of the European Parliament's Environment Committee (ENVI) to support a life-cycle approach (LCA) in evaluating CO2 emissions from passenger cars. Members have ...
Tags: Eurofer, Life Cycle, Mineral
As a responsible company committed to the principles of sustainability, Saint-Gobain Oberland AG is committed to making every endeavour to further reduce its CO2 emissions. The company is therefore planning to use biogas for glass container ...
Tags: Biogas, Melting Process
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) have launched operation in an electricity vehicle demonstration project in Malaga, Spain. The project is being launched as part of a Smart Community System ...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has published its sustainability report for the 2012 financial year. This independent report, the third of its kind, focuses on strategic initiatives for achieving environmental and economic ...
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has announced that it has opened new sales offices in Toronto, Canada and Santiago, Chile to serve its special steel customers in the Americas. Opening these new sales offices is in line with Ruukki's ...
Tags: Ruukki, Sales Offices
French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen has unveiled the new DS Wild Rubis Concept hybrid crossover vehicle at the ongoing 2013 Auto Shanghai being held in China. The vehicle is powered by a 1.6L THP gasoline engine that generates an output ...
The Citroen DS Wild Rubis concept?has been unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai auto show, revealing a plug-in hybrid powertrain and all-wheel-drive technology. Initially revealed ahead of the Chinese auto show, previewing the French ...
Tags: SUV, Transportation
The Lexus GS300h has been unveiled at the Shanghai auto show, adding a second hybrid option to the GS range. The Lexus GS300h slots into the Japanese manufacturer's premium large line-up beneath the existing petrol-electric GS450h, ...
Tags: Hybrid, Auto, Transportation
Auto parts manufacturer Johnson Controls will offer its Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) advanced battery technology to power vehicles made in China. Chery Jaguar Land Rover will use the battery technology in its Start-Stop vehicles. The ...
Tags: AGM Batteries, Vehicles
Opel Astra OPC versus Renault Megane RS is the ultimate example of challenger attacking, champion defending. But the French know, arrogantly but correctly, that the Megane RS has long been the benchmark sub-$50,000 hot hatch – when ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto
Sustainable transportation involves the development of economic, environmental and social aspects. It is the broad subject related to the transport that includes vehicles, infrastructures, railways, roads, pipelines and other transport ...
UK, Belfast City Hall has become the first building in Europe to install a new intelligent lighting system, with its LED floodlighting becoming the biggest single building project of its kind in Europe. The council says it will help ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Lighting
The Aston Martin Rapide S Hybrid Hydrogen is the world’s first hydrogen-powered racecar capable of achieving zero CO2 emissions in race conditions. The Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S – based on the recently launched four-door Aston ...
ABB has been awarded contracts to supply solar inverters for two large-scale greenfield PV projects in the United Kingdom. The inverters are to be installed in bespoke containers designed by the client. ABB in the UK will supply 14 x 630 ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, ABB, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, solar inverters
A base model of the new Kia Cerato has been specially packaged to help the South Korean brand break into Australia's important fleet market. The Cerato small car is Kia's biggest-selling model globally but has struggled to make ...
Tags: Small-Car, Auto Parts, Transportation