GE announced recently the creation of Current, a startup that combines energy hardware with a digital backbone to make power simpler and more efficient for customers. The company, which is backed by GE’s balance sheet, brings ...
Tags: GE, Business Strategy, spin-off, Current
A group of researchers have developed Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research in Dresden, Germany have developed a self healing tire which can repair cut and tear on its own. Amit Das and his colleagues at the German research institute ...
Pedrino Alcoholic Tonic will be made available at select Waitrose stores across the UK. Pedrino is the creation of lifelong friends Sam Showering and Joseph Knopfler and was inspired by the Spanish fashion of mixing Sherry with tonic ...
Japanese automaker Subaru has announced plan to invest $140m in its Indiana plant in the US to boost its production capacity by 100,000 units per year. The plant currently produces 300,000 units. The investment will be made by Subaru ...
Tags: Subaru, Fuji Heavy Industries, Indiana
Mercedes-Benz said that it would be investing $1.3bn in its Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama to increase production of its next generation SUVs. The investment is expected to allow the company to be more flexible and efficient in the ...
StarKist, a food company focused on healthy, shelf-stable seafood products in the United States, is proud to announce the launch of five new product innovations that build on their successful StarKist Creations line of pouch products: ...
SPTS Technologies Ltd (an Orbotech company that manufactures etch, PVD and CVD wafer processing solutions for the MEMS, advanced packaging, LED, high-speed RF on GaAs, and power management device markets) has surpassed $1bn in cumulative ...
China Zenix Auto International has joined forces with Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) to enter into the electric-powered commercial vehicle market in the country. Zenix Auto is presently the ...
Tags: Zenix Auto, Chinese EV Market, EV
New York State governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that GE Global Research Center of Niskayuna, NY, USA will expand its New York global operations to the Mohawk Valley, serving as the anchor tenant of the Computer Chip Commercialization ...
Tags: SiC Power Electronics, packaging
A multi-disciplinary research team led by Young Hee Lee, director of South Korea's Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), has devised a fabrication method for the ...
Tags: semiconductor, electronic products, transition-metal dichalcogenide
Pioneer Electronics (USA) has introduced six new CD receivers and one digital media receiver for 2016 that are designed to complement the consumer’s connected lifestyle. The DEH-X6800BT, DEH-X5800HD, DEH-X4800BT, DEH-X3800S, ...
Global economic growth will be muted over the next two years, Moody's Investors Service has said in a quarterly report. According to the report titled “Global Macro Outlook 2015-16: Risks to muted global growth from Chinese asset ...
The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
Tags: biomaterials, coatings
Set to be launched in September, the Furniture Industry Research Association's Furniture Design Toolkit (FDT) aims to provide designers with the tools needed to incorporate ergonomics, user trials, standards and legislation into the design ...
Tags: furniture, domestic furniture, office furniture, hospitality furniture
Sylvester Sweeney, a university graduate and aspiring product designer has teamed with the National Autistic Society to help autistic children across Scotland develop their social skills through play. A young designer has embarked on a ...
Tags: toy, children toy