Microsoft has joined Google and Facebook in plotting a replacement for the cookie. For many years the humble cookie, a small text file that browsers download when they visit a web site, has been one of the mainstays of online advertising, ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Cookie
Ecocem has accused the Irish cement industry of failing to align its CO2 emissions with the European Union carbon 2050 roadmap. The producer of GGBS (Ground Granulated Blastfurnace Slag) cement made the comments in a document detailing its ...
Tags: Construction, cement
Packs of cigarettes containing less than 20 sticks and pouches less than 20g of tobacco are to be banned. The parliament also voted to ban methanol cigarettes and health warnings covering 65% of cigarette packs will be introduced by the EU. ...
Tags: Tobacco Packs
Why did the significant growth observed in Turkish steel output following the 2008 economic crisis start to be replaced by reduced outputs this year? Will this declining trend in output slow down in the remainder of the year? After 2008, ...
Tags: Steel Output, Finished Steel
China has introduced measures to curb photovoltaic overcapacity while seeking to expand domestic deman. China has put forth new rules to tackle overcapacity in its solar power industry. A document released by the Ministry of Industry and ...
Tags: Solar Power, Chemicals
US-based Solos Endoscopy has successfully passed Stage 2 of ISO 13485:2003 audit with TUV SUD America. TUV SUD conducted Stage 2 audit for registration to ISO 13485:2003 from 15 August to 16 August 2013 and found no non-conformities to ...
Tags: Solos Endoscopy, Medicine
Chairman AEPC, Dr A Sakthivel has expressed happiness over the growth of exports. Lauding the efforts of the exporters and Government Dr. Sakthivel said, “Apparel Exports for the month of September 2013 grew by 14.95% touching 1.11 ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile
House prices, as measured by the House Price Index (HPI), fell by 2.2% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter of the previous year, according to data published by Eurostat, the ...
Tags: House Prices, economy
Biodiesel has faced a backlash in recent years, as critics charge the industry with razing land and pushing up food costs. But as its competitors struggle, one Hong Kong-based company is moving ahead with a US$165 million plant that turns ...
Tags: Biodiesel Plant, Energy
PV production grows despite 'crisis-led' drop in investment 02 Oct 2013 Market report published by European Commission's Joint Research Centre. On the up: Cumulative PV installations from 2000 to 2013. Global production of photovoltaic ...
Tags: PV Production, LED
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it is taking action against Italy in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of the Ilva steel plant in Taranto, Europe's largest iron and steel works. Following a number of complaints ...
Tags: Ilva Plant Emissions
According to the provisional data released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, in August this year Japan's iron and steel product exports came to 3.7 million metric tons, increasing by 2.4 percent month on month and up 1.3 percent as ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Iron Steel
The European Commission (EC) has granted French carmaker Renault an aid of EUR20.5m for the HYDIVU research and development program, which is aimed at developing a diesel hybrid technology for vans. As part of the program, Renault will ...
Tags: Renault, Diesel Hybrid Technology
The Swiss Federal Council has tabled a proposal to amend Switzerland's environmental protection law, which includes introducing national legislation similar to the EU Timber Regulation. This step was reported in the autumn edition of the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Global PV production capacity is not expected to significantly increase in the near future and therefore there will not be any large PV capital expenditure before 2015, according to senior marketing manager Wesley Skinner for Applied ...
Tags: PV Capital, Lighting