With four rounds of the 2013 World Rally Championship (WRC) left to go, Rally Australia presented Volkswagen Motorsport with?the opportunity to not only secure its number one driver his maiden world title in the team's inaugural year, but ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Auto, Transportation
August crude steel production by the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 130.4 million mt, down 1.1% on a revised July total of 131.9 million mt and up 5.2% year on year, the WSA said Friday. August's output, which ...
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LeMond LLC has acquired Time U.S.A. and will become the exclusive U.S. distributor of the French brand of bikes, pedals and other products in the U.S. The company headed by Tour de France hero Greg LeMond, which recently announced that Time ...
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Today eight emerging fashion designers from Europe and Asia were announced as finalists of The EcoChic Design Award 2013, the first international sustainable fashion design competition uniting European and Asian emerging fashion designers ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel, Accessories
ASOS reported financial results for the three months period ending 31 August 2013: Q4 Highlights: -Retail sales +47% year on year (UK +49%, International +47%) -International retail sales 64% of total (65% last year) -Retail gross ...
Tags: Fashion Retailer, Apparel
Researchers in France have developed a monolithic metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) process for growing indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a multiple quantum well (MQW) light converter [Benjamin ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Adept Technology has partnered with six primary packaging system integrators to provide advanced technical capabilities and knowledge base in the packaging line. The food partners include JMP Engineering of Canada and US, Adaptpack of ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging, Printing
Countries that have pledged to support Internet freedom should allow technology vendors to report the number of electronic surveillance requests they receive, a tech advocacy group said Thursday. The Global Network Initiative, whose ...
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Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar system maker Soitec of Bernin, France has signed a contract with the US Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) for a 1MWAC solar project at Fort Irwin, ...
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US-based ATMI, along with France-based contract-manufacturing company Disposable Lab has introduced a new line of pyrogen-free vials to address biopharmaceutical filling and final packaging needs. According to ATMI, the new line has been ...
The Austrian plastics producer said that by the end of March 2014, all production lines will be changed over to "BPA-free", as the company builds upon several years of experience processing BPA-free raw materials. "For us, innovation ...
28 Portuguese exhibitors are at Première Vision Pluriel present a complete offer from yarn to apparel, in a display that shows the know-how of Portuguese companies, with noble raw materials, revolutionary techniques and innovative ...
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Systems giant IBM is to open its wallet and write out another $1bn cheque to support the development of open source operating system Linux in an era of cloud computing and big data. The investment was announced at LinuxCon North America ...
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The first edition of Momad Metrópolis, the International Fashion Trade Fair that took place from 6th to 8th September at Feria de Madrid, achieved some favourable results. The unveiling of this new multi-sector fashion event aimed ...
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Zipp is updating its rear hubs across its wheel line, opting for a design called V9 that allows a new spoking pattern, a thicker drive-side flange and larger bearings — all moves to stiffen the wheels. The company said the move was ...
Tags: Transportation, bike