Everyone's talking about energy harvesting–but what exactly is it?The term is often used as a paraphrase for the whole range of low-power applications,yet the"harvesters"themselves are only one part of a larger system,writes Ingo ...
Tags: Electrical&Electronics, Energy Harvesting, battery, MEC, IPS
Demand for cement in Sabah has gone up by around 10 per cent in the past few months, according to Cement Industries (Sabah) Sdn Bhd executive director Bahrul Razha Hj Chuprat. He said this was normal as the upcoming election would see more ...
Tags: market view, cement, demand
Holcim Ltd. (HOLN) may receive a fine this year for price fixing in Brazil that is a third less than the maximum expected by the cement maker. Antitrust regulator Cade will probably issue a penalty of 20 percent of Holcim’s 2005 ...
Tags: market view, cement
Many of your various belongings are manufactured using plastic. The things in your car are made using plastic. The products at your grocer's are mostly plastic. The items you freely let your children use are mostly plastic. The invention of ...
While running a business is all about competition and making maximum profit, quality is the leading factor of a successful business. Some business owners are too occupied making top-figure revenues that they compromise on the quality of ...
Tags: Market View, Moulding
BS EN 201: 2009 Plastics and rubber machines. Injection moulding machines. Safety requirements BS EN ISO 28941-1:2008 Poly(phenylene ether) (PPE) moulding and extrusion materials. Designation system and basis for specifications BS EN ...
The Banking Industry Architecture Network (Bian) has called for the adoption of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) framework across the banking and industry and its software and services suppliers to support the move to off-the-shelf ...
Tags: Bian, Commercial Software, software, services, off-the-shelf software
Despite product quality issues in some regions participating in the 21 Cities of 10,000 Lights program, demonstration projects in Guangdong Province proved successful. This stemmed from more rigorous technical requirements and standards ...
Tags: street lamp, led street light, street light
Do not get hung up on the need for high functionality ARM processor-based system-on-chip devices,there is still a lot of action in the low and mid-range of the market,writes Douglas Hunter corporate v-p marketing at Lattice Semiconductor ...
Tags: SoCs, FPGAs, Douglas Hunter, Lattice Semiconductor, SOIC, LED
Metering systems in process technology have the task of supplying a fluid, under specified process conditions (pressure, temperature), either in a defined amount or in a time-related flow rate, or of mix-ing two fluids according to ...
Tags: market view, Fluid Metering, technical
Korea Life Insurance Co and KB Financial Group have been shortlisted by ING for its life underwriting businesses in Asia. Sources close to the matter have told that the sales process allows bidders to bid for only part of the business, ...
Tags: ING, Korea Life, KB Financial, Asian Life-insurance Unit
A 3D laser scanner housed in a prototype system developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques (IPMS) in Freiburg, Germany, can boost the safety and reliability of rail transport. Whether it is to simply ...
Tags: Laser scanner, rail safety, laser beam, measurement of passing trains
ING US, the retirement, insurance and investment management operations of ING Group has appointed Michael Smith as chief risk officer to oversee its enterprise-wide and business-level risk monitoring and management program. In his new ...
Tags: ING US, Michael Smith, management program
In order to meet higher demand for locally made machines, KraussMaffei has started to make injection moulding machines in its Haiyan, China, factory, which will double its production space and capabilities. Hans Ulrich Golz, the new ...
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Euro-area producer-price inflation slowed for a third month in December, adding to signs of easing cost pressure across the region as growth weakens. Factory-gate prices in the 17-nation euro region rose 4.3 percent from a year earlier ...