After revolutionising everything from vacuum cleaners to hand dryers, the humble toothbrush might be next on Dyson’s hit list. A new patent filing submitted to the Intellectual Property Office shows Dyson is working on a smart ...
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First-tier China-based smartphone vendors Huawei Technologies, Oppo, Vivo and BBK, due to concerns that Apple may monopolize supplies of smartphone-use AMOLED panels from Samsung Display and Japan-based makers in the future, will cooperate ...
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Scientific testing company LGC has completed the acquisition of London-based food safety and quality standards programme provider BRC Global Standards from the British Retail Consortium for an undisclosed price. The acquisition results in ...
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Nutella and Tic Tac maker Ferrero International has announced to acquire some of the brands of UK based food manufacturer United Biscuits for an undisclosed sum. The Italian chocolatier is planning to buy Belgian cookies Delacre and ...
US-based coffee firm Starbucks has introduced a new paper cup recycling bin designed to reduce paper cup waste. The new cup bin, which is planned to be made available initially across 21 Starbucks stores in London, UK, by January next ...
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Volvo Car have signed a five-year loan agreement of SEK1bn (EUR102m) to finance the next phase of the company's R&D program. The loan will support financing for the development of new modular ...
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Kaiima Bio-Agritech has partnered with Horizon Ag to develop new rice varieties for the US market by using a breeding tool developed by Kaiima. While Kaiima, based in Israel, is a genetics and breeding technology company, Horizon Ag is a ...
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BMW is planning to invest up to €500m on new car technologies over the next 10 years via its i Ventures division. The automaker will use the money to back startups working on areas including autonomous driving and digitalisation, and ...
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Norway's Tomra Sorting Food has introduced two new sorting machines, Tomra 5A and Tomra 5B, designed to provide reduced product waste and maximum uptime. The Tomra 5A is designed to sort whole unpeeled and peeled process potatoes while ...
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Volkswagen has unveiled its Transform 2025+ strategy, further detailing the company's plans for the decade ahead. This plan aims to reduce the capex ratio and the development cost ratio to a competitive level in the next few years – ...
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Honda has started mass production for the all-new 2017 Honda CR-V at the East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP) in East Liberty, Ohio, US. Slated to go on sale at dealerships across North America this winter, the redesigned and reengineered 2017 ...
Taiwanese LED chip manufacturers that successfully transitioned from blue LEDs to red LEDs have set new revenue records from their budding AlInGaN LED business. Those that chose to lower blue LED revenue have improved international ...
The global compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market is expected to grow by more than 10% a year over the next six years due to the increase in population and urbanization, a growing demand for passenger and ...
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Engine manufacturer Cummins South Pacific has announced it will release its X15 Euro 5 next generation heavy-duty engine for the truck market in 2017. Replacing the 15-litre ISXe5, the new engine will be offered with the same horsepower ...
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Chinese-backed electric vehicle developer BYD America has launched the industry’s first all-electric, long-range electric garbage truck, a project jointly developed with Wayne Engineering, the Iowa-based refuse industry equipment ...
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