VTech predicts it will retain the number one spot for the full year VTech has become the number one manufacturer in the UK infant toy market for the first time, according to the latest NPD figures. In a year that has seen the firm pick ...
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Research conducted at the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) shows that low-grade cotton is highly effective at absorbing crude oil spills. The study, published in the ...
Prasad Dhond, Marketing Manager of Lighting Power Products at Texas Instruments (TI) gives a comprehensive overview of the effects of the incandescent bulb phase out in 2014. Below is his recent blog entry: You heard, right? The ...
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Engineers at Microsoft Research are taking on the world of weight management with a bra designed to measure heart and skin activity to gauge stress levels. When the device detects high stress levels, it offers advice via a smartphone app to ...
Deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in November 2013 amounted to 20,356 vehicles, an increase of 16% compared with the year-earlier month. Productivity in the European industrial system is currently hampered by ...
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Since launching in the Ultra High Definition Television space in 2012 with an extravagant 84-inch panel, Sony has been making solid in-roads to this segment of the premium TV market. Referred to as 4K by the brand (to indicate a horizontal ...
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The organisers of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Spring Edition, due to take place in March 2014, have announced that the fair will be postponed until 2015. Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Daily Use
Unraveling the Complexities of Level DetectionA Whitepaper from TURCK, Inc. When considering using sensors for level detection it is important to understand that no two applications are the same. This is essentially due to the ...
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Apple will start taking orders for its high-end Mac Pro desktop computer on Thursday. The black, cylinder-shaped machine is assembled in Austin, Texas, consistent with Apple's pledge to move manufacturing of an existing Mac line to the ...
BMW M-division engineering boss Albert Biermann has revealed an M7 super-limousine is being considered. Speaking to Autocar, Biermann said if a 7 Series were to receive the M-treatment, it would sit atop BMW’s range as a flagship ...
Croda Inc is broadening the ability of personal care formulators to engineer product aesthetics with the launch of the first in a line of sensory-driven emollients, Sensemol LST. This new, multi-functional, ether-based emollient offers an ...
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A study says 1-in-4 U.S. adults reports feeling "extreme stress" this time of year, but a childhood expert suggests ways to develop holiday resilience. Nefertiti Bruce, early childhood specialist and national trainer at the Devereux ...
International credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Luxembourg-based global steel giant ArcelorMittal's rating at 'BB+', with the outlook being stable. Fitch stated that the credit rating affirmation and the stable outlook ...
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The driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets dipped two percentage points to 97 percent in the third quarter of 2013 in the U.S., American Trucking Associations' Trucking Activity Report states. "Despite this dip, the market for ...
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This price drop came despite the printing equipment manufacturer's figures showing revenue for the year ended October 31, 2013 had increased by 8% to £335.7m – largely due to new product launches and considerable sales growth in ...