In the first month of 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 11 warning letters to food manufacturers and processors. The first two warning letters of the year were delivered to a seafood processing facility in Hawaii and a ...
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The whole concept of servicing satellites in space is just so crazy that with the very rare exception of bajillion dollar pieces of hardware like Hubble, satellites just aren't designed to be repaired or refueled. They get put into orbit, ...
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Nigerian Petroleum Development Co., the upstream arm of state oil company NNPC, Monday announced a $5.2 billion, four-year investment plan aimed at raising oil production to 300,000 b/d mainly from assets acquired from foreign oil companies ...
Tags: Oil Output, Metallurgy
Alfa Laval–a world leader in heat transfer,centrifugal separation and fluid handling–has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to an integrated refinery-petrochemical complex in the Middle East. The ...
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CATCH CHAIR, Jaime Hayon’s first contribution to &tradition’s collection, launched last year and has already proven to be a great success. It won the prestigious Best of the Year Award 2013 in the category of Seating: ...
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Toy Fair first timers Minimasters Sports Company takes Best Use of an Official Economy Shell Stand Toy Fair 2014 not only saw some of the hottest new products to look out for this year, but also the inaugural crowning of this year's Best ...
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Engineers intrigued by the toughness of mollusc shells, which are composed of brittle minerals, have found inspiration in their structure to make glass 200 times stronger than a standard pane. Counter-intuitively, the glass is ...
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In Q4 Unipetrol Group posted operational profit EBITDA LIFO of CZK 252m. Due to lower petrochemical and refinery production sales, as well as refining margins, revenues of the Company decreased by 5% y/y and in Q4 amounted at CZK 25.070 bn. ...
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In 2013 South Dakotans planted 617,000 acres of sunflowers. No other state came close to this number of acres. North Dakota was second, planting just under 500,000 acres of sunflowers in 2013. Sunflowers have been a successful and ...
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So you have booked a personal apartment and ready to start a new life there. That's fantastic news, what makes you worry? Is it the trouble of transferring objects from the old abode to your new house. Well, there are countless moving ...
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Robotics address the need for speed for product placement into packaging. Bosch Packaging TechnologyEnergy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of ...
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Salmonella contamination of shell eggs and subsequent recalls in 2010 resulted in economic losses to the egg industry and increased consumer concerns about the safety of eggs. In addition, HACCP regulations for egg processing are probable ...
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UNIQLO launches a ten week pop-up store road show from Kiez to Kiez (Berlin neighbourhoods), to connect with local communities and introduce the brand. UNIQLO will offer one iconic product at a time. The road show kicks off in the hip ...
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Cummins has confirmed to US trucking publication Commercial Carrier Journal that it will be putting development of its 15-litre natural gas engine on hold, leaving the market devoid of a 15-litre product after Westport announced last year ...
Tags: Cummins, Nat-Gas Engine, Market Devoid of a 15-litre Product
Ocean researchers working on the coral reefs of Palau in 2011 and 2012 made two unexpected discoveries that could provide insight into corals' resistance and resilience to ocean acidification, and aid in the creation of a plan to protect ...
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