China will have more robots operating in its production plants by 2017 than any other country as it cranks up automation of its car and electronics factories, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) said on Thursday. Already the ...
Experts said that China's commercial vehicle industry will enter an adjustment period of three to four years, as the economic slowdown dampens demand and a sustainable development model requires greater transport efficiency and reduced ...
Tags: Heavy-Duty Truck, Truck
The U.S. trade deficit in December jumped to the highest level in more than two years as exports fell and Americans bought a record amount of imports — a potentially worrisome development that could weigh on overall economic growth. ...
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Scientists at the University of South Florida’s (USF) College of Marine Science have developed a device to detect mislabeled seafood. The handheld sensor uses real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (RT-NASBA) to ...
Tags: USF Scientists, Mislabeled Seafood
January average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market decreased 6.4% on month to CNY33.4 (US$5.4), while prices for 9W models (equivalent to 60W incandescents) increased 13.5% to ...
Tags: LED Bulb, LED Lights
For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 27 December 2014), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $86.8m, down 15.6% on $102.9m a year ago and ...
Tags: end-market, Telecoms
Chilled gluten free from brand NO.G is set to launch in Asda Stores (ASDA) this week. Six products from the brand's growing range will be stocked in up to 245 stores from February 3rd. The launch will be backed with a special ...
Tags: Gluten Free, Chicken, Leek Pie
Food processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has agreed to sell 50% stake in its export terminal in Brazil to Glencore. ADM has entered into an agreement to this effect. Located in Barcarena, in the northern Brazilian state of ...
Geely is leading Chinese automakers in terms of innovative capacity, according to a report unveiled in late January by the intellectual property and science business of information provider Thomson Reuters. The report examined recent ...
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The dolls now make up roughly 15 per cent of all toy sales in Nigeria, according to its creator. An independent doll line has taken off in Nigeria, making up 10 to 15 per cent of the country's toy sales. Taofick Okoya created the Queens ...
The Ministers who met last Friday at the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation have said they are “extremely concerned” about consumption of unpasteurised (raw) cow’s milk that is sold as ...
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Sacmi Group is planning to showcase its new high-productivity energy-saving continuous compression moulding (CCM) series at Plastindia 2015, a major South-East Asian event for the plastic materials processing industry. Sacmi is a ...
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Clothing is one of the leading segments of the online and online retail global market, according to a report by Hamburg-based business intelligence organisation yStats.com. The report ‘Global Clothing B2C ecommerce Market ...
China's top smartphone companies challenged Samsung and Apple with surging sales and revenue in 2014, vowing to scramble for a larger share in a global turf war with the top two makers. As one of the major competitors, telecom behemoth ...
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South African fresh fruit firm Capespan has expanded its fruit packing capability with the acquisition of Novo pack house. Located in Paarl in the Western Cape, Novo pack house is an advanced pome fruit packing facility and it is ...
Tags: fruit, Agriculture