Ardagh is currently negotiating a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) of the antitrust complaint on the basis of proposals made by Ardagh on 11 December 2013. These proposals involve Ardagh divesting six ...
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American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has issued a voluntary recall on 27,933 Edge vehicles of certain model year 2012-2013 in the US due to fuel system and gasoline problem. According to the company, the fuel line pulse damper ...
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International Market Centers officials say the Las Vegas Market has reached 96% occupancy for the Jan. 26-Jan. 30 show. The 96.4% occupancy on 21 floors is the highest level for permanent floors since Building C opened in 2008. A floor of ...
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The battery problem that last year afflicted Boeing's worldwide fleet of 787 Dreamliners appears to have recurred. Japan Airlines grounded its 787s Wednesday after workers noticed smoke emanating from a battery pack on a 787 they were ...
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PPG Industries showcased environmentally sustainable coatings and specialty materials today during a news conference at the 2014 North American International Auto Show. The company’s products are used by automakers and automotive ...
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Emser Tile will introduce an extensive line of new product offerings at this year's Surfaces Trade Show in Las Vegas Jan. 28-30. Emser's new introductions will include two porcelain wood look recreations called Parquet (parquet wood/ ...
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Field networking, such as EtherCAT, POWERLINK, CANopen, and MECHATROLINK, are growing in popularity, replacing traditional motion control communications such as ±10 V, or pulse trains. In the diagram below, the left side represents ...
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Russian pipe producer TMK has announced that its subsidiary TMK-INOX, which specializes in supplying stainless steel pipes, has commissioned a new metal slitting line. According to TMK, the new line is designed for slitting metal coils ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the CXB High Bay LED luminaire, claimed to be the first LED fixture designed to compete directly with the 67 million traditional high-bay luminaires ...
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Rice University scientists have found they can control the bonds between atoms in a molecule. The molecule in question is carbon-60, also known as the buckminsterfullerene and the buckyball, discovered at Rice in 1985. The scientists led ...
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The discovery of what is essentially a 3D version of graphene – the 2D sheets of carbon through which electrons race at many times the speed at which they move through silicon - promises exciting new things to come for the high-tech ...
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Brigus Gold Corp. ("Brigus" or the "Company") (NYSE: BRD) (TSX: BRD) is pleased to report annual production of 98,710 ounces of gold from its Black Fox mine, including fourth quarter production of 21,916 ounces of gold. Production ...
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"The interface is the device," Nobel laureate Herbert Kroemer famously observed, referring to the remarkable properties to be found at the junctures where layers of different materials meet. In today's burgeoning world of nanotechnology, ...
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Users from Northwestern University, working with the Center for Nanoscale Materials EMMD Group at Argonne, have demonstrated the first growth of graphene on a silver substrate. Unique wave-like electron scattering at the edges of the ...
Currently, the most efficient methods we have for making fuel – principally, hydrogen – from sunlight and water involve rare and expensive metal catalysts, such as platinum. Humans have for ages taken cues from nature to build ...
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