Legislation that would update state vehicle and traffic laws for e-bikes remains alive in California, but has floundered in New York, where advocates are now focused on broadening support ahead of another push next year, according to ...
UV LED curing firm Phoseon Technology of Hillsboro, OR, USA says that lifetime testing of its UV LED lamps has now surpassed 50,000 hours of operational on-time, with lamp irradiance being greater than 80% of its original output when the ...
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X-FAB Silicon Foundries AG of Erfurt, Germany - an analog/mixed-signal and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) foundry - has announced what it claims is the first cost-efficient 180nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology for automotive ...
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Infinera is described as the "ne plus ultra of the rapidly growing Internet content provider and data-center interconnect market". The report further highlights Infinera as a leader not because of size but because of "outstanding customer ...
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Double Bond Chemical, a manufacturer of photoinitiators and oligomers, recently increased its annual output in photoinitiator production from 4,500 tons to 9,000 tons, and its annual output in oligomers production increased to 10,000 tons. ...
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Having equipment that lets you remain competitive is just as important to manufacturers as being innovative with your products. Having reliable coding and labelling equipment that doesn’t cause downtime (read “losing ...
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Multiple economic indicators in recent months suggest the Chinese economy is over the worst as pro-growth and reform measures take effect, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). "Positive changes are occurring due to ...
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Japanese automobile major Honda has flagged off Civic Type R car, armed with two liter VTEC Turbo engine, out of its stable in Swindon, UK. Poised to become the global output hub for the flagship Civic five-door model, Honda of the UK ...
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Seiko Instruments has announced the release of the new S-35720 Series convenience timer IC suitable for managing relative time after engine shut-down with its optional alarm time in 1 second increments from 1 second to 194 days. The ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its subsidiary Solar Frontier Europe GmbH of Munich, Germany has opened an office in London, ...
M&J Group is showcasing a new dyeing technique, Zenzero Polar which allows garment producers and laundries to use less than one litre of water per garment at the next Munich Fabric Start in September. “It is great result obtained ...
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Japan-based Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) and Turkish firm Abdulkadir Ozcan Otomotiv have flagged off output at their tire manufacturing unit, set up through joint venture in the Central Anatolian province of ankr, Turkey. Under the ...
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Automobile major Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has drafted $280m investment plan for funding the production of new Jeep vehicle as part of its joint venture Fiat India Automobiles, floated with Tata Motors. The amount will be for its ...
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Switzerland-based robotics and automation technology firm ABB has notched up an order to the tune of $52m for catalyzing the efficiency of new manufacturing unit of Changan Ford Automobile in Harbin, China, with its robots to produce ...
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Rigid plastic container manufacturer Plastipak Packaging, an arm of Plastipak Holdings, will pump in $9m for raising output capacity at its manufacturing unit in Pineville, Louisiana, in the US. The company, which makes rigid plastic ...