China will quicken the pace of implementing the strategy of free trade zones (FTZs) and turn institutional innovation into a strong impetus for the country's development, President Xi Jinping said Thursday.[Special coverage] To speed up ...
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Tencent Holdings Ltd, one of China's largest Internet firms based on market value, is working on a barrier-free technology standard that will allow its Internet-related products on mobile devices to benefit disabled people and the elderly, ...
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AkzoNobel has introduced Chartek Bolt Caps into North America, part of its International product line, designed to be an effective, easy-to-install and cost-saving specified solution for high level fire protection on the bolted connections ...
Charles Ross & Son Co. has introduced large-scale Ross Ribbon Blenders built with up to 1,000 cu.ft. working capacity. They are ideal for high-volume production of powder blends, pastes and slurries. These blenders can also function as ...
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Floreon, a tougher and easier to process bioplastic material produced by UK-based Floreon Transforming Packaging, has been granted a patent. The bioplastic is polyester-based polymer blend with a standard bioplastic, polylactic acid ...
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Swedish fashion retailer Lindex said it has banned the use of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in all the garments they sell. The fashion retailer has been phasing out PFCs since 2012 as a part of its efforts to reduce the use of hazardous ...
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Having a food allergy can be a pretty annoying. From the fear of an allergic reaction to the longing for that granola bar that "may contain tree nuts," there are countless reasons having a food allergy is a hindrance to you and those around ...
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Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) is ramping up production of its 100G LR4 CFP4 client-side transceivers. Oclaro says that, having previously delivered CFP and ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of the Lumark Night Falcon™ light-emitting diode (LED) Floodlight Luminaire. Designed to replace up to 400-watt metal halide products, the energy-efficient floodlight ...
Automotive component supplier Cooper-Standard has completed the purchase of Huayu Automotive System’s shares in Huayu-Cooper Standard Sealing Systems, the company’s Chinese joint venture. The purchase has made Cooper-Standard ...
BlackBerry has announced the BlackBerry Leap, an affordable 5-inch all-touch smartphone, at MWC 2015. While last year saw BlackBerry returning to its traditional strength - business-focused smartphones with strong physical keyboards - the ...
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Online payment giant PayPal has confirmed that it is to purchase Paydiant, a company that provides mobile wallet technology for a number of major apps. Most notably among those supported apps are those from MCX, which is the consortium of ...
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In previous posts, I examined the high-tech industry in significant detail by picking a representative sample of leading systems, software, and semiconductor companies. Taken as a group, the selected firms serve the full range of ...
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the event, is still debuting some products including a smartphone and a tablet. The Xperia M4 Aqua is a mid-range handset that won’t be knocking your shoes off. Sony launches another ridiculously thin tablet As for the tablet, ...
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Entering the realms of reality during the company’s MWC 2015 press conference, the N1s are a pair of hybrid headphones, combining an integrated MP3 player with Bluetooth call-handling capabilities and bundled sensors to keep tabs on ...
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