German luxury automaker BMW will be investing EUR400m to expand its its FIZ research and innovation centre in Munich. The “FIZ Future” masterplan, which was developed as part of an urban development competition, will expand ...
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Petainer, a container manufacturer and supplier of plastic packaging for beverages, has been selected by Canadian coffee firm Berendo as packaging partner to support the launch of the latter’s B2B wet coffee business. Berendo ...
General Motors (GM) has is advancing self-driving vehicle deployment acquired with the purchase of Strobe. Financial details about the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Strobe’s engineering team will be ...
Ford has expanded the use of Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality technology to all of its global centers to speed up vehicle design. Ford designers can now wear a pair of wireless headsets to see several digital designs and parts, as ...
India-based Uflex has developed new flexible packaging material with anti-microbial properties to improve shelf life of packed cooked foods. The new FDA approved packaging material will help to reduce microbial growth, enabling to keep ...
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Food processing, packaging and weighing equipment manufacturer Heat and Control has opened a new manufacturing facility in Chennai, India, which has a manufacturing area of more than 11,800m2. Building on a foundation of 35 years ...
Mondi Consumer Packaging is promoting its latest industrial barrier film solutions at PACK EXPO Las Vegas (25-27 September 2017). Highlights at booth S-6715 include a range of pre-formed tubes and bags that provide greater product ...
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As part of the Special Session program at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE 2017) in Cincinnati, OH (1–5 October), the Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) – a national, industry-focused member-based ...
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The US House has approved a proposal to accelerate the deployment of self-driving cars. The bill, known as the Self-Drive Act, is yet to become a law. When enacted, the law will enable auto-makers and tech companies to test 25,000 ...
Magna has unveiled MAX4, a fully integrated, customizable and scalable autonomous driving sensing and compute platform that can allow up to Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities in both urban and highway environments. MAX4 combines ...
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Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials North America announced it has received UL 969-recognition for a range of durable goods label constructions validated for use on the Durst Tau 330 digital printer. This is part of an ongoing ...
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Wolfspeed of Raleigh, NC, USA — a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) power products and GaN-on-SiC high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) — has extended its ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will join an alliance led by BMW to develop an autonomous driving platform, which can be used by multiple automakers across the world. FCA signed a memorandum of understanding with BMW Group, Intel and ...
Mark Andy Digital One, a CMYK dry-toner device with inline decorating and converting, has received the BS5609 certification on Avery Dennison substrate. BS5609 is a certification that guarantees label durability in harsh marine and ...
For second-quarter 2017, POET Technologies Inc of San Jose, CA, USA — which has developed the proprietary planar optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated III-V-based electronic and optical ...
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