Optitex, the leading provider of 2D and 3D CAD/CAM and virtual prototyping software solutions, announces the release of Version 12.2. In this latest version, a new nesting solution (Nest ++ Pro) deploys an improved algorithm utilizing ...
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About two years ago, I wrote a column on Apple’s new digital goddess Siri, the company’s digital assistant and go-to person for iPhone users. Folks could ask Siri a range of questions including street directions, the location of ...
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MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to deliver a 250-tonne SWL active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane for the 120m construction vessel, Island Intervention. The crane was ordered by Marine Procurement Ltd, part of the US ...
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that it recovered high-activity radioactive materials from an oncology clinic in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. NNSA's Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) and the Mexican ...
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Mawson West Limited (TSX:MWE) ("Mawson West" or "the Company") is pleased to provide an update on the results of ongoing drilling at the Company's Kapulo copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"). Overview Kapulo ...
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The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) announced new membership levels, designed to help members advance their careers. Multiple membership options give packaging profesionals the choice of Regular, Premium and Elite, with a ...
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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (Nasdaq:PPC) today announced several operational changes to improve efficiencies as part of its goal to generate approximately $200 million in savings in 2014. Effective January 24, 2014, Pilgrim's will expand ...
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China's listed steel companies posted a net profit of 5.85 billion yuan ($960 million) in the first three quarters, reversing an industry-wide loss from a year earlier, China Securities Journal reported over the weekend. A total of 33 ...
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Researchers have found a new way to tune the radio frequency in smartphones and other wireless devices that promises to reduce costs and improve performance of semiconductors used in defense, satellite and commercial communications. ...
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The world’s tallest building is getting rebuilt with some of the worlds best lighting. One World Trade Center is currently getting fitted with hundreds of red, white and blue LED modules. Washington Post states that, “The Port ...
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Smartphones are driving up demands for flash LED. Aside from Philips Lumileds, Cree, Osram and other leading global manufacturers in the flash market, Taiwanese and Korean manufacturers are also entering the market. Samsung plans to ...
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Westmount, QC— The city of Westmount is installing cameras and mirrors on nearly all of its snow-removal trucks, in an effort to improve pedestrian safety. Marianne Zalzal, Westmount's director of public works, says blind spots ...
The Gazprom Management Committee approved the 2014–2017 Targeted Upgrade and Overhaul Programs for Gas Distribution Stations (GDS). The meeting noted that the strict differentiation between the purposes identified by the Upgrade ...
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US-based liquid packaging solutions provider Liqui-Box will renovate two of its facilities located at Wythenshawe, England and Ashland, Ohio with the addition of new technologies. The company will install two new multi-lane bag machines, ...
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First tranche of money from Finance Yorkshire, £65,000, will go towards total refurbishment of three Hesta B51 blow-moulding machines for producing squared or rounded telescopic packaging. Managing director William Beckett told ...