Scottish Power is trialling 5,000 smart electricity meters in homes as part of a test that will simulate the national smart meter roll-out by covering both heavily populated and rural areas. The 18-month trial will see smart meters ...
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Known as the "Kingdom of Hand Tools," Taiwan has long been the world's major supplier of general hand tools, and now some makers on the island are taking aim at the high-end market. With the help of industry and government-backed ...
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Philips Lighting says that it has now delivered 1 billion LED lamps and luminaires as part of its commitment to the ‘Global Lighting Challenge’, the Clean Energy Ministerial campaign to deploy 10 billion high-efficiency light ...
The market for global diamond materials for semiconductor applications will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.26% over 2017-2021, forecasts a report by Technavio. Diamond materials for semiconductors are crystalline or ...
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Sidel has developed a new solution for beverage producers to maximize cost efficiency and improve sustainability. Part of the Sidel Services portfolio, the ECO Booster solution will provide producers with measurable savings by reducing ...
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Tetra Pak has introduced a dry lubrication kit designed for packaging line conveyor belts and distribution equipment. Designed to save time, reduce costs and improve occupational health and safety, the new solution can help customers cut ...
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Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized photonic solutions to OEMs, has expanded its OmniCure product line with a higher-power UV LED curing system for fiber optic coatings. The new OmniCure AC8225-F+ ...
German luxury car-maker Audi is expanding its production footprint worldwide by opening a new automobile plant in San José Chiapa, state of Puebla, Mexico. The plant has an annual production capacity of approximately 150,000 ...
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China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced data related to total electricity consumption in China from January 2016 to June 2016. It was also the first time that NEA included photovoltaic (PV) power generation data. ...
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Combined coal stocks held by China's six key power generators in southern and eastern China averaged 11.155 million mt in the week to Tuesday, down 2.9% week on week, according to a weekly report by Qinhuangdao Port on Thursday. The ...
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Bizerba Labels & Consumables has deployed a new MPS printing press with GEW nitrogen-inerted UV curing in order to increase production capacity and improve overall efficiency. The nitrogen-inerted curing is claimed to be useful in the ...
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Pakistan Beverage has installed second blower from liquid packaging solutions provider Sidel in a bid to meet increasing market demand The company has equipped its production facility in Karachi with the new Standalone SBO8 Universal2Eco ...
China's power use, a key barometer of economic activity, ended a two-month falling streak in November by edging up 0.6 percent from one year earlier as the economy showed signs of stabilization, according to data released Wednesday. ...
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The East Coast Railway (ECoR) in India has implemented the central government sponsored Domestic Efficient Lighting Program (DELP) in areas under its jurisdiction, reported The Times of India. Under the program, the LED bulbs are ...
"LED lighting solutions save power and therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and they're not only environmentally-friendly but also economic. In most situations, costs for upgrading to LED lighting are paid back rapidly due to lower ...
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