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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Barot Casha
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As President Bush calls for repealing a ban on drilling off most of the coast of the United States, a shortage of ships used for deep-water offshore drilling promises to impede any rapid turnaround in oil exploration and supply.
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Friday 20 June, 2008 12:13 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud
LOWELL, Mass– Dassault Systèmes (DS) a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today unveiled important updates to ENOVIA Materials Compliance Central™ for automotive and high tech industries regulatory compliance
Built on the ENOVIA V6 platform, ENOVIA Materials Compliance Central is a business-process application designed to empower companies to adopt proactive environmental compliance strategies throughout a product’s lifecycle, from design to disposal. New “Eco-Design” capabilities enable automotive and high-tech manufacturers to meet the increasingly-stringent regulations mandated by the EU, specifically the End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV), the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) directives.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 10:12 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
One of the world’s leading defence companies has begun to push a unique decontamination technology designed as a chemical and biological attack countermeasure by a Huntingdon-based materials processing innovator across NATO’s European member states.
EADS, owner of aircraft manufacturer Airbus and space leader Astrium, has signed an initial two year licensing agreement with Pursuit Dynamics for its patented PDX Basilisk application, a contract EADS is keen to extend both in terms of time scale and geographic footprint.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 08:11 PM |
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Electrical & Process Control
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
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Singapore - Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte. Ltd. , a joint venture of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Siltronic AG, today commissioned a new fab in Singapore for the production of 300 mm wafers. The facility officially started operation in an opening ceremony attended by Singapore´s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. After only 18 months of construction, Samsung Electronics, a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, and Siltronic, a subsidiary of Germany´s chemical group Wacker Chemie AG, now own one of the world´s largest and most advanced factories for 300 mm wafers
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 06:10 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so will require an immediate and herculean effort in several areas, according to data issued recently by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 05:32 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Despite intense global competition, manufacturers consider North America the most desirable region for expansion over the next three years, according to a new survey released today by Deloitte.
The survey, Made in North America, targeted top-tier executives of manufacturing companies with North American operations
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 04:08 PM |
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Environmental and Life Cycle
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
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Ottobrunn--The HotModule carbonate fuel cells made by CFC Solutions GmbH, a Tognum Group company, are a natural choice for operation with biogenic gases. Due to their operating principle, these fuel cells (unlike many other types of fuel cells) are not only insensitive to CO2 in the fuel gas, but in fact have higher electrical efficiency when running on gases rich in CO2, such as biogas or sewage gas.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 02:08 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Did you know Trivia - Shinano Kenshi Corporation (SKC-North America), a leading Los Angeles, CA-based manufacturer of electronic motors for the automotive, medical, office, and computer peripheral markets, has announced the relocation of the company's headquarters to a 10,000 square-foot facility located in the lower west side of Los Angeles, an area that is burgeoning with other high tech companies that specialize in technology, manufacturing and software. Shinano's $4M purchase of a building located at 6065 Bristol Parkway in Culver City, CA is part of the company's continued expansion of its U.S.-based sales, technology, manufacturing and service operations.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 12:07 PM |
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Environmental and Life Cycle
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by George Tan
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's announcement that Japan will cut carbon emissions by 60-80 per cent by 2050 sets a serious tone for the upcoming G-8 Summit at Lake Toya, Japan.
Even if real action remains stymied in the lame duck days of the Bush Administration, Japan's leadership sends a signal to the world that the rich industrialized countries -- whose emissions accumulated the "stock" of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that are causing global warming -- accept their responsibility. This is the precondition required for developing countries like China and India -- responsible for massive new "flows" of industrial exhaust-- to join any common global program beyond the Kyoto Protocol to stem climate change.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 10:05 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
The little municipality of Modena, Italy in the Po Valley , is known for its famous tenor – Luciano Pavarotti – who was born and died here; for its delicious balsamic vinegar – use it on ice cream for a real treat; and for an unrivaled automotive history of sportscar design, engineering, manufacturing, and speed.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 08:03 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Sean
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State officials gave approval Tuesday to tax incentives for projects proposed by nine companies constituting more than $179 million in investment and more than 3,900 new jobs.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 06:01 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
The B3m 300-kg Motoman will do as her master wishes but let her perform a concert at Bitec first, writes Nareerat Wiriyapong
Motoman loves the sound of music. The 300-kilogramme Japanese DJ, with an electronic brain and industrial arms, plays music and signs autographs as she travels to Thailand for her commercial debut. Motoman SDA 10 is the latest intelligent industrial robot developed by Yaskawa Electric, which has sold more than 200,000 units worldwide of predecessor robots invented three years ago.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 04:00 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Lotus yesterday won two government contracts to help create the greener and more fuel efficient cars of the future.
The Norfolk-based car maker and engineering firm will help develop zero-emission London taxi cabs by 2012 and create a greener executive car as part of a consortium including Jaguar.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 02:58 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by David Singh
A HI-TECH toothbrush that uses light to help fight gum disease has won the inaugural Kennett Prize for product innovation.
The "light brush", which is in the prototype stage of development, is the brainchild of Adrian Choong, a graduate of the product design engineering department at Glasgow School of Art.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 12:32 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
Jaguar Land Rover said last night it was looking to recruit hundreds of qualified automotive engineers as part of an ambitious programme to develop a new generation of cleaner and more fuel-efficient cars.
While the announcement is undoubtedly a major boost for the West Midlands’ manufacturing sector, the country’s well-publicised shortage of skilled workers raises the question of whether a flagship carmaker may have to recruit some of the engineers it needs from abroad.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 10:31 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
PacificGMP , a tiny local manufacturer of biotechnology drugs, will announce today that it is expanding to 25 times its size with the help of the Chinese government.
The company, which has an 8,000-square-foot facility in Sorrento Mesa for manufacturing biological agents used in cutting-edge therapies for disease, will join a collaboration that is building a 200,000-square-foot plant in Taizhou, China. The building is expected to be completed in October.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 08:29 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
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GE's announcement a week ago that it would accept offers for its appliances business marked the death-knell of yet another US manufacturing business, one among so many in US manufacturing's long and seemingly unstoppable downtrend since 1980.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 06:27 PM |
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Electrical & Process Control
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
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MANHASSET, N.Y. — The interdependence between process and design is in full evidence at this year's VLSI Symposia , being held June 17-20 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Symposium on VLSI Technology straddles the Symposium on VLSI Circuits. This year the conference has two overlap days to provide a combined forum that addresses issues from processes, devices and circuits to system-level design and applications.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 05:10 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Rochester Hills, Mich.- Auburn Engineering, Inc ., leading provider of rapid prototyping and production services, announces it is a key supplier to the Eagle Fire Truck manufactured by American LaFrance, LLC.
Auburn Engineering supplies engine, exterior and interior components for the production emergency vehicle, collaborating with casting and machining suppliers for ductile iron castings, cab tilt hinges, and the engine trunnion component. In addition, Auburn Engineering processes aluminum castings for the interior instrument panel at Auburn's Chesterfield, Mich. foundry operations.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 04:26 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by David Singh
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Aviation enthusiasts agree that the innovations behind general aviation began with the pursuits of the Wright brothers, two likeminded young men who built and controlled the world’s first successful human flight. But before their success could be attained, a bit of trial and error was required, as the two studied the workings of bicycles and printing machinery to learn how to propel their ambitions.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 02:12 PM |
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Electrical & Process Control
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
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Echternach, Luxembourg – GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms , a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, hosted European customers, distribution partners, system integrators and solution providers at a 2-day seminar in Amsterdam, the first in a series of Innovation Seminars to be held throughout the EMEA region in 2008. Aimed at Plant, Operations and IT Management, as well as engineers and operators, over 170 participants attended presentations by executives and Industry Managers from around the world with sessions addressing application industries and introducing the wealth of new software and hardware products recently announced to address those markets.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 12:11 PM |
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