
The importance of Gas The great importance of gas for Europe emerges from the works of the Hannover fair. This ecological alternative for energy will at first concern Germany (...)
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Cadence and Agilent integration Cadence Design Systems Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a far-reaching, multi-year technology alliance in the communications industry (...)
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Next generation mobile telecommunications Teligent announced the availability of a new advanced MMS-C platform. The new MMS-C solution is a result of the Teligent P90/e platform and mi4e´s technology for mobile Internet protocols (...)
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Radar speed control TRW Automotive announced the first launch for its revolutionary radar enabled Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system on a Volkswagen Group platform that will be unveiled to the public this month. TRW has been selected to deliver ACC on four luxury and mid-range platforms from the Volkswagen Group (...)
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CO2 sequestration technology CO2 sequestration, as a means to fight against greenhouse gases, is currently the object of at least eight research programmes in the world (...)
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Chronology of sustainable development A useful tool to understand the theoretical bases and the main historical notes leading to the definition of the attention to production, economical development and environmental issues, all under the name of Agenda 21 (...)
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New company in railcars field The transaction for the fusion between Trinity Industries and Thrall car manufacturing company was perfected, and a new company is born, Trinity rail group Inc., a manufacturing structure reserved for the supply of the complete range of applications and solutions for the railcar market (...)
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Germany is first for patent applications The last available figures, referring to 1999, indicate that the European patent office received 45.000 patent applications, coming from 15 countries of the Union (...)
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ABB wins US$ 44 million order ABB, the global power and automation technology group, announced today that it has won a US$ 44 million turnkey order from Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), one of the largest electric utilities in the United States (...)
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Austria: record results for ABA Austrian Business Agency (ABA), the national investment promotion company, announced record results for the fourth straight year. In 2000, ABA co-operated with regional investment promotion agencies in the country to provide professional consulting and support services to 132 foreign companies (...)
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Lombardini looks to Asia Lombardini India Pvt Ltd, a 100-per cent subsidiary of Lombardini, Italy, has acquired the engine project of Greaves Ltd at Aurangabad for a consideration of Rs 11 crore (...)
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Italians in Michigan The Michigan State hosts the greatest world centre of the automotive industry and offers new business opportunities to foreign components corporations, in the shape of tax exemption and facilitated credit (...)
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At the service of Call Centres Nortel Networks was allotted, for the 4th year in a row, the title of first call centre supplier in Europe. The Canadian company has reached first position in Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland, Portugal and Norway (...)
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Agustawestland goes to Sweden Finmeccanica got granted a new production order in Sweden for NH90 helicopters manufactured by AgustaWestland within the NHI Consortium (Eurocopter 62,5%, AgustaWestland 32%, Fokker 5,5%) (...)
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Tecnimont invests in Russia Tecnimont has signed a contract with AK-Sibur for the licensing and supply of engineering, equipment and materials, for the creation in Kstovoof a plant for the production of 120.000 tons. of high density polyethylene (...)
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Energies convene in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, during autumn 2001, there will be a series of informative days and workshops dedicated to the redaction of proposals in the “Energy” program context of the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) (...)
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Avnet passes in environmental education Avnet Logistics, the Avanet group company specialized in electronics components, which is becoming prominent in Europe for its innovative trade policy, has recently obtained the certification for its environment management system (...)
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China opens up to Capitalism Chinese president Jiang Zemin has announced that the Chinese Communist Party will open doors to entrepreneurs. The announcement was given during the Party's 80th anniversary (...)
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From Wisconsin... to Europe Johnson Controls Inc., leader in management and control systems for the car-manufacturing sector, has announced the decision of acquiring Sagem SA, a French group in the sector of high-technology car electronics. Cost of the operation 500 million euro (...)
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