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GE wins $2.6bn India railways deal
GE has been selected to modernise India’s rail system and has won a $2.6 billion contract to develop a factory, as well as, supply...
Rolls Royce fires up most powerful and partially 3D printed jet engine
Built to power the longer range A350-1000 aircraft, Rolls Royce's Trent XWB-97, the most powerful version of the Trent XWB engine, was officially tested...
Hyundai launches Genesis – a new global luxury brand
South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai has launched a new premium car brand called Genesis.
The new luxury brand is named after the company’s mid-sized...
The crisis deepens – VW admits to “irregularities” in CO2 emissions of 800,000 cars
It looks like there’s no quick way out of the crisis for German Volkswagen. What started out as a cheat software scandal seems to...
Local Motors says you can buy your own 3D printed car next year
Four months ago, Arizona-based Local Motors, the company that unveiled the world’s first 3D printed car – the Strati – announced plans to get...
Check out Dubai’s 3D printed smart palms (VIDEO)
Dubai based media, marketing and design company D Idea Media has developed and installed “community tech hubs” in the form of 20-foot palm trees...
GE and BHP join forces to boost efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions in...
General Electric and BHP Billiton have formed a partnership to work on pinpointing innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from mining operations and...
More woes for VW – US regulator finds more cars with cheat software
About a month ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused German carmaker Volkswagen of rigging US emissions tests.
The Agency claimed that it had...
Alcoa opens state-of-the-art jet engine parts facility
Alcoa has opened its new jet engine parts facility in La Porte where it will manufacture significantly larger parts and components for a wider...
Pentagon awards Northrop Grumman stealth bomber contract, Boeing and Lockheed disappointed
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman the contract to build the next-generation Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B).
The LRS Bomber is designed to...
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