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Auto industry tries new ways to add mileage

Arkansas Democrat Gazette
August 17, 2008 - “This is not a normal technology,” Walkowicz said. By 2013, auto supplier Continental AG expects 4.5 million vehicles in North America to use gasoline direct-injection technology. With direct-injection, fuel is injected directly into the cylinder’s combustion chamber, allowing more precise measurements of fuel needed to drive the engine. ...
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Intertape Polymer Group Reports Strong Second Quarter Results

Marketwire Canada
August 14, 2008 - Since the beginning of the year, resin-based raw material prices alone have increased the Company's cost of goods sold by approximately $6.2 million. The Company defines adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA before manufacturing facility closures, restructuring, strategic alternatives and other charges. Forward-looking statements may relate to the Company's future outlook and anticipated events, the Company's business, its operations, its financial condition or its results. ...
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With Energy in Focus, Heat Pumps Win Fans

New York Times
August 14, 2008 - Bose, a professor of engineering technology at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. In 2003, system manufacturers shipped 36,439 units. In 2006, the last year for which data is available, manufacturers shipped 63,683 units. ...
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Industry tries new ways to make cars fuel efficient Batteries, pumps, materials studied

Detroit Free Press
August 14, 2008 - ...technologies provide for that." Materials matter, too As the industry works on technologies under the hood, producers of each of the industry's three main raw materials -- steel, aluminum and plastic -- are feverishly trying to help automakers reduce vehicle weight, while competing for a bigger share of the overall materials that make up a vehicle. Today's steel, for example, is stronger, more rust resistant and lighter than in the past, and more advances are expected,......
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Prometic Reports Business Highlights and Second Quarter Financial Results

Marketwire Canada
August 14, 2008 - As the Company's technology is being adopted by various pharmaceutical companies, quarterly revenues will continue to vary. This technology is used in large-scale purification of biologics and the elimination of pathogens. Actual events or results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements if known or unknown risks affect our business, or if our estimates or assumptions turn out to be inaccurate. ...
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Pearl Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial and Operating Results

Marketwire Canada
August 14, 2008 - Interest expense relates to the Company's bank debt. During the current quarter the Company repaid $20.0 million on its credit facility. The Company may borrow, repay and re-borrow advances with the aggregated outstanding not to exceed the total credit facility. ...
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Potomac Tech Wire - Aug. 13

Potomac Tech Wire
August 13, 2008 - Technology Skills Required: Experience with database design and clinical workflow mapping a must. Drive Lead Generation for the Government Business Practice. The company's expertise and certifications in Information Technology include industry leaders such as HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Barracuda and IBM. ...
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Industry tries new ways to make cars fuel efficient

Detroit Free Press
August 12, 2008 - ...technologies provide for that."As the industry works on technologies under the hood, producers of each of the industry's three main raw materials -- steel, aluminum and plastic -- are feverishly trying to help automakers reduce vehicle weight, while competing for a bigger share of the overall materials that make up a vehicle.Today's steel, for example, is stronger, more rust-resistant and lighter than in the past, and more advances are expected, said Ron Krupitzer, vice president......
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Notices of closings or layoffs tell sad story in Indiana

The Times
August 12, 2008 - The number of jobs declined because of increasing problems in the automotive industry. ...
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ZEOX Corporation: New Nanotechnology Breakthrough-Lipotrope(R)

Marketwire Canada
August 12, 2008 - The molecular architecture of this new development represents a major technology departure from current products offered by the world's leading surfactant manufacturers. These "exfoliated" composites provide next generation performance for advanced materials and coatings. ZEOX products are used in the polymer, chemical, petrochemical materials, and the environmental service industries. ...
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