The water recycling system, dubbed “Pure Water,” is designed to decrease the city’s dependence on imported waters, and comes at a total cost of $3 million.

Raging Bull represents FDS’s second acquisition in the Permian basin and third of 2016.

Fujitsu and Lenovo are exploring a strategic cooperation in the research, development, design and manufacturing of PCs with funding from the government-owned Development Bank of Japan. Fujitsu transferred its Japan PC business to Fujitsu Client Computing Ltd (FCCL) on February 1, 2016. Since then, Fujitsu has been considering various options for its PC business. Lenovo, …

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Datum Electronics has built a record-breaking torque transducer, weighing 4.6tonnes and able to measure 10,000,000Nm (10MNm) torque. As a comparison, 80Nm of torque is needed to tighten a nut on your car wheel. The Isle of Wight firm developed it with Solent LEP and the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board. An extension of Datum’s 425 Series, it offers …

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The London headquarters of the Institution of Engineering and Technology has been officially reopened by HRH The Princess Royal after two years of renovation of the historic building on the banks of the Thames in Savoy Place. To mark the official reopening, HRH The Princess Royal, who is an Honorary Fellow of the IET, sealed …

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ST saw Q3 revenue grow 5.5% sequentially and 1.9% y-o-y to $1.8 billion with a gross profit of $64203 million, gross margin of 35.8% and cash generation of $178 million. The. Analog and MEMS Group (AMG) revenues increased sequentially 7.1% driven by motion MEMS and microphones. MCU and Digital ICs Group (MDG) increased 5.5% on …

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Microlease has opened an extension to its office and warehouse facilities in Harrow, north London to support its expanding European business. This represents a £500,000 investment for the test equipment rental and management business. Its European team is now 225 strong, with 175 people based in the UK. There is also a third laboratory area for …

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The only logic behind the Qualcomm – NXP deal is that Qualcomm wanted to buy something and NXP wanted to sell itself. Qualcomm, founded by two communications geniuses, out-thought then out-spent the wireless comms industry on R&D and, with its invention of CDMA, took a commanding position in the industry leading to the death, or …

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There was once a Nobel Laureate physicist who discovered electron tunnelling and invented the tunnel diode. He devised five Don’ts for anyone wanting to realise their creative potential: Don’t allow yourself to be trapped by your past experiences. Don’t hold on to your preconceived notions. You should be a free spirit. Nobel Prizes are mostly …

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Qualcomm is to buy NXP for $38 billion in cash valuing NXP shares at $110 each – 34% above their value before news came out that the deal was underway. Qualcomm will pay for the acquisition using cash and new debt. The combined company is expected to have sales of $30 billion a year. The …

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