Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “North American Submersible Pump Markets” to their offering.
Municipal water and wastewater applications are helping sustain the growth of the North American submersible pumps market. The municipal wastewater treatment sector has been witnessing tremendous growth and as the population continues to grow, the [...]

Titan Tire Corporation, a subsidiary of Titan International Inc., shipped its first giant 63-inch off-the-road (OTR) tire and wheel assemblies on July 29, 2008. These tires, each measuring nearly 14 feet tall and weighing approximately 12,500 pounds, are being shipped to Canada’s oil sands for use in mining applications.
“A lot of people in the industry [...]

Les Schwab Tire Centers announced today that it plans to phase out use of lead based wheel weights for wheel balancing on passenger cars and light trucks in all stores throughout its seven states of operation. The company expects to eliminate all sales of lead based wheel weights for these vehicles by mid 2009.
“We are [...]

POWERTECH URANIUM CORP. is pleased to announce that at the Company’s Annual General Meeting of the shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on July 15, 2008, the Company’s shareholders approved the re-election of its current directors, being Richard F. Clement, Jr., Wallace M. Mays, Thomas A. Doyle, Douglas E. Eacrett, Greg C. Burnett and Malcolm F. Clay, [...]

MDU Resources Group, Inc. has announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Fidelity Exploration & Production Company, recently completed its first operated well in the Three Forks/Sanish formation in the Bakken shale area in Mountrail County in North Dakota.
After the fracture stimulation treatment, the Domaskin 11-29H well’s average production over the past five days was [...]

Senscient’s newly introduced SenseLine ELDS Series of Open Path Gas Detectors (OPGDs) will feature Simu-Gas(TM), a patented technology that eliminates the requirement for in-field gas testing of SenseLine(TM) ELDS gas detectors. Simu-Gas provides the long sought-after ability to accomplish remote, on command, functional testing of open path gas detectors from a remote PLC safety control [...]

Fisher Coachworks LLC announced on July 22, 2008 its formal launch and plans to manufacture energy optimized lightweight hybrid vehicles using advanced materials and propulsion systems, as well as new manufacturing technologies. Fisher’s launch product will be a 40’ Transit Bus that is nominally half the weight and gets twice the fuel economy of current [...]

Cavico Corporation, a leading infrastructure development company in Vietnam, today announced that Cavico Mineral Exploitation is expanding construction and exploring for additional deposits at the Thung San mine. Cavico Mineral Exploitation is an entity formed by the two wholly owned Cavico subsidiaries, Cavico Tunnel and Cavico Hydropower.
The Thung San mine, situated on 20 hectares of [...]

RADWIN, a leading global provider of advanced wireless broadband solutions, today announced that ALROSA, Russia’s largest diamond mining and manufacturing company with a 25% share of the world’s rough diamond production, has deployed its wireless systems for VPN connectivity. RADWIN’s partner in Ural, Diapazon Consulting, provided project support.
RADWIN’s wireless broadband links are used to connect [...]

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is pleased to provide an update of its unique “mine-to-market” strategy to become a fully integrated explorer and global supplier of rare earth elements (”REE’”) and other strategic metals.
The Fundamentals of the Rare Earth Sector Remain Strong: The world demand for REE continues to accelerate while China, the primary supplier [...]