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Google not the only non-auto participant driverless cars

The European legislation - and the various disparate versions from each member state - has not taken a call yet on what sort of automated vehicles can be permitted on public roads for personal use.

Metalworking

2013-10-04 An Insight by Frost & Sullivan A

Easy processing rubber grades for fuel-efficient tires

LANXESS takes tire performance to the next level with the launch of two new easy processing NdPBR rubber grades.

Plastics & Rubber

2013-10-04 Lanxess

Blocking nerve cells could halt symptoms of eczema

Blocking what is happening in the neurons could block the symptoms of chronic itch, including the big immune response leading to asthma and allergy

Medical Equipment

2013-10-04 UC Berkeley

Judges named for 2013 Olympus BioScapes

Olympus will honor the most exceptional and significant life science imaging with prizes and worldwide publicity

Medical Equipment

2013-10-04 Olympus

Marken names vice president for Asia Pacific

Global clinical logistics firm appoints Michael Culme-Seymour, who will be based in Singapore

Medical Equipment

2013-10-04 Marken

C?te d’Ivoire families get access to clean water

Nestlé and Red Cross help to provide water and sanitation for 100,000 in C?te d’Ivoire cocoa communities

Food & Beverage

2013-10-04 Nestlé SA

Adept Technology names CFO

Robotic and automation company appoints Seth Halio as chief financial officer

Medical Equipment

2013-10-04 Adept Technology, Inc.

Jindal Poly Films acquires ExxonMobil's Global BOPP business

The transaction covers 5 BOPP production locations in the U.S. and Europe.

Plastics & Rubber

2013-10-04 Jindal Poly Films Ltd

PACK EXPO holds its largest Las Vegas show ever

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013 sees jumps in attendance, exhibitors and size of show

Plastics & Rubber

2013-10-04 PMMI

Chevron Phillips Chemical gets nod to build petrochemical project

The company has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to a joint venture between JGC (USA), Inc. and Fluor Enterprises, Inc. to execute the 1.5 million metric tons/year (3.3 billion pounds/year) ethane cracker portion of the project.

Plastics & Rubber

2013-10-04 Business Wire

Synthetic latex polymers market worth over $30 billion

Consisting of a 10 million dry tons and worth over $ 30 billion, the global synthetic latex polymers (SLP) market is a sizeable one.

Plastics & Rubber

2013-10-04 Kline & Company

Danone opens research centre in the Netherlands

The new facility in Utrecht will develop medical and baby food

Food & Beverage

2013-10-04 Netherlands Foreign Investment A