A solar energy company based in the UK has introduced the first-ever lighting tower that uses the power the sun to illuminate a lighting tower that can be operated at zero cost indefinitely. Developed over a period of three years, the new SMC Solar-2 lighting tower generates more power each day from its solar panels … Read more
A company in the UK has introduced a new tool for separating out very tiny, micron-sized particles quickly and efficiently. It’s called the Air Sizer 200 and it is being manufactured for the first time by Endecotts, the London-based maker of test sieves and sieve shakers for laboraties and industry. What makes the Air Sizer … Read more
Students from the Institute for Advanced Architecture, in Barcelona, Spain, are developing a new type of building that can grow larger or smaller based on external stimuli such as heat, humidity and light. The project, called Translated Geometries, uses a composite material known as Shape Memory Polymers (SMPs) that can deform and return to its … Read more
The Ontario government announced that for the next six weeks inspectors from its Ministry of Labor will be conducting surprise visits of factories, warehouses and other industrial businesses to check for safety violations. The safety blitz is designed to improve safety in workplaces across the province., according to Kevin Flynn, Ontario’s labor minister. “Blitzes such … Read more
The recently-expanded Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America plant in Houston, Texas, is now at full capacity, building new forklifts under the Mitsubishi, Cat and Jungheinrich brand names, company officials announced recently. The facility recently underwent a complete overhaul that expanded its capacity by 40%. Since the expansion was completed last November, production has ramped back up … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you can expect to see this week on the Bahrns blog: A group of architecture students have discovered a new construction technology that allows buildings to actually expand and contract in size and shape in response to external factors such as heat, light and humidity. … Read more
Baseball has Cooperstown. Football has Canton. Hockey has Toronto. But where in the world is the Hall of Fame for the packaging industry? It might be in Reston, Virginia, home of the headquarters for the packaging trade association PMMI, which recently announced its six newest inductees into the Packaging Hall of Fame: Mel Bahr, MGS Machine James … Read more
Thanks to the growing popularity of online retailing and direct-to-customer shipments, practically everybody is always looking for a faster, cheaper and more efficient way to ship parcels. And with online retailers such as Amazon announcing plans to provide delivery within 30 minutes of customers ordering products from their website, the race to increase delivery efficiency … Read more
Two striking drivers were reportedly detained by police in Hong Kong and many more were arrested after a group of striking truck rivers stormed the local police station to demand the release of their colleagues last month. Picketing drivers at Ningbo’s Beilun Container Port reportedly smashed the windshields of trucks trying cross the picket line to … Read more
I.D. Systems, Inc. — the Woodcliff, New Jersey, based maker of wireless M2M asset management solutions — was awarded a patent by the US Patent Office for an automatic method of sensing, recording and reporting vehicle impacts. The patent is applicable to all of the company’s business segments, which includes vehicle management systems (VMS) for … Read more
