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Punch Group acquires GM propulsion engineering center in Turin; global center of excellence for diesel

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Belgium-based Punch Group has acquired GM’s propulsion engineering center in Turin, Italy. Since 2005, Turin has served as a global center of excellence for diesel propulsion systems and electronics for GM.

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Van Hool to build 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany); largest fuel cell bus order in Europe to date

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Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. Van Hool has been building hydrogen buses for the American market since 2005 and for the European market since 2007.

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Number of electric buses in Europe has increased from around 200 to 2,200 in 5 years

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Since 2005, Van Hool has built 130 hydrogen fuel cell buses. In its ‘Aiming for Zero’ objective, VDL Bus&Coach is building a new, climate-neutral factory in Roeselare (Belgium), where the first buses will be built from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022.

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JRC Report Concludes Extreme Weather Wont Affect Average Levels of European Crop Output for 2010; Yields Up, Although Acreage Down; Heat and Drought Have Huge Impact on Russia

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The European Commission says cereal production in 2010 will be close to the average recorded since 2005. Meanwhile, both spring and early summer brought a severe shortage of rain to Belgium, the Czech Republic, northern Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, eastern Poland and the UK. year-on-year, and 5.0%

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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The top row of images show each region in 2005, which had abundant NO x in urban areas where human emissions are high, leading to systems where ozone formation was controlled by VOC amounts. In addition, the 12-year data record of satellite observations show that a location’s circumstances can change. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota Appoints New Head of European R&D

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In 2005, Katsuma he was named Chief Engineer of a new-generation Toyota vehicle, which will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show on 2 March 2009. Located in Zaventem, Belgium, the centre currently represents a total investment of €140 million. Early in 2006, Toyota inaugurated the expanded Technical Centre.

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Honeywell UOP’s Methanol To Olefins technology selected for China coal chemical complex

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UOP and Total announced their partnership on this in 2005. The MTO process technology has been successfully demonstrated in a semi-commercial-scale unit built by Total Petrochemicals in Feluy, Belgium.

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