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Roskill: surge in electrodeposited copper foil projects to meet projected EV demand

Green Car Congress

This acceleration in new capacity collectively totals 560 kt—equivalent to a 67% increase in the nameplate industry capacity that existed at the end of 2020 (830kt). From January to May 2021, more than a dozen new projects and expansions have been reported globally, Roskill said.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Somewhat less credibly, inventors in Malaysia and China have also claimed to be the first to come up with the thumb drive. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. The thumb drive was all that—and more.

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