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Battelle-R&D Magazine forecast predicts 5.2% growth in 2012 global R&D spending to $1.4+T, largely driven by Asian economies; US companies and tech providers to boost energy R&D spending by 23.1% to $6.7B

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The Battelle-R&D Magazine annual Global R&D Funding Forecast concludes that global research and development (R&D) spending will grow by about 5.2% The team from Battelle and R&D Magazine forecast that a 2.1% With 18 US corporations among the top 50 firms ranked by R&D spending, the US remains dominant in manufacturing R&D.

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Continental considers sale of ContiTech auto unit amid broader reorganization, document says

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The corporate mentioned in February it was once reorganizing ContiTech from six sections into one in each and every of Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific, era bundling its automobile actions right into a detached unit geared in opposition to electromobility. billion) — is because of be separated from the industry inside of two years.

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Daimler receives Porsche Prize for diesel aftertreatment system in OM 654

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The Professor Ferdinand Porsche Prize was awarded by Vienna University of Technology to Anke Kleinschmit, Head of Corporate Research & Sustainability and Environmental Officer for Daimler AG, for the development of the innovative exhaust gas aftertreatment system in the new OM 654 four-cylinder diesel engine ( earlier post ).

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Holman Drive Meeting Focused on Corporate Mobility

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Holman Drive was held November 1-3 at the iconic Eden Rock Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Audio Magazine/Internet Archive /Scotch As Smithsonian Magazine notes , the formulation he developed, combining cabinetmaker’s glue with glycerin, proved to be just the right level of easy-to-remove adhesive that it became an out-and-out phenomenon. Its former corporate parent 3M, meanwhile, has a market cap of $51.33

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Audi Neckarsulm wins European Automotive Lean Production competition; big data, smart factory

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The trade magazine Automobil Produktion and the consulting company Agamus Consult award the prize each year in recognition of production facilities that apply the factors of production in a particularly efficient manner. This is now being developed into a holistic corporate system. With it, we interpret and define “lean” anew.

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US Senator Elizabeth Warren calls for tax code changes so Elon Musk would stop “freeloading off everyone else”

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Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has posted some strong criticism of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his recent title as TIME Magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year. She later posted a follow-up tweet featuring an edited TIME Magazine cover with Elon Musk and the words “Tax Me.”

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