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New range of compact saunas tailored to needs of Japanese market
Tylö AB
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A new generation of saunas and steam rooms is now entering the Japanese market. The manufacturer, Tylö AB in Sweden, believes that its compact range will appeal, in particular, to the specific requirements of Japanese homes, where space is always at a premium.The installations also come in a wide range of designs and finishes.
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Tylö AB
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My shoes are Bond James Bond
United Footwear Company AB
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Stylish, elegant, well made and fashion-able. According to United Footwear, which manufacturers and markets what has been called the most sophisticated and talked about range of shoes to emerge this season, that’s the best way to describe the new James Bond Footwear Collection. The brand, which is backed by some of the industry’s most respected developers and producers of quality footwear, will be launched at the GDS International Shoe Fair, which will be held in Düsseldorf in March.
Multi-Sample Osmometer increases laboratory operator productivity
Advanced Instruments
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German building market profits from prefabrication of concrete walls
Acotec Ltd
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The German company Estelit will startlarge scale prefabrication of light-weight concrete elements for partitionwall panels. By installing a highlyautomated production line from FinnishAcotec, the Dülmen based building firmexpects both to lower costs and to beable to target new customer segmentson the German market.
Total print-on-demand solution provides fresher publications
Strålfors AB
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The requirement for fresher, individually-adapted publications has led to increased calls for ‘print-on-demand’ technology. Strålfors AB, International Division, has developed an extensive POD system as part of its Lasermax product line, fulfilling a new EU directive. This development will permit efficient and reliable production of short, fast editions of a number of different publications.
First cigarette packaging made of light-weight paperboard
Stora Enso Oyj
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The Greek company Papastratos will become the first tobacco producer in the world to use the light-weight paperboard, Enso Performa, for completepackaging for cigarettes. The outer boxes are already produced in grammeweights of 180 g/m2, while the hard flip top boxes are currently made of 195 g/m2 paperboard. According to the manufacturer, Enso Paperboards in Imatra, Finland, the results of stiffness tests, and other properties of Enso Performa were so promising that the company has decided to gradually convert to a lower gramme weight when producing material for flip top boxes.
New holder for ID cards
ExpoGraf Cardkeep AB
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Practical and wear-resistant ID cardholders are now being introduced on the U.S. market. The holders help facilitate the handling of cards, which often serve both as identification and as an electronic key to open doors. The cardholders, which are made of environment-friendly plastic, increase the life of the cards and help to ward off the detrimental effects of static electricity and electromagnetic interference.
Energy-saving processor eliminates leakages in multi-channel vacuum systems
PIAB
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Flexible, compact and inexpensive. According to industrial vacuum equipment manufacturer, Piab AB, that’s the best way to describe its new VacuProcessor control units for multi-channel instal-lations. They are available in two versions; electronically or pneumatically switched. The units have been designed to eliminate leakages in vacuum handling systems by monitoring each individual channel for excessive in-flows of air, shutting down the leaking channel. Replacing expensive to run multi-pump systems, the new units are said to provide high efficiency, thus reducing investment costs.
New Internet language school
EF Education
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A new method of studying English via the Internet is about to be launched in Europe and Japan. It is a virtual language school, where everyone can talk to anyone else, just as in a normal classroom, and where a teacher is constantly available. This is the first school of its type, according to EF Education, the language-teaching company that is developing it. The students are represented on screen by graphic figures, and can raise their hands, or express thoughts and feelings through facial expressions. Dialogue takes place over the Internet using a microphone.