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Atlas Copco to Acquire Swedish Mining Intelligence Business

June 14, 2017 - in Corporate, News

Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has agreed to acquire part of Mobilaris MCE AB, a Sweden-based company that provides advanced software that optimizes underground mining operations. Atlas Copco will…

The Project to Turn Alaska Nuclear

June 14, 2017 - in Energy

ALASKA – Galena, Alaska, has a population of less than 500 people. But, the little, bush town near the Arctic Circle made big headlines when it was…

SynTech Bioenergy Announces Advances in Biomass Renewable Technologies

June 14, 2017 - in Energy, Renewables

Denver, Colo.: SynTech Bioenergy, a Denver based renewable energy technology company, is committed to delivering distributed…

MARS Company Launches New and Enhanced Version 2.2 Enterprise-Grade Software Solution for Water Meter Testing

June 14, 2017 - in News, Products, Technology, Water

OCALA, Fla.- MARS Company, global leader in water meter testing and technology solutions, announced today that it has launched a new, enhanced version of M3 Enterprise Software Suite, the industry's leading enterprise-grade software solution designed specifically…

Dawn of the Digital Transformer

June 14, 2017 - in Electric Grid, Energy

No matter how good a piece of technology is, there comes a time when it needs to evolve. The creation of the distribution transformer in the early 1880s was a technological marvel. For the first time, it allowed the high voltage flowing through the national…

GE Ventures Launches Data-Driven Company to Advance Industry Inspection Services

June 14, 2017 - in Energy

BERLIN - Today at GE’s Minds + Machines Europe event, GE Ventures (NYSE:GE) announced the launch of Avitas Systems, a new company that will use predictive data analytics, robotics, and artificial intelligence to deliver advanced inspection services to the…

White House, Senate Panel Advance USDOT Nominations

June 14, 2017 - in News, People

President Trump announced his nominee to become general counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation, while the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced nominees for a senior USDOT post and to fill a seat on the National Transportation…

Oklahoma Legislature Cuts DOT Budget Less Than Planned

June 14, 2017 - in Financial, News

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation will have to absorb a spending cut of more than $150 million as a result of the Legislature's budget actions, but ODOT Executive Director Mike Patterson said that cut is about $100 million less than lawmakers had initially…

USDOT Asks Transportation Stakeholders to Identify ‘Obstacles’ to Building Projects

June 14, 2017 - in Transportation

The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a formal request for industry stakeholders to help federal officials "identify unnecessary obstacles to transportation infrastructure projects." In a June 8 Federal Register notice, the USDOT said it is reviewing…

Trump’s Infrastructure Push Goes From White House to Ohio River to USDOT

June 14, 2017 - in Transportation

The White House issued additional information about what it wants to see in a new infrastructure investment package, as President Trump, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and other officials took part in a weeklong series of events focused on this major…