One Automaker's Demand For Increased Productivity in Die Casting: How QUINTOLUBRIC® Helped.

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., July 27, 2010; In their die-casting operation, an automotive parts manufacturer was experiencing unacceptable amounts of downtime. High demands for performance and productivity were putting strains on equipment indicated by excessive pump and seal wear and poor component life.

Funding electrics is a battery-dead idea

WASHINGTON - In the current hype about electric vehicles, too little attention has been paid to the checkered history of subsidizing alternative energy technologies.

Plastic passion: The cheats' guide to creating a hassle-free garden

Time was you could go into a garden, sit on a wooden deck, admire the neighbour's lush, green lawn and gasp at the vibrant colours of the flowerbeds, while being reasonably confident that you knew what you were looking at.

The debris of development

BPs oil-rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was largely due to the depth at which the company was operating. Photo by Reuters When I was at university many, many years ago, one of my favourite subjects was development economics.

100%Cork.Org Supporters Quickly Top 15,000; Majority are Women

100PercentCork.org announced today that it has rapidly exceeded 15,000 Facebook fans and that an overwhelming number of their comments support the use of natural cork wine stoppers.