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HYDROGEN VEHICLE TRIAL EXPANSION
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is expanding the European Union’s (EU) international trial of hydrogen vehicles beyond the ongoing successful CUTE bus project that has involved London. It has announced two fresh projects: ZERO REGIO running eight fuel-cell passenger cars in Frankfurt and Mantova; and HyCHAIN:MINITRANS operating 158 small transport vehicles (minivans, minibuses, scooters, cargo bicycles and wheel chairs) in France, Germany, Spain and Italy.…
MEPS VOTE TO DELAY EURO5 FUEL AND ENGINE EMISSIONS STANDARDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DELAYED timetable for introducing the new Euro 5 fuel consumption and emissions standard for many European Union vehicles, including vans, light trucks and cars, has been tabled by the European Parliament’s environment committee. Normally a keen supporter of robust environmental legislation, the committee has accused the European Commission of wanting to rush into mandating Euro 5 by proposing the standard be in force by mid-2008.…
USA HURRICANE PROTECTION COATINGS BOOM - POST HURRICANE KATRINA
BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas, Texas
THERE is another side to the loss of life and devastation wreaked in the USA by hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma and Dennis last year, a market reaction that has brought unsought benefits to the US paint and coatings industry.…
EU ROUND UP - RUSSIA EU GAS SUPPLIES EU REGIONAL GAS REGULATION LIBERALISATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA has sent another threat to Europe over gas supplies, undermining its reputation as a potential reliable energy partner for its western neighbours. Semyon Vainshtok, the president of Russia pipeline monopoly Transneft has told the daily newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta that Russia has "overfed Europe with crude".…
USA HURRICANE PROTECTION COATINGS BOOM - POST HURRICANE KATRINA
BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas, Texas
THERE is another side to the loss of life and devastation wreaked in the USA by hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma and Dennis last year, a market reaction that has brought unsought benefits to the US paint and coatings industry.…
EU ROUND UP - RUSSIA EU GAS SUPPLIES EU REGIONAL GAS REGULATION LIBERALISATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA has sent another threat to Europe over gas supplies, undermining its reputation as a potential reliable energy partner for its western neighbours. Semyon Vainshtok, the president of Russia pipeline monopoly Transneft has told the daily newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta that Russia has "overfed Europe with crude".…
NATUAL BACTERIA GLUING AGENT - USA RESEARCH
BY MONICA DOBIE
A BACTERIA living in rivers and streams has proved a formidable gluing agent according to new research by both Indiana and Brown Universities in the US, which suggests it could be exploited commercially. Their scientists had to apply a force of about 1 micronewton to remove a single Caulobacter (C.)…
INTERNATIONAL AUTO NOISE ASSESSMENT ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is pressing for the continuation of existing international noise regulations governing whether a new car model is approved by industry regulators, while data is amassed on a proposed replacement rule. The move represents an unusual spat between rule makers for the auto industry, with the Commission publicly criticising the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) section on world-wide auto technical standards.…
INTERNATIONAL AUTO NOISE ASSESSMENT ROW
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is pressing for the continuation of existing international noise regulations governing whether a new car model is approved by industry regulators, while data is amassed on a proposed replacement rule. The move represents an unusual spat between rule makers for the auto industry, with the Commission publicly criticising the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) section on world-wide auto technical standards.…
FURTHER EU MOTOR INSURANCE REFORM CONSULTATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FLEET managers have been asked by the European Commission whether further reforms are required to the European Union’s (EU) motor insurance directive, helping accident victims easily make claims in a foreign EU member state. That was why existing EU motor insurance directives insist insurers establish contacts in every member state.…