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The ambitious 165km Yamuna expressway will be thrown open to the public on August 9. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will open the Expressway by pressing the button from Lucknow. Once operational, the high-speed expressway will connect Greater Noida with Agra, slashing the travel time between the two locations from four hours to less than 100 minutes. Last month, ...

US based Avery Dennison Corporation has announced preliminary, un-audited second quarter 2012 results. While the company’s sales increased modestly due to increased volumes its operating margin improved 50 basis points to 2.9% as the impact of higher volume and productivity initiatives offset higher employee-related expenses and restructuring costs. The adjusted operating margin improved 80 basis points. In the first half ...

Magnetic Autocontrol’s MHTM MicroDrive barrier has been awarded the Red Dot Design award, the international product design award, for 2012. The MHTM MicroDrive barrier offers users a savings of 75% in power consumption. It is made of recycled materials and meets all international safety standards. The drive mechanism with its integrated servo control and compact gearing provides low maintenance, a ...

Dura-Line Holdings, Inc. the parent company of Dura-Line India, has completed the acquisition of Nextube, a manufacturer of high density polyethylene industrial products. Nextube is the second company acquired by Dura-Line since January 2012 when CHS Capital’s investment in the company. The acquisition of Johannesburg based Nextube will increase Dura-Line’s capacity, penetration and diversification in South Africa. Nextube manufactures a ...

A high-level team consisting of members from the transport and urban development departments of Tamil Nadu that recently visited Budapest, Hungary to study the parking system there. Members of the team visited various parts of Budapest and saw path breaking changes made in its transport system. They participated in the summit ‘Sustainable Transportation’, organised by the Institute of Transportation and ...

A customised weight enforcement and commercial vehicle inspection station built by IRD Inc for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) was opened for operations recently. The station is located at the Spokane Port-of-Entry (POE) on the I-90 interstate. This is the twelfth weight enforcement site in Washington for which IRD has supplied components and systems. The customised solution integrates ...

StarTraq, international traffic offence management service provider, has launched an International Partner Programme to increase the coverage of DOME (Dynamic Offence Management and Enforcement), its cloud based software that enables automatic detection of repetitive processes such as traffic offences. International partners such as software resellers, safety camera manufacturers and system integrators can resell DOME to government agencies, police forces and ...

Switzerland based ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri), a leading global power and automation technology firm, recently launched a high-speed DC circuit breaker suitable for use in light rail, inter-city and urban locomotives. The new DCTrac circuit breaker, designed for metro trains, trams and trolley buses maximises performance but minimises weight and maintenance needs. It needs half the space and weighs only ...

GMV is celebrating the first anniversary of the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation Management System (ITMS) developed by it, in collaboration with local partner Vayam Technologies, for the Ahmedabad BRTS. An advantage of the ITMS is that it was gradually introduced into the BRTS, reusing existing equipment, without affecting operations or inconveniencing passengers. The ITMS solution also helps in monitoring ...

The Maharashtra government has approved the Pune Metro rail project. The project will be executed by the Pune Municipal Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC), a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that will be set up exclusively for the project. Till the PMRC is set up, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will act as the nodal agency for the project. The Metro will ...