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Businessweek published an interesting article about the art of origami being used by scientists, engineers and manufacturers to improve the design of everything from cars to consumer electronics to medical equipment, while streamlining manufacturing processes. 

Turboden—an Italian company and designer manufacturer of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbogenerators, which harness heat to generate electrical power from renewable sources such as solar energy, biomass, geothermal energy and waste heat—entered the U.K. market with installations of two biomass-fueled combined cooling, heat and power plants at British Sky Broadcasting and Heathrow Airport.  

At KBIS last week, Artisan Manufacturing Corp. unveiled stainless steel sinks and faucets under the Frigidaire brand, bringing the well-known appliance brand into other parts of kitchen.

Tecumseh Products Co., a global manufacturer of hermetic compressors, condensing units and systems for use in residential and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning applications headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., marked the grand opening of its new Global Technology Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony. 

We all have important worries in our lives: the sharpness of our iPad display, the need for a light in the dishwasher, renewing our kitchen because of fashion reasons—but still 4 billion people on the planet need to get by on less than $2.00 a day. 

Last January, Stefano Marzano was appointed Chief Design Officer at Electrolux, a new role leading all design-related competencies in the group. 

BSH is introducing the new Bosch Filtrino water heater on European markets.

In May 2010, the Chinese government announced their intention to establish a certification scheme for China RoHS. Most recently, the Implementation Rules of Voluntary Certification on the Pollution Control of Electronic Information Products was adopted on 26 August and entered into law on Nov. 1, 2011. After publishing its authorized certification body and testing laboratories list, China's RoHS Voluntary Certification is estimated to be officially launched in the first half of 2012. As soon as the voluntary scheme is established, European export companies may well be asked by Chinese buyers to provide their Chinese approved RoHS certificate.

The TG 209 F1 Libra thermobalance allows for analyses to be carried out even faster and more accurately than ever before, and across an extended temperature range. 

The company introduced its Key Filters screen changer at NPE 2012. The screen changer is specifically designed for filtering lower viscosity and elastomeric materials.  

A new modular thermal printer unit, the FTP-639USL100 series, can be configured to maximize design and installation flexibility for various embedded kiosk designs.