Nu-phalt now has comprehensive Innovative Patching solutions for every country with its Thermal Repairs and Jetpatcher’s Spary Injection Patching, following an agreement between the two companies ahead of Intertraffic. The partners will work with UK and oversees clients to continue to offer better value bespoke products to the market place. Steve Smith, managing director of the Nu-phalt, said: “We have invested a lot of time and expense into developing a range of innovative patching solutions for the
March 20, 2018
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8696 Nu-phalt now has comprehensive Innovative Patching solutions for every country with its Thermal Repairs and Jetpatcher’s Spary Injection Patching, following an agreement between the two companies ahead of Intertraffic. The partners will work with UK and oversees clients to continue to offer better value bespoke products to the market place.
Steve Smith, managing director of the Nu-phalt, said: “We have invested a lot of time and expense into developing a range of innovative patching solutions for the industry, this now gives us a whole new opportunity to contribute to the Highways infrastructure.”
The city of Birmingham is home to the highest number of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) in the UK, according to new research: there were 12,247 licenced models as of Q4 last year, says number plate specialist Click4reg.
Its analysis of the top 20 UK local authorities was carried out ahead of government plans to host a zero-emissions vehicle summit in September 2018. The event is due to focus on vehicle technology to tackle carbon emissions and improve air quality.
The research showed that Peterbo
Alarm has been expressed by MPs over the UK government’s decision to allow Chinese firm Huawei to work on the UK’s 5G network.
Prime minister Theresa May has banned Huawei from supplying ‘core’ parts of the country’s 5G infrastructure – but is believed to have given the green light for it to help deliver what are being called ‘non-core’ parts.
As well as being for mobile phones, 5G is the technology which will be used to improve connectivity of autonomous vehicles and traffic controls.
However, there ar
Private ride-hailing giant Uber, which is aiming to follow rival Lyft in becoming a public company this year, has warned that it may never be profitable.
The candid admission comes in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as Uber prepares for an initial public offering (IPO) which it reportedly hopes will value the company at $100 billion.
This potential IPO figure is some way below the $120bn predicted by analysts just last year.
And Uber warns: “We have incurred significant loss
German urban air taxi manufacturer Volocopter has signed a deal with Honeywell to jointly develop new navigation and automatic landing systems.
They will be used on Volocopter’s vertical take-off and landing aircraft - perhaps as early as this year, the companies suggest.
“A key goal of our collaboration is to fly a Honeywell inertial measurement-based attitude reference system solution in one of our Volocopters in 2019,” says Jan Hendrik Boelens, chief technology officer, Volocopter.
Urban air mob
