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  - 2007-12-01

  Japan's NGK Insulators Ltd. said it will build a plant for diesel particulate filters in a suburb of Monterrey, Mexico. The company said it will invest more than $37 million ([yen] 4 billion) in the plant and plans to launch production in September 2009.

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• Power Plant Integrated With Ceramics Kiln.

  - 2006-02-01

  FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, CT), a manufacturer of ultra-clean and efficient electric power generation plants for commercial and industrial customers, has sold a 250-kilowatt kW Direct FuelCell power plant made by its Asian distributor, Marubeni Corp., to NGK Insulators, Ltd., a ceramics manufacturing company in Nagoya,...

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• FuelCell Energy Distributor Sells DFC to Japanese Company

  - 2005-12-21

  FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced that its Asian distributor Marubeni Corporation has sold a 250-kilowatt Direct FuelCell DFC power plant to Japanese ceramics manufacturer NGK Insulators, Ltd. According to FuelCell Energy, NGK will use the power plant as part of its efforts to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at...

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• FuelCell Energy's High-Efficiency Power Plant Sold to Japanese Ceramics Manufacturer to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Lower Energy Costs

  - 2005-12-19

  DANBURY, Conn. -- Marubeni's Sale of Ultra-Clean DFC300A Power Plant to Be Integrated with Ceramics Kiln to Significantly Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Provide Energy Cost Savings FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NasdaqNM:FCEL), a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean and efficient electric power generation plants for commercial and industrial customers, today...

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• Dowa Mining to mass-produce blue light-emitting diode materials.(Optoelectronics)

  - 2005-07-01

  Dowa Mining Co Ltd has decided to mass-produce semiconductor materials that are used in products such as blue light-emitting diodes LEDs. Integrating basic technology provided by NGK Insulators Ltd, which is used for functions such as the sedimentation of the light-emitting layer, Dowa...

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• POLAND: Construction plans for proposed $157,000,000 diesel particulate filters manufacturing expansion project, NGK INSULATORS [Japan] - Order #: 056305.

  - 2005-05-01

  PROJECT OVERVIEW: Japan-based NGK INSULATORS recently opened a $53,000,000 diesel engine filters plant based in a special economic zone near the southern city of Gliwice, Poland. And, the company is now said to be gearing-up to invest a further $157,000,000 in its Polish...

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• Filter shortage disrupts PSA production; French carmaker misses target by 15,000 units.(Peugeot S.A.)

  - 2005-02-07

  Byline: Sylviane de Saint-Seine A shortage of particulate filters forced PSA/Peugeot-Citroen to suspend production at four of its French plants last month. PSA says it missed its January production target by 15,000 cars - the equivalent of one day of...

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• Big batteries blooming

  - 2005-02-01

  Several advanced battery technologies tailored for utility applications have doffed their white coats and donned hard hats. These new bulk energy storage devices, which can almost instantly shave peaks and shift loads, are the answer to the dreams of T&D system designers and operators. Finally, years of R&D in electrochemistry...

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• Popularity of particulate filters grows in Europe.(Special Report)

  - 2004-11-01

  Byline: Alex Ricciuti Particulate filters are used to reduce particulate matter - soot - from diesel emissions. Soot is an environmental concern because medical research indicates long-term exposure could cause cancer. Health concerns about soot have been a primary barrier to...

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• Ibiden ramps up: the growing demand for diesel particulate filters is a boon for suppliers

  - 2004-04-01

  Ibiden Inc., a leading Japanese maker of diesel particulate filters DPFs, is scheduled to double production to 50,000 units per month from April at its Courtenay plant in France. Ibiden, which began mass-producting silicon-carbide DPFs in 1999 and opened the French unit in 2002, expects to boost global sales...

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