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Window Hero debuted its new drone cleaning service at Ambassador Christian School in Huntersville, N.C. | Source: Window Hero Window Hero, a HomeFront Brands franchise that specializes in a wide range of exterior cleaning services, is launching a drone window-cleaning service. The company has partnered with Lucid Bots Inc. to offer a drone-powered exterior cleaning system. “This new drone-powered cleaning service is a cost-effective solution that allows for a faster cleanup time with a sma
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Image: DedMityay/stock.adobe.com Steel forged using renewable hydrogen is now a step closer as ground breaks on the Fortescue’s Christmas Creek Green Iron Metal Project. The project is a key step towards developing a green iron industry in Western Australia and will produce iron using green hydrogen, which will be suitable for use in almost any steel plant globally. “WA is on its way to becoming a global clean energy powerhouse, and a major producer, user and exporter of green iron,”
Rachel Reeves must show how the Tories failed to tackle longstanding productivity, investment and trade deficits and stress how Labour can Britain was the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in the first half of this year. The unemployment rate is coming down and so is wage inflation. As Jim Callaghan never quite said as he arrived back in the country during the winter of discontent: Crisis?
Image: UNSW / Maja Baska UNSW Sydney has launched a new Institute for Industrial Decarbonisation (IID) aimed at harnessing expertise across faculties to support government and industry to achieve net zero. Fossil resources are needed to produce products and services we all use every day – from cement and steel to plastic and fertiliser, but the demand for these goods is in direct competition with the global race to reduce emissions.
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Image: industrieblick/stock.adobe.com The Western Australian Government has delivered Western Australia’s newest TAFE campus, a $39 million multi-storey building in the heart of Armadale’s town centre. The new multi-storey South Metropolitan TAFE campus on Church Avenue is set to deliver world-class training to students in Perth’s outer south-eastern suburbs.
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Image: winnievinzence/stock.adobe.com The Federal Government has announced a $12 million boost for skilled teachers and trainers to mark the start of National Skills Week 2024. The funding will enable Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs) to better respond to workforce challenges in the VET sector across industries, including energy and renewables, and construction and manufacturing.
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SmartRay, a leading manufacturer of 3D sensors for quality inspection and metrology grade measurements has expanded its presence in Southeast Asia, to increase sales and support to customers in the region. The team is located in Penang, known as the Silicon Valley of the East, and Kuala Lumpur. The post SmartRay Expands Sales and Support in South East Asia appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.
Josh Welton weighs in on the symbolic milestones that were recently reached in the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, which connects the U.S. and Canada, and what it meant to the ironworkers.
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Josh Welton weighs in on the symbolic milestones that were recently reached in the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, which connects the U.S. and Canada, and what it meant to the ironworkers.
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