-- Kymera expands Surface Technologies footprint in Europe furthering customer access to advanced thermal spray solutions -- 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kymera International ("Kymera") a global leading specialty materials and surface technologies company announced today the successful acquisition of Coating Center Castrop GmbH ("CCC") a comprehensive thermal spray and precision machining company providing complete design fabrication and finish machining solutions for the aerospace pharmaceutical and general industrial markets CCC provides its European customers with advanced engineering and thermal spray service applications that mitigate the impact of extreme wear on high-value components This strategic acquisition strengthens Kymera's position in the thermal spray services market bringing significant benefit to both companies through the expansion of technological capabilities and a broadened global footprint that now includes the U.S. The addition of CCC brings advanced component engineering fabrication and CNC machining capabilities to Kymera's Surface Technologies business and a European HaloJet ID HVOF™ service center enabling localized aerospace landing gear service to key customers in the region "Kymera's Surface Technologies business is differentiated by our ability to provide high-performing comprehensive and customized thermal spray solutions with superior service and support," says Barton White "The acquisition of CCC further solidifies our ability to provide regional service on a global scale and support our strategic growth initiatives in the aerospace industry with our HaloJet ID HVOF™ technology." "The acquisition of CCC helps to accelerate the trajectory of Kymera's Surface Technologies business," adds Adam Shebitz Partner and Head of Industrials at Palladium Equity Partners "We expect its ideally located German footprint will unlock future growth within the European aerospace sector enabling the expansion of Kymera's HaloJet technology." "We are happy to have found a partner in Kymera who will continue on our path and complement it with further innovative spray technologies," comments the CCC team "This will enable us to offer our customers an even broader range of coating processes and services." The terms of the transaction were not disclosed přední globální společnost působící v odvětví specializovaných materiálů a technologií povrchových úprav Kymera International (ďalej len „Kymera") popredná svetová spoločnosť v oblasti špeciálnych materiálov a povrchových technológií Mining & Metals Mining & Metals Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy Computer & Electronics Do not sell or share my personal information: BERLIN (AP) — A 32-year-old Iranian man has been detained in Germany following a tip from U.S security officials that he could be planning an attack with deadly chemicals Police and prosecutors said the man and another person were detained overnight in the town of Castrop-Rauxel The authorities said in a joint statement that the man is suspected to have planned a serious attack motivated by Islamic extremism for which he had allegedly sought to obtain the potent toxins cyanide and ricin Specialists wearing anti-contamination suits were seen carrying evidence out of the man’s home Duesseldorf prosecutors later said an initial search of the premises turned up no toxic substances It wasn’t immediately clear how far advanced the plans for an attack were and whether the suspect had picked a specific target READ MORE: Woman arrested in case of ricin letters sent to White House, Texas German news agency dpa quoted the top security official for North Rhine-Westphalia state as saying authorities had received “a serious tip that led police to intervene the same night.” Tabloid newspaper Bild reported that the tip about the alleged plot came from an allied intelligence agency Duesseldorf prosecutors confirmed that the information came from authorities in the United States Dpa cited an unidentified German security official as saying there was no indication the suspect had acted on behalf of the Iranian state but rather that he allegedly supported a Sunni extremist group Germany’s top security official thanked police and specialists from the country’s disease control agency who had taken part in the raid “Our security services take any information about Islamist terror threats very seriously and act,” Interior Minister Nancy Faser said in a statement adding that 21 Islamist attacks had been prevented in Germany since the start of the century Faeser noted the importance of international cooperation in fighting extremist threats and said further investigations by Duesseldorf prosecutors would show whether the suspicions that triggered the police operation were warranted German police arrested a Tunisian man and his wife on suspicion of planning to carry out a ricin attack in the name of the Islamic State group They were later found guilty and sentenced to 10 and eight years’ imprisonment which is produced from the seeds of castor oil plants © 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins The disrupted plot highlights not only the continued threat stemming from Islamic State (IS)-inspired perpetrators—who continue to have interest in developing and deploying a biological weapon—but also the critical international intelligence cooperation needed to prevent such attacks shows the continued threat from loosely IS-connected and IS-inspired individuals It also underscores the continued interest of Islamist-motivated perpetrators in bioterrorism and their desire to inflict significant losses of life the disrupted plot was already the second one involving ricin While US-German counterterrorism intelligence cooperation seems to be functioning well the potentially catastrophic consequences for any failure should cause Berlin to consider strengthening its own domestic counter-terrorism intelligence gathering capabilities Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker German police arrested a 32-year-old Iranian man suspected of plotting a chemical attack The Iranian national was arrested in the town of Castrop-Rauxel on suspicion of procuring toxins including cyanide and ricin in order to commit a terror attack inspired by Islamic extremism Another person was detained during the operation The Iranian’s house was cordoned off and searched in order to secure further evidence, with German media reporting that several officers and emergency workers in full protective suits were present at the scene Preparing a serious act of violence is punishable with a prison sentence of six months to 10 years under German law an arm of the European Commission overseeing the implementation of the bloc’s artificial intelligence rulebook A forthcoming report makes the case for unified global AI governance Madrid unveils a digital wallet to help porn platforms verify users’ ages Police detain 32-year-old in town near Dortmund after tipoff from foreign agency believed to be the FBI German police have arrested an Iranian man suspected of planning a chemical attack motivated by Islamic extremism The 32-year-old was seized at his flat shortly before midnight on Saturday in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, close to Dortmund in western Germany The arrest followed a tip-off from a foreign intelligence agency that the man had obtained toxins with which he planned to carry out a terror attack He was known to police but not for his links to terrorism and it is as yet unclear whether he was involved in the plot The brothers are believed to have lived in Germany since 2015 The men were put into waiting police vehicles in the small shopping street dressed in just their underwear and with coats draped over their shoulders escorted by police in heavy protective suits The SEK special forces who organised the operation reportedly arrived in the street in a fire engine in an effort to disguise themselves until the last minute A decontamination unit of officers and scientists from the government’s agency for disease control and prevention According to a spokesperson for Düsseldorf’s state prosecutor no dangerous substances were found in the flat Reports in German media on Sunday said the FBI had been behind the tipoff after identifying the main suspect as a sympathiser of the terror group Islamic State in whose name they said he had intended to carry out the attack He is not believed to have been acting on behalf of the Iranian state German security sources told the news agency DPA describing him as being a supporter of a “Sunni Islamistic terror group” with security agents discovering that the main suspect had searched for ricin and cyanide on the internet and bought the substances with the intention of building a bioweapon Initially the man had intended to carry out an attack on New Year’s Eve but did not have enough materials to do so and had subsequently managed to procure the missing items in the last few days Free weekly newsletterThe most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environment the interior minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in which the operation took place said: “We had information which needed to be taken seriously which is why the police were prompted to make their move in the night.” He said more details about the investigation would be made public in the coming days In 2018 a similar plan was thwarted after police arrested a 29-year-old man and his wife in Cologne who had planned to use ricin seeds and 250 steel balls to make a bomb using instructions provided via the internet by IS They had carried out test explosions in the 15-storey block of flats where they lived ricin is listed as a weapon of war under the rubric of chemical and biological weapons It is produced from the seeds of the ricin plant (castor bean) The ingestion of less than 2mg of the substance can prove deadly there is no medical antidote and only the symptoms it causes can be treated The terrorism expert Peter Neumann at King’s College London was quoted by Die Zeit as saying it should be of concern in Germany that almost all terrorist plots planned on German soil in recent years have been thwarted only due to tipoffs from US intelligence services He said the risk of Islamist terror attacks was lower than it had been six to seven years ago This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Screenshot of Electric Callboy’s page on YouTube My life changed the moment I saw a bunch of German men in matching outfits singing and bobbing their heads in a music video I was introduced to Electric Callboy a couple years ago A song called “We Got the Moves” was shown to me with a really weird music video All the members of the band were wearing coordinating white shirts rectangular glasses and ugly bowl cut wigs and next thing you know outsiders slowly walked by and reciprocated this bobbing head motion but I was mesmerized by these guys playing a heavy rock song in a backyard barbecue setting.  Electric Callboy is described as electro-metal a mixture of electronic music and metal music the band has grown a lot since their first name Fans have addressed offensive content in old lyrics and their name which led to the changing of their band name and their response to the comments.  The band is mostly known for their comedic songs sexualized lyrics and music videos; but to me My obsession quickly went from casually listening to “We Got the Moves” to buying a physical copy of their newest album Anytime I needed something to brighten my mood I would guide myself to their music because their songs have such a pick-me-up feel to them The comedy and sexual connotations in their music were apparent and catchy but I never thought I would come across truly emotional songs I was all that more in love with Electric Callboy.  “Prism” and “Mindreader” are two songs that have stuck out to me and brought out feelings I didn’t know this band was capable of pulling from me My interpretation of “Prism,” is that the subject has been knocked down and doesn’t know how to get back up The lyrics of the song are someone talking to and reassuring the subject “You are so special but so insecure with all the struggles you had to endure you are a light caught in a prism.” Those three lines encapsulate the modern day young person to a tee and knowing that I feel seen in this sense is an amazing feeling “Mindreader” is off of Tekkno and my personal favorite on the album The idea is of that special someone that is knowingly toxic to you but you can’t get them off your mind but the way the lyrics portray it is truly a piece of art in my opinion.  but the music video is as well — literally The video features singers Kevin Ratajczak and Nico Sallach and the imagery of the song comes from women with body paint and clothing to make them appear ghoulish and haunting running their claws over their bodies in a powering way While this is much different from Electric Callboy’s usual music videos I feel it’s a very beautiful statement and visually shows the band’s diversity.  This is my official message to not judge a book by its cover because I never would have thought a meme band would be my top three songs in my Spotify Wrapped at the end of last year. Foreign bands or artists aren’t as intimidating as they seem and you may be able to find your new favorite musicians among artists outside the U.S.  Follow Amanda Mourelatos on Twitter Stay up to date with the latest training to fix GE HealthCare offers multiple training formats to empower teams and expand knowledge View all The Jacobus Report Blog Posts Phil Jacobus has been involved in health care since 1977 He has done business in 35 countries and still travels extensively helps rural clinics and always tries to help DOTmed users when he can use your email address and password to sign in using the form below Enjoy the benefits of The World's Leading New & Used Medical Equipment Marketplace Sign up for Weekly Top stories BYD has handed over its first electric buses in Germany The landmark moment was celebrated a few days ago when the operators BOGESTRA (Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen) and HCR (Straßenbahn Herne-Castrop-Rauxel) have taken delivery of the first vehicle in a joint fleet order for 22 eBuses from the Chinese producer (which has recently delivered 10 e-buses in Hungary) emissions-free 12-metre BYD eBus fleet will go into service in the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia on route 380 in Gelsenkirchen and route 354 in Bochum in Bochum there is also a batch of Ebusco vehicles in operation BYD’s 12-metre single-deck eBus delivers a total carrying capacity of 80 passengers and boasts a single charge range of over 200km according to the manufacturer The 22 vehicles will be operating in the densely populated area of Gelsenkirchen does the math: “With these efforts to keep the air clean BOGESTRA will then operate around ten percent of its bus fleet purely electrically And that is an important contribution to our climate protection activities in the city.” with regards to this first delivery of BYD e-buses in Germany added: “Being able to drive from Weitmar to Riemke in the near future without emissions and with low noise is an important step towards greater climate protection on the ground It shows that BOGESTRA is keeping its promises and I am pleased that more eBuses will be used soon.” BOGESTRA board member Jörg Filter confirms: “BOGESTRA is an important player in the area of sustainability We take responsibility for the environment and climate protection very seriously and we are making an important contribution to the quality of life in Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.” “We are delighted to be entering the German market 22 vehicles is a major acquisition for BOGESTRA and HCR and it shows a significant commitment to BYD to have returned this commitment by meeting the planned delivery schedule even despite restrictions following the coronavirus outbreak BYD continues to develop advanced technologies to produce a safe reliable and emissions-free transport solution for Local Authorities and Public Transport Operators,” he said “and to help create a more sustainable future for everyone.” © Copyright 2012 - 2025 | Vado e Torno Edizioni | All rights reserved | P.I Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times German public transport companies Bogestra (Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen) and HCR (Straßenbahn Herne-Castrop-Rauxel) have ordered a total of 22 electric buses from Chinese electric automotive giant BYD (Build Your Dreams) This is the first electric-bus order for BYD from Germany ++ Kindly find all updates to this article below Bogestra will procure 20 emission-free buses and HCR will be getting two The first BYD buses are scheduled to arrive in summer 2020 These will be put into operation in the German cities of Bochum The intermediate charging of buses in Bochum will take place at the Bogestra depot The capacity of the batteries enables them to be used over a distance of up to 200 kilometres buses will run on line 380 which takes passengers from the main station via Kurt-Schumacher-Straße in the direction of Buer Here the buses head for the final stop Buer Rathaus for intermediate charging The buses are about twelve metres long and can carry up to 80 passengers commented that: “We are very proud of this important order which demonstrates our capabilities in a market dominated by German brands BYD’s efforts will make a strong contribution to reducing emissions and improving air quality that is even more important than our first order in Germany.” BYD has made such a strong headstart in the electric bus business that over the last couple of years German automotive manufacturers have missed out on numerous international contracts due to their lack of series-ready zero-emissions public transport vehicles Now that German public transport providers are themselves turning to the Chinese electric bus manufacturer German companies have an increasingly steep entry curve The buses will cost the German public service providers approximately ten million euros This has been made possible thanks to funding from the Federal Ministry for the Environment Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Immediate Programme “Clean Air 2017 – 2020”) the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) Update 10 August 2020: BYD has started deliveries under its first electric bus order from Germany the Bogestra (Bochum-Gelsenkirchen trams) and HCR (Herne-Castrop-Rauxel trams) public transport companies ordered a total of 22 electric buses from BYD delivery of all 22 electric buses is scheduled for completion by October 2020 Drivers and workshop employees are now to be trained on the green and white labelled E-bus With several hundred training participants this will “certainly take several months” Before the buses can go into regular service the charging infrastructure must also be in operation Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf and at the central bus station in Gelsenkirchen Buer are currently being equipped with the charging technology by ABB The deployment on line 354 in Bochum and 380 in Gelsenkirchen is a test run The Bogestra and HCR are testing the BYD eBus for all members of the Eastern Ruhr Area Cooperation In this cooperation seven partners have joined forces cleantechnica.com, bydeurope.com, bydeurope.com 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As the industry's leading trade media, we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology. With news, background information, driving reports, interviews, videos and advertising messages. This Page Has Washed AwayLooks like this page has disappeared with the tide — perhaps it’s buried in the sand at Vazon or drifting off Petit Port Viaduc de Caramel, France (photograph by Jpmgir/Wikimedia) Bridges to nowhere are international monuments of failure. Whether the highways meant to connect to them never got built, funding dried out, contracts got canceled, or they were hit by a disaster and left to ruin, these bridges are an overpass to nothing. Some like the isolated Viaduct Petrobras in the Brazilian jungle have found new life as destinations for bungee jumpers and rappellers but most just wait idly for a purpose that may never arrive In Germany there are so many of these bridges to nowhere due to a stunted Autobahn plan that they have their own term — “Soda-Brücke” — a pun roughly meaning “just there.” Here is a collection of some of the world’s bridges to nowhere: Castrop-Rauxel-Merklinde, Germany (photograph by DerHessi/Wikimedia) Germany (photograph by Roehrensee/Wikimedia) Euskirchen, Germany (photograph by Ketti2606/Wikimedia) Vosges, France (photograph by Tangopaso/Wikimedia) Viaduc du Carrei, Alpes-Maritimes, France (photograph by Tangopaso/Wikimedia) Viaduc de Monti, Alpes-Maritimes, France (photograph by Tangopaso/Wikimedia) Toulouse, France (photograph by Wojsyl/Wikimedia) Maungaparua Stream, New Zealand (photograph by Joerg Mueller) Dartmoor, UK (photograph by Gwyn Jones) Dartmoor, UK (photograph by Guy Wareham) East Midlands, UK (photograph by Alan Murray-Rust) Lancaster Canal, UK (photograph by Geoff Kowalcyzk) Guyhirn Wash, UK (photograph by Richard Humphrey) East Wichel, UK (photograph by Brian Robert Marshall) D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle, Colorado (via Wikimedia) Kinzua Viaduct, Pennsylvania, toppled by a 2003 tornado (photograph by Nicholas/Wikimedia) South Platte River, Colorado (photograph by Fuzzy Gerdes) San Gabriel Mountains, California (photograph by Jason Hickey) photograph by Whewes Belhaven, Scotland, which is only a bridge to nowhere in high tide (photograph by Martin Burns) Monroe, Florida (photograph by Harald/Flickr user) Chennai, India (photograph by Nagesh Jayaraman) Taiwan (photograph by Alexander Synaptic) North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (photograph by Ralf Peter Reimann) British Columbia, Canada (photograph by Dave Bezaire & Susi Havens-Bezaire) Somerset, Bermuda (photograph by Larry Lamb)  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (photograph by A. Thompson)  photograph by Libor Krayzel St. Louis, Missouri (photograph by Matthew Hurst) Pacific Northwest (photograph by Senia L.) Quebec, Canada (photograph by Jason Carter) Cabarete, Dominican Republic (photograph by Brad Perkins) Mindenville, New York (photograph by Russ Nelson) Avignon, France (photograph by Johnny Andrew Sherwood) Sealy, Texas (photograph by Patrick Feller) Bryan, Texas (photograph by Patrick Feller) Big Flats, New York (photograph by Russ Nelson) Eisenbahn, Germany (photograph by Störfix/Wikimedia) Strépy-Bracquegnies, Hainaut, Belgium (photograph by Friedrich Tellberg) Miles Glacier Bridge, Alaska, damaged by a 1964 earthquake (photograph by Jet Lowe) Birmingham, England (photograph by Elliott Brown) photograph by Jarrod Lombardo Maldonado, Uruguay (photograph by Jimmy Baikovicius) London, England (photograph by Secret Pilgrim) Green Elm, Texas (photograph by Nicolas Henderson)  Venture to more incredible ruins on Atlas Obscura >  We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the world’s hidden wonders Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders and SOC security to respond quicker and stop breaches early AI agents boost business—but create risks and strategies from industry leaders – all for free TORONTO — The federal government has ramped up financial support to help transition homeowners away from oil furnaces — the most expensive way to heat a home — to heat pumps instead so here are some answers to common questions about heat pumps Heat pumps are machines that move heat to where it is they can suck heat from outside and pump it into the house (there is heat in the air they can pull heat from inside the house and push it outside The machines use coolant to transfer the energy to where it’s wanted Why is there a push to shift to these systems Heat pumps are an important part of hitting climate goals because home and building heating creates about 10 per cent of Canada’s carbon emissions The machines are generally much more energy-efficient than fossil fuel-based systems they can be part of a net-zero energy system The shift to heat pumps can also mean cost savings for households the federal government said homeowners on oil could save up to $2,500 a year by switching to the system Those savings come in part because oil is an expensive way to heat a home Fortis BC says that it would cost about $3,650 a year to heat a home in the Lower Mainland with oil which is much more commonly used to heat homes in Canada than oil The cost savings on heat pumps compared with other systems depend on factors like how cold it gets The Canadian Climate Institute put out an assessment last month on potential savings finding that heat pumps are the lowest-cost option for most households which generally range between $5,000 and $10,000 because of the energy cost-saving and because they can be used both for heating and cooling Government incentives also help make them more cost competitive a single family home in Toronto would spend about $2,250 on natural gas heating plus air conditioning a year compared with $1,910 on a standard heat pump with electric backup where it’s colder and gas is cheaper gas heating is estimated to cost about $1,830 a year while a standard heat pump with electric backup could run $2,140 Using gas as the backup with a standard heat pump would bring the costs down to about $1,750 Heat pumps are increasingly an option in cold weather with specific cold-climate machines operating in temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius cold-climate heat pumps are much more expensive than standard options which generally max out at around -10 degrees Celsius Because heat pumps do have a minimum operating temperature This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov <!– Photo: 20231101121140-65427fdec3e3b28e685cdc26jpeg.jpg Warmer temperatures but showers are expected on-and-off for the next few days Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has your seven-day forecast Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize a list of projects including the proposed Highway 401 tunnel a mentally ill man who was killed in an Ontario prison is calling out the provincial government over the lack of correctional reform Monday is calling for rain and thunderstorms Stella Acquisto has the long-range forecast listen to NewsRadio Toronto live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts weather and video from CityNews Toronto anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Please log in here to leave a comment. To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forum Die Vorabsingle des zweiten Studioalbums der sechs Jungs aus Castrop-Rauxel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj7VJnNq6A4 +1ShareQ&AFind answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning