The French reactor and fuel company Framatome said the 'state-of-the-art' facility was inaugurated yesterday The four year project to build the furnace and its control building had been 'a major test' for the site and the project team of 11 The team was honoured at an official inauguration ceremony yesterday including elected representatives of the region Described by Framatome as the 'heart' of the facility passes enormous electric currents through metals in order to produce alloys which are mixtures of two different metals The factory's 2500 tonne press then produces zirconium and titanium alloy items including billets forged bars and extruded blanks which are semi-finished on site before going elsewhere to be made into reactor components and fuel assemblies used in reactors in France and around the world Ugine has population of about 7000 and lies about 75 km northeast of Grenoble in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region A new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History will call attention to the plight of the ninespotted lady beetle – once so prevalent and valuable for pest control it was deemed New York’s official state insect – and will feature a lady beetle specimen from Cornell The exhibition, “Extinct and Endangered,” opens June 22 in New York City and is based on the macrophotography of renowned artist Levon Biss Biss used microscope lenses to create large-scale images of 40 species at incredibly high resolution layering up to 10,000 shots for each image The photos were then blown up to measure as large as 4.5 by 8 feet “It brings attention to the fact that these little bugs that are usually underfoot are out there, and they’re important,” said Todd Ugine, research associate in the lab of John Losey “Having these images blown up to that size gives people a different kind of access – you notice the detail and the beauty and I hope that accessibility will bleed into awareness of their decline.” After the museum reached out to Losey in fall of 2020 Ugine grew the specimen from a colony of ninespotted lady beetles he cares for and researches in the lab He carefully selected a batch to send to David Grimaldi a curator of invertebrate zoology at the museum The remaining beetles will be kept in the museum’s permanent research collection Department of Agriculture survey in 2009 found no trace of the once-ubiquitous ninespotted lady beetle east of the Mississippi – with the exception of one population on Long Island Previous research in the Losey lab has pointed to the source of the beetle’s mysteriously rapid decline in the 1980s: nonnative ladybugs that were introduced to improve pest control “Some of the species introduced were great at eating the same pests the native species ate,” Ugine said “We think these nonnative species vacuumed up all the food and the native species were out-competed and that seems to be borne out in the laboratory work we’ve done.” and seeing declining reports of the ninespotted lady beetle To scale up and optimize the reintroduction efforts “That one population on Long Island is co-existing with the nonnative species so maybe that small population happens to have some trait or set of traits that allows them to persist,” he said “I’d love to go back to that population to use it as a source for reintroduction.” This population could then be “ranched,” Ugine said – bred by the hundreds of thousands under a protective covering and released and tracked to see how and whether they survive and adapt In 2019, scientists reported that 40% of all insects are in decline globally and that a third of them are endangered Ugine said the value of reintroducing the ninespotted lady beetle is the value of biodiversity itself you’re losing an ecological service,” Ugine said “Who knows what additional kinds of services it might have provided “If we had never seen anything flying around “Look at Levon Biss’ images – it’s powerful.” The museum will be releasing a companion book of the images and a “making of” video and the show will eventually travel to other museums Get Cornell news delivered right to your inbox one of the world’s pioneers in the production of green and renewable hydrogen the world leader in long stainless steel products have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the creation of a green hydrogen production unit at Ugitech’s Ugine site (Savoie to decarbonise part of the steelmaker’s industrial operations and help decarbonise local mobility which is to be located in the heart of the French Alps where the 2030 Winter Olympics will be held should also contribute to a sustainable model of winter tourism This is the first agreement in Europe to replace fossil fuels with green hydrogen in the stainless steel sector which is signing its first memorandum of understanding with a steel manufacturer already has three production sites and is currently building several sites in Europe Plans to produce up to twelve tonnes per day to decarbonise Ugitech’s operations and develop hydrogen mobility in the region Lhyfe plans to install a green hydrogen production unit with a capacity up tp twelve tonnes per day (a maximum electrolysis capacity of 30 MW) This green hydrogen would be used mainly at the Ugitech plant Lhyfe would also supply hydrogen to local mobility and industry players to help develop the local hydrogen ecosystem particularly in the run-up to the 2030 Winter Olympics The two partners are now entering the feasibility study phase of the project Implementation of the project will be subject to the conclusions of this study the granting of operating licences and building permits Vice Chief Executive Officer at Lhyfe: “We are delighted to sign this memorandum of understanding with Ugitech whose commitment to decarbonisation we commend The steel sector is a major consumer of fossil fuels and is one of the industrial sectors that should be decarbonised as a priority The energy transition is going to become increasingly necessary to ensure the long-term survival of our industries and green hydrogen is emerging as one of the pillars of this transition It can and must now be deployed as quickly as possible Director of Development at Ugitech: “Ugitech is coordinating the HYDREAMS project which aims to demonstrate the feasibility of substituting natural gas with decarbonised hydrogen in thermal steel transformation processes (reheating and heat treatment furnaces) HYDREAMS has nine European partners and has received a grant from the European RFCS fund Using laboratory tests and industrial demonstrators which started in April 2023 and ends in October 2027 will verify that hydrogen combustion will have no negative impact on processes and products The next step is to roll out this new solution to all systems for which direct electrification is not a compatible option This is the purpose of this MoU with Lhyfe.” [1] Scope 1 of the carbon footprint which covers all direct greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the company’s activities (source: UGITECH) For an interview with the spokespersons, please contact the press department. Click to access the Lhyfe Media Kit (press releases and visuals) Lhyfe is a European group devoted to energy transition and a producer and supplier of green and renewable hydrogen Its production sites and portfolio of projects intend to provide access to green and renewable hydrogen in industrial quantities and enable the creation of a virtuous energy model capable of decarbonising entire sectors of industry and transport Lhyfe inaugurated the first industrial-scale green hydrogen production plant in the world to be interconnected with a wind farm the company inaugurated the first offshore green hydrogen production pilot platform in the world and currently has several sites under construction or expansion across Europe Lhyfe is represented in 12 European countries and had 195 staff at the end of December 2023. The company is listed on the Euronext market in Paris (ISIN: FR0014009YQ1 – LHYFE). Lhyfe.com Click to access the Lhyfe Media Kit (press releases and visuals) Ugitech is a production unit of the Swiss Steel Group one of the leading producers of long special steels listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange Its headquarters are in Lucerne (Switzerland) Ugitech is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of long stainless steel products wire rod and drawn wire – come from its steelworks and are processed in its hot-rolling mill and wire-drawing mills Stainless steels possess excellent mechanical properties They are used to manufacture a wide range of parts With over 115 years’ experience in steelmaking and constant research into metallurgy the company guarantees customers optimum solutions for highly demanding applications Subscribe to ET Prime and read the Economic Times ePaper Online.and Sensex Today Choose your reason below and click on the Report button This will alert our moderators to take action Your Reason has been Reported to the admin It seems like you're already an ETPrime member with Login using your ET Prime credentials to enjoy all member benefits Log out of your current logged-in account and log in again using your ET Prime credentials to enjoy all member benefits You may not be able to find the page you were after because of: You might find one of the following links useful: Discover the mipTOF for fast and high-quality trace element and metals analysis in the air The MPA Horizon Next-Gen Membrane Permeation Analyzer delivers advanced gas and vapor permeation analysis for membranes and barrier films With state-of-the-art Proton Exchange Membrane stacks PSM Series electrolysers ensure economical high-purity hydrogen production for large-scale applications ACCIONA's Turbine Made initiative recycles decommissioned wind turbine blades into high-performance surfboards Watercycle Technologies is transforming battery recycling and mineral recovery supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy you can trust me to find commercial scientific answers from AZoNetwork.com please log into your AZoProfile account first Registered members can chat with Azthena, request quotations, download pdf's, brochures and subscribe to our related newsletter content A few things you need to know before we start Read the full Terms & Conditions A ninespotted lady beetle (Coccinella novemnotata) on a verbena Most predators obtain a balanced diet from their prey but Cornell researchers recently discovered that in the case of aphid-eating ladybugs That’s because a diet consisting solely of aphids lacks an essential nutrient –sterols like cholesterol – which all male animals need to make sperm farm-friendly aphid-eating ladybugs supplement their diets with sterol-rich leafy greens “We showed that a large group of predacious lady beetles eat leaves to obtain sterols,” said Todd Ugine, a research associate in the lab of John Losey, professor of entomology. Ugine is the first author and Losey is a co-author of the paper, “Herbivory Improves the Fitness of Predatory Beetles,” published Sept The study is important because farmers often rely on wild ladybugs to control aphids on their crops so knowing which plants ladybugs will and won’t eat provides insights into how the beetles function in the field The results also may help with conservation efforts as many native ladybug species have experienced precipitous declines across North America animals are known to have appetites for five major nutrients – carbohydrate sodium and calcium – but this research revealed that aphid-eating ladybugs have a sixth appetite – for sterols “There are only a few known appetites in the world and they’re very specific to essential nutrients but here we have uncovered a new appetite in the animal kingdom,” Ugine said Ugine collected seven different ladybug species yielding aphids with very low sterol levels Ugine then set up four treatments for each of the seven species: males reared solely on the pea aphids; males reared on pea aphids and sterol-rich leaves; and females reared in both treatments all of the beetles survived very well,” Ugine said “but when we looked at the total number of eggs laid and the percentage of eggs and females that were viable females that mated with omnivorous males laid more eggs and the total percentage of females that laid eggs that hatched increased compared with females that mated with males reared on aphids alone A 2019 paper by the same team first identified sterol deficiency and an appetite for sterols in one ladybug species Tests confirmed that the lady beetles sought out Future work will focus on uncovering sterol taste receptors and whether other insects that specialize on aphids such as the larvae of lacewings and hoverflies The study was funded by the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture Frustration on the Airtour as stability sets in and Charlie winds up in a tree… After yesterday’s disappointing and frustrating day confirming the predicted strong northerly did exist Marcus dropped me at Col des Aravis at six and even though I sincerely hope not to see it again this Airtour having walked up to it three times already in the space of 24 hours I couldn’t help admiring such a beautiful place the tops of the  rock faces lit by the sun The walk along the east side of the Aravis to the col above Ugine was gorgeous possibly the highlight of the tour so far for me They’d spent the night on the plateau and were heading to the takeoff in the Col below Mt Charvin too We enjoyed a coffee in the sun at the chalet on the col while they waited for their supporter to bring their flying clothes They’d been told it would be very stable today There were cumulus in the Mont Blanc range by now The lady from the chalet said it was unusual for there to be so little wind up there and made plans to fly towards Chambery on the east faces and we were excited about what the day might have in store Then we noticed the windsock was indicating a northerly We wanted to take off towards the south and fly the east faces so we flew back down to the col from the slope above the chalet where we’d laid our wings out and when my flight was so short presumed I must have landed in a tree or something and when I didn’t answer (my phone was in my trouser pockets in my rucksack and I couldn’t get to it quickly enough) he presumed I’d hit trees It seemed to be starting to work when I launched wondering if there’d be convergence over the town where two valley flows join At one point I was probably high enough to head off into the Albertville valley which would have been a good idea in hindsight but something compelled me to head back towards where the others were I’d got quite low before I realised that my shadow was going backwards over the wildly thrashing bushes and I was back beyond the end of the landing field and over houses The only other empty field that I could have tried to reverse into had a cable at the end of it so I pushed on the speed bar and wobbled around I also came very close to landing on a roof I got a very good look at the square black tiles before finally clearing the end of the roof and landing in a small space between the house and its back fence The space was smaller than a glider though so the wingtip had to dangle over the tree which was momentarily helpful as it meant I wasn’t hooked back out through the front gate by the wind that was hoofing though but it needed the help of two men and a ladder to extract it I thought because it had appeared to be so stable that the valley wind wouldn’t be too strong drawing in replacement air along all the valleys Luckily the glider and I were both totally undamaged In fact the rest of the day was just walking We’ve done half the distance between Albertville and where the road climbs to Val Pelouse We hope to get the turnpoint and launch before the time is up Tomorrow it’s supposed to be less stable and they are forecasting thunderstorms in the Belledonne in the afternoon Read more of Charlie’s AirTour 2011 posts here Follow the race via the live tracking • Got news? Send it to us at news@xccontent.local  Subscribe to the world’s favourite hang gliding and paragliding magazine He was also a co-curator of documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel under the artistic direction of Adam Szymczyk and a guest curator of the 7th Lyon Biennial under the direction of Hans Ulrich Obrist and Stéphanie Moisdon he produced the exhibition “Collective Exhibition for a Single Body” at documenta 14 before creating a new version of this project in 2019 based on pieces from the Kontakt Collection Focusing on artists from central and southeast Europe this project was first shown in Vienna and at the M Museum in Leuven before travelling to the Galerias Municipais in Lisbon in 2021 as well as to the National Art Museum of Romania in 2023 The score was published by Paraguay Press in 2019 he published Notes sur la documenta 14 (The Continuum Was Performed in the Following Manner) (NERO-CAC Geneve) He has recently opened a solo exhibition of work by Tomislav Gotovac at the MSU Zagreb for the start of 2024 He is currently preparing a solo exhibition by Cezary Bodzianowski (1968 Poland) for the Maura Greco Foundation in Naples that will open in May as well as a solo exhibition by Adrian Paci (1969 Albania) for the Cukrarna Gallery in Ljubljana Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker but he still appeared out of place on the road rising up from Chevaline pedaling an expensive bicycle wholly unsuited for the ruts and dents of Route de la Combe d’Ire “It was a little bit surprising to see someone on a racing bike because racing cyclists tend to look after their bikes,” a British man also riding through Chevaline that day told the BBC “Wheels are easily damaged on potholes and things.” a little city a few miles southeast of Lake Annecy The factory is owned by a company called Cezus one of the largest suppliers of nuclear components in the world zirconium and hafnium and titanium and tantalum are melted into alloys and then forged into ingots and blanks and billets which are crafted into components for nuclear reactors having negotiated a three-year leave of absence Or perhaps Saad didn’t just happen to be there Maybe the French metallurgist and the Iraqi-born satellite engineer were in cahoots Maybe they all got killed because they were all working together Eric Maillaud nods as those theories are sketched his mouth close-lipped and gently curved in a way that is either weary or bemused late-spring sunlight bleeding through a wall of windows Mont Veyrier rising to the left and La Tournette in a medieval town cut by canals at the head of one of the cleanest and clearest lakes in Europe murder is more two-paragraph tabloid than literature killings were no different from those in Cleveland or Atlanta or Albuquerque on this particular afternoon with Maillaud and 18 days since the al-Hillis and Mollier were murdered investigators of course looked into Mollier’s work The novelistic theory fell apart almost immediately because one of the presumed details was incorrect: Mollier was neither a metallurgist nor a senior production manager and the Ugine plant probably holds none anyway: Its activities are explained (It specializes in “arc melting in a vacuum.”) There is no evidence the two of them had ever spoken no record of a phone call or a text message or an e-mail they could have communicated via untraceable and disposable phones but that notion wanders back into the pages of a paperback spy story all of the dead had their mobile phones with them Maillaud also has come to agree with Zaid’s assessment of Saad: He was no more a spy than Mollier and Saad most likely had his laptops and thumb drives with him because he was looking for a job He liked the area and had been there several times before—not just the one time with Zaid and his family as a boy “He was considered exceptionally proficient “It wouldn’t be unusual at all for him to find work here.” no different from those in almost every other murder Maillaud knows that Mollier reportedly had a reputation as a coureur de jupons but enough so to slaughter four people and try to kill a child “That doesn’t seem very realistic,” he says and near as the investigators could determine a British journalist reported that Claire Schutz “had become a paper millionaire” when her father’s pharmacy had been transferred to her SLAIN ALPINE CYCLIST IN FEUD OVER LOVER’S FORTUNE the headline in The Sunday Times announced on December 16 the Schutz family was increasingly displeased with Mollier sponging off of Claire (A contention for which we’ll have to take _The Sunday Times’_s word stayed on the phone only long enough to say he wasn’t close to Sylvain and was tired of reporters pestering him.) Maillaud hasn’t been able to read everything published about l’affaire de Chevaline but he’s aware of the basic theory: that Claire Schutz’s family had Mollier whacked for being a lout and the al-Hilli family simply got in the way Maillaud listens as it is explained again; then he shakes his head This was investigated and dismissed long ago She was buying the pharmacy from her father and Mollier had no current or potential legal interest in it because the two were not married who massacres strangers over a theoretical future financial entanglement But he’s not surprised the story played well in the papers “It was not conceivable for many English people that the problem originated in Britain,” Maillaud says “I think that the Hundred Years’ War is not yet over.” But it also was not conceivable for many people that dozens of detectives couldn’t figure out who killed four people on a forested mountain in the middle of a Wednesday afternoon the villages and campgrounds dependent on holiday travelers on hikers and cyclists and paragliders over the lake Such people do not typically get shot to death there must be—there needs to be—a person who did it UPDATE: A huge rockfall has further delayed works on the Val d'Arly road as some 10 000 m3 have fallen on the already closed road Around 4 000 m³ of rock needs removing before the road will open again Following a rock slide that happened on the road through the valley d'Arly between Ugine crossroads and the access to Crest-Voland will be closed for a number of months whilst teams will work to remove 4 000 m³ of rock that is posing a risk of falling The road is frequently used for those travelling between the Tarentaise valley and the Chamonix valley A detour is in place for small vehicles via Hery-sur-Ugine The General Council of Haute Savoie advise you exercise extreme caution when using this detour Larger vehicles over 19 tonnes need to take the A43 via Chambery & Annecy Keep up to date with traffic news on our dedicated road access page. SeeChamonix.com is a SeeTheWorld destination You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Manufacturing Today India Home > Sectors > Swiss Steel Group introduces cutting-edge technical innovations The Swiss Steel Group’s efficiency improvements and product advancements reflect its integrated approach is spearheading technical innovation in the production of wire for spring applications In response to the demanding and evolving market they are introducing significant efficiency improvements and precision requirements across various industries such as aviation The key to this innovation is the concept of integration The company adopts a 100 per cent integrated approach ensuring control over the entire production process from material processing in Ugine steelworks to wire forming in specialised plants in Imphy (F) and San Vendemiano (IT) Their commitment to research and development is evident through technical customer support at the stainless research centre in Ugine This centre drives the customisation of products to meet specific customer applications and market requirements Notable investments include research into the surface finish which is crucial for high-speed spring configuration the company offers remelted round and shaped wires in various grades They also introduced the duplex grade UGIS4462 upgraded to meet high-speed steel standards will be discussed at the upcoming “Tech Talks” event on March 20 and 21 It’s an opportunity for industry professionals to delve into these technical topics and explore the latest innovations in wire production for spring applications Here we are sharing you the success stories of Indian entrepreneurs that will inspire you Anand Mahindra was born in Mumbai on 1 May 1955 and belongs to a famous business family His father’s name is Harish Mahindra industrialist and mother’s name is Indira Mahindra Anand completed his early schooling from Lawrence School He has two sisters; Radhika Nath and Anuja Sharma Anand went on to study architecture and film making from Harvard University in 1977 He completed his Master of Business Administration – MBA from the Harvard Business School in Boston Anand Mahindra is married to Anuradha Mahindra His wife Anuradha is the Editor-in-Chief of Rolling Stone India She is the famous editor of the magazines ‘Man’s World’ and ‘Verve’ Anand is the grandson of the co-founder of Mahindra & Mahindra Anand established a non-government organization Nanhi Kali that supports education for underprivileged girls in India in 1996 Anand joined the Mahindra Ugine Steel Company (MUSCO) in 1981 He was as an Executive Assistant to the Finance Director Mahindra Ugine Steel Company He expanded Mahindra Ugine Steel Company into the sectors of real estate development and hospitality Anand was assigned the duty of Deputy Managing Director of India’s largest automobile company Mahindra & Mahindra Group in 1991 which is amongst the top ten industrial houses in India Anand became the Vice Chairman of Mahindra Group in 2003 Anand Mahindra was a Co-Promoter of Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd transformed it into a bank Kotak Mahindra Bank is one of the leading private sector banks in India The Mahindra & Mahindra Group introduced the Scorpio and an indigenously developed SUV in 2002 which helped give it a global identity and built positive impressions for the Mahindra Group the company has developed through both Greenfield business development and acquisitions The company’s possession activities include the possession of Reva Electric Vehicles and Satyam Computer Services in 2009 Anand Mahindra is an Indian billionaire businessman and the chairman of a Mumbai-based business conglomerate Anand is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and Harvard University He is included among the ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ by Fortune Magazine Anand was noted as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Forbes (India) for 2013 Anand was given the third-highest civilian award in India Anand is also the Co-Chairperson of the World Economic Forum For his outstanding contributions to the business field He received the Leadership Award from the American India Foundation Anand was awarded the person of the year award from Auto Monitor An interview with Divyajot Ahluwalia, Founder & Director of wTVision Solutions Pvt. 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