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Aki Technologies Purchases Eyeview’s Video Personalization Technology to Bolster Leadership in Moment Marketing

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Aki Technologies Purchases Eyeview’s Video Personalization Technology to Bolster Leadership in Moment Marketing

Aki Technologies Purchases Eyeview’s Video Personalization Technology to Bolster Leadership in Moment Marketing Mobile Advertising Leader Invests in Tech Patents, Empowering Brands to Deliver Millions of Permutations of Video Ads to Consumers Video optimization and personalization just got easier now that Aki Technologies, the leading provider of mobile moment marketing, has completed its acquisition of the intellectual property of Eyeview, the pioneering video marketing company founded with the aim of delivering 1:1 personalized video in order to drive sales for leading brands. Aki will integrate Eyeview’s technology into its moment marketing solution to help brands meet the demand for more personalized, relevant advertising...

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Drone Use Growing In Marine Industry

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Drone Use Growing In Marine Industry

Drone Use Growing In Marine Industry Once limited mainly to marketing campaigns, drones are now being increasingly used by the marine industry as a way of doing some jobs cheaper, faster and more safely. The capabilities of drones—known officially as unmanned aerial systems (UAS)—impressed Johnson Marine Services of Prairieville, La., so much that the inland river/Gulf Coast marine surveying company launched its aerial surveying and imaging division January 1. Drones allow for views from the water that might be otherwise difficult to record, such as of this damaged rock barge at Mile 37 of the Atchafalya River. (Photo by Hunter...

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Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows

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Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows

Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows Environmentalists cite “an incredible disconnect” between government support for plastics manufacturing and evidence of the industry’s pollution and climate impact.   Plastic bag bans have become prevalent across the U.S. and Europe, with Charleston, South Carolina, the latest to join the trend. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images Frustrated with the sight of plastic bags and styrofoam containers piling up in its harbor, the city of Charleston, South Carolina, rang in the new year with a promise to start enforcing a ban on single-use plastic containers and utensils. It's one of...

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Fast Radius Opens Satellite Office at Manufacturing Innovation Center MxD

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Fast Radius Opens Satellite Office at Manufacturing Innovation Center MxD

Fast Radius Opens Satellite Office at Manufacturing Innovation Center MxD Fast Radius, a Chicago manufacturing startup that helps companies bring products to market, has opened a satellite office in a manufacturing innovation center on Goose Island. The office opening is part of a new partnership Fast Radius has inked with MxD, the new name for UI Labs and its Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The name changed when the organization received a $10 million U.S. Department of Defense grant in February. MxD, founded in 2011, offers manufacturers from around the U.S. a place to develop, deploy and commercialize solutions that address problems in...

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US factory orders drop again amid manufacturing slump

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US factory orders drop again amid manufacturing slump

US factory orders drop again amid manufacturing slump Reuters   New orders for American-made goods dropped in November, the latest sign that the manufacturing sector has struggled to climb out of the mild recession it fell into last year.  The Commerce Department said Tuesday factory goods orders fell 0.7%, in line with economist expectations and the third decline in four months.  The figure was pulled down by orders in the transportation sector, which declined more than 2% for civilian aircraft and by nearly three quarters for defense aircraft. That weakness was expected after Boeing suspended production of its 737 Max...

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