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May 22, 2012
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It seems like Kiwi company LanzaTech – which has
been blazing through the cleantech space for quite some time now – announces a new international partnership almost every month, and its
latest such venture proves no exception. The firm has signed its
first commercial
venture agreement outside of Asia, partnering with US-based worldwide
solutions company Harsco to promote the capture and
reuse of steel mill flue gases as an environmentally significant and
beneficial
source of reliable energy.
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Roll on more IP developments, writes Peter Kerr: Weltec’s Smart Product Centre has set up alongside Industrial Research’s Gracefield campus, stirring up Wellington’s innovation eco-system. And next year it’s set to produce its first batch of Engineering Technology graduates – of which part of the course is to
work on specific problems/challenges for manufacturers and technology companies.
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Struggling in the City of Sails? You’re not alone: Auckland has shot up the list of the world’s most expensive places to live. A
survey by Swiss bank UBS places Auckland as the 24th least affordable
city, calculated by comparing the cost of an average ‘basket’ of 122
goods and services.
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On that topic, prices for NZ-made goods and services as measured by
Statistics New Zealand rose 1.4 per
cent in the last quarter, reflecting higher
prices for refined petroleum products such as petrol and diesel. However, offsetting those rises was a fall in the prices of telecommunication and internet services.
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The once robust New Zealand furniture industry has,
as of late, struggled against cheaper imported rivals. Now it’s hoped a new
initiative by FITEC, the national forest and wood industry training
organisation, will change all that with the launch of its master seal of quality.
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Commuting is stressful. And so while Adidas is struggling to deflect a PR disaster here, it’s a different story in China, where the sports brand has installed punching bags in subway stations to let workers work off their rage and get a bit of a workout at the same time.
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Malcolm Gladwell reckons it takes 10,000 to master, well, anything.
And according to US broadcaster Ira Glass, creativity, too, takes time
to hone. In this video he reminds us of the importance of perseverance and doing work – lots of it.
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