PPG Industries' industrial coatings business has expanded its social media initiative so that it can share news and interact more effectively with customers via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Sharon Bird, PPG marketing communications ...
Tags: Coating, Construction, PPG
RPC Containers Corby has announced the launch of the new 380ml Apollo container, which serves as a plastic alternative to the traditional tin can. The new container, which combines prolonged ambient shelf life with all the benefits of ...
Tags: Plastic Food Container, Packaging
Cree has added new products in the CXA family of COB LEDs including a small array for small-form-factor SSL products, and also announced the option of specifying 95 CRI across the product family. Cree has announced two new members of its ...
Dialog Semiconductor has announced plans to acquire iWatt, a provider of digital-centric power management ICs, for as much as US$345 million. Dialog said it will pay approximately US$310 million in cash, plus up to US$35 million in ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Electrical, Electronics
The UK's capacity in power electronics has received an £18m boost from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with the opening of the first EPSRC National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics. As ...
Tags: Power electronics, Electrical, Electronics
Sweden-based Episurf Medical has secured CE Mark approval for its Episealer Femoral Condyle, a personalized implant that helps in treating the damage in knee cartilage. The company obtained CE Mark after the product and its technical ...
Tags: Episurf Medical, CE Mark, Knee Implant
The UK’s Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has collaborated with British Glass and the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) to launch a new recycling communications initiative for local authorities. Aimed ...
According to the latest '2013 Global Sapphire Substrate Market Report' published by the LEDinside research department of market research institute TrendForce, sapphire substrate manufacturers are optimistic about the emerging demand for ...
Tags: substrates LEDs, LED, Electrical, Electronics
The UK's University of Manchester has used band engineering on indium phosphide (InP) to create indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistors (pHEMTs) with reduced gate current leakage and high breakdown ...
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Wound Management Technologies has signed a five-year distribution agreement with Academy Medical, to market its CellerateRX line of products to the Veterans Administration (VA) facilities in the US. The agreement includes a minimum ...
Tags: Wound Management, Academy Medical
Today the Department of Defense released the findings of an independent report on energy efficiency and sustainability standards used by the Pentagon for military construction. The report strongly affirmed the value of LEED-certified high ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, LED, LEED
Xicato, a leading provider of LED modules for retail, hospitality and specialty lighting environments, today announced that for the first time, lighting designers and specifiers can, with a single click on Xicato's website, identify a broad ...
Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) says it has—along with the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH)—engaged Canadian and American industry stakeholders to address concerns about "non-aligned regulator objectives, ...
Using biomass for energy is an important part of the renewable energy mix, says the European Environment Agency (EEA); however, bioenergy production should follow European Union resource efficiency principles. "Bioenergy is an important ...
Tags: Energy, bioenergy production, Bioenergy
Markus Tacke has been appointed CEO of Siemens Energy Sector's Wind Power Division. The 48-year-old Tacke (in photo) will take the helm August 1, 2013. He succeeds Felix Ferlemann who, at 53, is leaving the company by mutual agreement to ...
Tags: Siemen, Wind Power Division