Lighting giant Acuity has bought a specialist manufacturer of LED drivers to extend its focus on solid-state lighting. Light manufacturer Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) has acquired eldoLAB Holding BV, a designer and manufacturer of ...
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Seoul Semiconductor, has announced a 0.6T side view LED that achieves 8.8 lumens, the world’s best performance in light output, to occupy the fast-growing phablet market. (phablet: smart PHone and tABLET PC) This new side-view LED ...
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Cree, Inc. announces the release of its second-generation SiC MOSFET, enabling systems to have higher efficiency and smaller size at cost parity with silicon-based solutions. These new 1200-V MOSFETs deliver industry-leading power density ...
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Inventor and TAFE educator Keith Higgins has criticised the lack of support in his home country, after he had to look to China for help developing his LED lighting innovations. Higgins told the Blacktown Sun that, over five years, he ...
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It's been eons in coming, but pre-ordered BlackBerry Z10's will start being delivered in Australian from Monday. More than four years has elapsed since BlackBerry brought out its first touchscreen model, the Storm, in late 2008. It also ...
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It is reported that Austrian integrated steel maker Voestalpine planned to upgrade its special steel business in Europe, US and China with the acquisition of coating facilities and processing units. However, the company has announced ...
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Alternative Packaging Solution is all set to construct a new $2m packaging materials plant in Bugesera district, Eastern Province, Rwanda. Alternative Packaging Solution manager Leon Sebutakirwa told The New Times that the company aims to ...
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North American manufacturer of molded foam components and packaging solutions Sonoco Protective Solutions has announced plans to invest up to $10.5m to open a new manufacturing facility in Celaya, Guanajuato Mexico. The investment will ...
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Baumann Global Packaging is all set to supply a new MKH-4 cartoning line for an ice cream producer in Dubai, as part of a contract. The scope includes the design, manufacture, testing, packaging, installation supervision and commissioning ...
Diecut UK has installed automatic diecutter with a sheet size of 2120x1500 at Creative Cardboard, a packaging producer in Australia. The Redline has a top feeding section enabling it to feed all grades of corrugated and also display ...
UK-based post-mold labeling supplier T.W. Parkers has installed two Gallus EM 430 S lines at its plant in Bootle on Merseyside in a bid to broaden the scope of its production capability. According to Gallus Group, the two flexo presses ...
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Bioplastics supplier in Australia, Plantic Technologies is all set to supply new ‘Plantic eco Plastic’ trays to the Netherlands-based Profish Food, as part of an agreement. Plantic eco Plastic has been designed to enhance the ...
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US researchers have converted the pulp derived from crushed wine grapes into a biodegradable packaging solution. The researchers at Oregon State University in the US revealed that the pulp, which comprises stems, skins and seeds and is ...
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Asia Packaging Group has received acceptance from the TSX Venture Exchange for its proposed acquisition of the operating business of Yuanxing Package (China) through the acquisition of all of the share capital of Jiayuan Investment, for ...
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UK-based label printing and finishing machinery supplier AB Graphic International has installed the new SabreXtreme laser label cutting system at Springfield Solutions. Springfield operations director Dennis Ebeltoft said, "The new ...