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Researchers Accelerate Graphene Revolution with Laser Pulse

Nov 27, 2015

Physicists from the University of Exeter in collaboration with the ICFO Institute in Barcelona have used a ground-breaking new technique to trap light at the surface of the wonder material graphene using only pulses of laser light. ...

Tags: Laser Pulse, electronic products, graphene

Japan to Phase-out Incandescent and Fluorescent Lights by 2020

Nov 27, 2015

The Japanese government intends to phase out the country’s incandescent light bulbs and fluorescent tubes by 2020, and convert all lights to LEDs, reported Asahi Shinbun. The policy was formulated ahead of the 21st Conference of the ...

Tags: LED lamps, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes

LG Display Starts Scaling up OLED Production Following Multi-Billion Plant Investment

Nov 27, 2015

LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it will invest KRW1.84 trillion (US $ 1.60 billion) to begin building a new panel plant in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, with production ...

Tags: LG Display, OLED panels

Melbourne's Splatt Partners with PE Labellers

Nov 27, 2015

Melbourne-based packaging and processing specialist Splatt Engineering has signed a partnership deal with Italian company PE Labellers, which has decided to add Australia to its growing global footprint. PE Labellers’ methodology is ...

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Jamestrong Primed for Metal Printing Investment

Nov 27, 2015

Jamestrong Packaging has purchased a metal printing press which it claims is the “world's fastest”. The KBA MetalStar 3 will be used in Jamestrong's Milperra NSW plant as part of a $13 million installation. Managing director ...

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Change of Agent for Thonet

Nov 27, 2015

German furnishing brand Thonet, whose iconic designs have had considerable influence on the furniture industry for nearly 200 years, has announced key changes to the distribution of its product range in Great Britain and Ireland. Sales in ...

Tags: Thonet, furniture industry

The Furniture Awards – Revisiting The Winners of 2015

Nov 27, 2015

The Furniture Awards, a scheme which sets out to identify the best new products launched at the January Furniture Show, created by Furniture News magazine in partnership with the show’s organiser, will take place again this January. ...

Tags: Furniture Awards, drawers, sofa, Nucleus chair

Matalandirect. COM Expands Into New Furnishing Categories

Nov 27, 2015

MatalanDirect.com has added rugs, blinds and curtains to the site, marking an expansion into five product categories in five months. Shane Quigley, CEO of MatalanDirect.com, comments: "Growing from bathrooms into five product categories ...

Tags: MatalanDirect.com, rugs, curtains

Flexiload Consolidates Chinese Operation

Nov 27, 2015

Cabinet furniture supplier Flexiload is consolidating its operations in a single base in Beijing, with the aim of improving administrative, cost and time efficiency, and also plans to grow its sourcing team and employ a dedicated designer. ...

Tags: Flexiload, furniture, Chinese Operation

Cosmo to Boost Its BOPP Capacity

Nov 27, 2015

Flexible packaging specialist Cosmo Films has announced it will install a 10.4m BOPP line by early 2017. The production line will increase the manufacturer's annual BOPP production capacity from 140k to 200k MT. The installation will be ...

Tags: Flexible packaging, Cosmo Films, BOPP films

Bottle Cap Proves 'illuminating'

Nov 27, 2015

A plastic bottle cap that senses and reacts to music and movement through use of a smartphone has been released in Japan. Brewing company Kirin's Illumicap has a built-in wireless communication and lighting system which can illuminate the ...

Tags: plastic bottle cap, Illumicap, smartphone

Ardagh Wins Gold for Canned Tomatoes

Nov 27, 2015

Glass and metal packaging company Ardagh Group won gold at this year’s Cans of the Year Awards in Scotland. Ardagh produced a partial internal lacquer in a DWI can for ConAgra Foodservice’s Hunt’s tomatoes in the US, and ...

Tags: Ardagh, DWI can, coatings

Amcor Says Yes to Yollies Yoghurt Range

Nov 27, 2015

The manufacturer behind a yoghurt-on-a-stick range is making use of Amcor's easy-peel-and-release film technology. The Ireland-based Kerry Group's yoghurt lollies, called Yollies, are made from "extra-thick" yoghurt that's "firm enough to ...

Tags: Amcor, easy-peel-and-release film, dairy packaging

Nestle Gets a Heap of Publicity for Gold Leaf Coated Kit Kats in Japan

Nov 27, 2015

Nestle has released 500 single gold leaf covered Kit Kats to be sold in Japan only. Unlike a usual Kit Kat, the ‘Sublime Gold Kit Kat’ comes in a single bar instead of the traditional four bar serving. The gold leaf covered ...

Tags: Nestle, Kit Kats

a Transport Revolution Is Coming

Nov 27, 2015

Researchers led by a team at UNSW Australia have used the Australian Synchrotron to turn the discovery of an ultra-low density and corrosion-resistant magnesium alloy into the first step toward mass-producing ‘stainless ...

Tags: stainless magnesium, cars, trucks

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