The latest analysis “2017 Global Lighting Market Outlook” by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, finds that LED lighting market to worth US $29.6 billion in 2016 and is to rise to US $ 33.1 billion as of 2017. Meanwhile, the ...
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Specialty chemicals supplier Milliken is planning to present its Millad NX 8000E clarifying additive tailored for extrusion blow molded polypropylene applications at the K 2016 trade fair being held in Germany from 19-26 October 2016. ...
Google Pixel XL vs Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Which big Android phone deserves your cash this year? We rather like Samsung's Galaxy Note 7. It's high-specced, looks gorgeous and has the best camera on the market. But there's a new ...
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The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has unveiled a new technology, which will improve Niagara region's ability to divert waste from landfills and manufacture products out of recyclable material. Niagara Region is claimed to ...
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ExxonMobil has launched two new grades to expand its Exceed XP Performance polymers portfolio for the packaging industry. The two new grades Exceed XP 6026 and Exceed XP 6056 will be showcased at K 2016 event scheduled to be held in ...
The UK's University of Cambridge and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have developed single-photon emission devices using layers of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) [Carmen ...
Jing Zhang, an engineering faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, has received a $305,000 grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to acquire an inductively coupled plasma reactive-ion etching (ICP-RIE) system for ...
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UK-based LED maker Plessey has announced the first standard LED module based on its Stellar beam-forming technology. The new standard module is said to open up opportunities for creativity in industrial and architectural lighting design. ...
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LED maker Lumiledsof San Jose, CA, USA has launched the LUXEON 5050, a multi-die high-power package that provides high flux at high efficacy, enabling system designers to reduce LED count and cost in outdoor and indoor fixtures. "The ...
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Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized photonic solutions to OEMs, has expanded its OmniCure product line with a higher-power UV LED curing system for fiber optic coatings. The new OmniCure AC8225-F+ ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has produced a broad-area laser diode with a lateral brilliance of up to 4.8W per millimeter and milliradiant (W/(mm*mrad)) in the laboratory. The more brilliant the laser, the more ...
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Packaging company Sonoco has invested an undisclosed amount in high performance film core production equipment in the US. The investment at its facility in Hartsville, South Carolina is expected to provide improved cores for various high ...
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Oracle Networking Group in the USA believes that it has made the first demonstration of an integrated surface-normal coupled laser array on a silicon-on-insulator photonics platform [Shiyun Lin et al, Optics Express, vol24, p21455, 2016]. ...
Packaging films manufacturer Toray Plastics (America) has launched white, easy-to-peel PET lidding film, LumiLid XL7W, for use with refrigerated and frozen dairy foods. The XL7W film is designed for refrigerated and frozen dairy foods ...
The upgrade to iOS 10.1 will let Apple's iPhone 7 Plus take full advantage of its dual lens camera to create a greater sense of depth in portraits. The only standout feature on the camera at launch was the 2x optical zoom, which allows ...
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