Unlike slow and steady batteries, supercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists ...
Tags: Supercapacitors, Vehicle Fuel
Due to increases in both shipments and conversion efficiency, Taiwanese PV cell makers experienced a record shipment growth in 2014, according to the latest report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. This growth was in spite of being ...
Tags: PV Cell, Sloar Cell
Healthy lifestyles, “clean” ingredients, at-home gourmands, value consciousness and e-commerce speciality products are set to be key food and drink trends for 2015, according to market research organisation Mintel. It’s ...
Tags: Key Trends, Food, Drinks
Capitala Finance has recently invested $20m, with warrant participation, in Tender Greens Holdings, a grower, packer, and shipper of niche tender leaf salad greens to markets throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Headquartered ...
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Soft drink manufacturer A.G. Barr has acquired cocktail company Funkin, in a deal worth £21m. The deal includes initial cash consideration of £16.5m and close to £4.5m, which will be offered when certain financial ...
Tags: Cocktail, Cocktail Business
One of the best moves Floors and More ever made was a year into the company’s life when its founders Dan and Brenda Billingsley decided to take their tile store from a city address to its current location on Interstate 30, a direct ...
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Taiwan topped global rankings last year for LED component output value, and the industry is expected to keep up 14% growth throughout 2015 to reach US $5.37 billion, according to statistics compiled by Taiwan’s Photonics Industry and ...
Tags: LED Component, LED Chip
EBay, India’s leading online marketplace, has signed an MoU with Delhi Hindustani Mercantile Association (DHMA), a 125 year old association of over 4,000 Indian fabric traders, in an attempt to get more local traders and artisans into ...
Tags: Online Market, fabric traders, Apparel
Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC (Royal) a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal) has announced the completion of its acquisition of the assets of Advanced Polymers International (API) from PCI Paper Conversions, Inc. (PCI). ...
Tags: slot die, flexo, air knife, mayer rod, Construction
New York-based investment company Gramercy Property Trust has acquired Alpha Packaging’s 211,000-square-foot manufacturing facility located in Overland, Missouri, for $11m. The property in the St. Louis County, which serves as ...
Tags: food, beverage, pharmaceutical industries, Agriculture
The collectables specialist has announced a roster of new releases for 2015 featuring some of the most celebrated and niche licenses of recent years. Funko has revealed a swathe of new Pop, Retro-Pop and ReAction figures for the year ...
Tags: animated movie, Toys
The fledgling wearables market will be thrust into the mainstream by the upcoming arrival of the Apple Watch, T-Mobile CEO John Legere has predicted. Despite a number of high profile devices having already hit the market – including ...
On 12 November, Packaging News organised a conference in conjunction with British Glass, bringing together members of the UK glass industry to discuss ways of improving recycling in Britain. The central London conference included talks ...
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For many LED makers, 2014 has been a challenging year, with performance in the first and second halves of the year very polarized for many, notes Roger Chu, research director of LEDinside (a research division of TrendForce). Lighting market ...
Tags: LED Makers, Entry Level, Electrical
Stevia manufacturers are making moves to target the dairy sector, with global stevia producer PureCircle launching a product aimed specifically at this category. PureCircle is a leading global producer of “high-purity” stevia ...
Tags: Dairy Sector, Agriculture