LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has appointed Daniel Castillo as president, Lighting, leading both the commercial and consumer lighting businesses and reporting to chairman & CEO Chuck Swoboda. ...
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Monolith Semiconductor Inc of Round Rock, TX, USA has announced the availability of engineering samples of 1200V, 5A and 10A silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes in a TO-220 package. Manufactured in the 150mm SiC foundry of X-FAB Texas, ...
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have created a high-voltage and high-frequency silicon carbide (SiC) power switch that could cost much less than similarly rated SiC power switches, it is reckoned. The findings could ...
Despite strong opposition from traditional taxi operators and some governments, Uber and Uber-type ride sharing services, have proven very popular amongst travellers, according to a University of Sydney Business School survey. The ...
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Macao in southern China -- renowned as Asia's Las Vegas -- has tabled plans to become a hub to make traditional Chinese medicine more standardized and scientific and to further develop it to enable its products to be sold around the world. ...
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Husky Injection Molding Systems, the largest brand name supplier of injection molding equipment and services, announced that Greg Temple has joined Husky’s team in the role of Vice President Global Supply Chain and Operations. Greg ...
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The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and Ricardo have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work on powertrain electrification projects. As global specialists in transport, security, energy, ...
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Unilever has announced that it will invest undisclosed amount to establish a new global foods innovation center in the Netherlands. The innovation center is expected to be fully operational by April 2019. Located in Wageningen, the new ...
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UK pork products sold by some of the major supermarkets have been found to be contaminated with a livestock strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The University of Cambridge conducted a study to test 97 UK-produced ...
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Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei Saturday launched an Innovation and Experience (I&E) center in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub with an investment of six million U.S. dollars. The center, being the first in West Africa, is set up to ...
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In a 25,000-square-foot commercial office on the Rensselaer Technology Park campus in Troy, N.Y., scientists from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are making plans to install LED lighting with ...
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The global power amplifier market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 14% from 2016-2020, according to a report from Technavio that provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market. ...
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Frutarom Health has introduced a new patented natural ingredient made from olive and citrus extracts to expand its Mediterranean range of ingredients. The ingredient comes in powder form which can be easily dissolved in water. It can be ...
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iOS Foundation Program to Expand Opportunities Across Italy Apple’s first iOS Developer Academy opens in Naples, Italy. Apple opened the first iOS Developer Academy Thursday to train app developers on the world’s most ...
China set up an industry alliance for virtual reality (VR) on Thursday, in a move to accelerate the application of VR in entertainment, education and manufacturing. The Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance includes more than 170 ...
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