Researchers in Germany have developed gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on silicon carbide (SiC) layers on silicon wafers [Wael Jatal et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 11 December 2014]. ...
Tags: Cubic Silicon Carbide, Electrical
Two baby and toddler food companies: Beech-Nut is 123 years old, Rafferty’s Garden is 7. Both lead with peak nutrition claims. Beech-Nut makes glass packaging part of this. Rafferty’s Garden uses flexible pouches. Let’s ...
Tags: glass packaging, baby food, Packaging
China’s Xidian University has been developing III-nitride double heterostructures (DHs) with indium gallium nitride (InGaN) channels with a view to high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [Yi Zhao et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol105, ...
Tags: HEMTs, InGaN channels
The Volvo FH and Volvo FH16 are now available in a version with an extra-low roof, designed specifically for mining operations with high demands on productivity, and for applications with a crane operating above the cab roof. "Certain ...
Tags: Low Sleeper Cab, Volvo
Ardagh has given Norwegian seafood company, King Oscar a very merry Christmas. First, the standout can’s King Oscar Easy Peel lid won Silver in Ends, Caps & Closures at the Canmaker Summit in Hong Kong. Then, the piece de ...
Danish brewer Carlsberg has partnered with British beverage can maker Rexam to launch limited edition Christmas cans of Tuborg Pilsner beer. Through the partnership, Carlsberg's Tuborg Pilsner beer will be available in Rexam's 1 litre ...
Tags: Beer, Christmas cans, Agriculture
Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
Ohio State University and University of Illinois at Chicago have developed deep ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on III-nitride semiconductor nanowires [Thomas F Kent et al, Nanotechnology, vol25, p455201, 2014]. The ...
Seoul City Hall in South Korea. Andrew Hudson and Viv Lister Australian exporters are set to benefit from the KAFTA from as early as 12 December 2014, following a last-minute exchange of Diplomatic Notes between Australia and Korea, and ...
Tags: Trade Agreement, exporters, importers, Service
Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
Tags: retail packaging, Packaging
NTT Basic Research Laboratories in Japan has used a hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) layer to release and transfer gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) from sapphire substrate to thermally conducting copper, ...
Tags: Boron Nitride, GaN Transistors
Finland-based paper and packaging company Powerflute has acquired core and coreboard manufacturer Corenso for €102.3m. Powerflute had previously announced that it would invest around €81m in the acquisition. However, the ...
Guala Closures Group, along with Lyon-based Manufacture Génerale de Joints (MGJ) has developed a new range of liners with different levels of oxygen permeability rates for the wine industry, utilisng Oenoseal-branded technology. ...
Tags: wines, oxygen permeability, Agriculture
A new device that appears to be a follow-up to the Nokia Lumia 1020 has cropped up on the internet. The first ever Microsoft Lumia device may have been the low-end Lumia 535, but Microsoft evidently has a high-end model in the works. ...
Tags: Microsoft, Consumer Electronics
At the 11th China International Forum on Solid State Lighting (SSL CHINA 2014) in Guangzhou (6-8 November) – where representatives from industry, research and governmental organizations gathered to discuss recent developments and ...
Tags: Mocvd Technology, Electrical