PV market demand plunged rapidly as expected as it entered in the third quarter, driving significant price decline across the PV supply chain. Prices of solar cells and wafer have reached new low for consecutive weeks. Consequently, ...
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As a key role in manufacturing, CNC machine tools have been emphasized by developed countries. China's CNC machine tools occupied about 30% in 2015, which indicates a big gap with developed countries such as Japan, the United States, and ...
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TDK Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to establish a joint venture, TDK Automotive Technologies Corporation, to develop and manufacture automotive inverters for hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. I. ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed a 220W-output gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistor (GaN-HEMT) with what is claimed to be world-leading drain efficiency of 74% (in load-pull measurements) for 2.6GHz-band base ...
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Nippon Paper Industries has completed the acquisition of Weyerhaeuser’s liquid packaging board business for $285m. Under the deal, which was first announced in June, Nippon acquired Weyerhaeuser’s mill situated in Longview of ...
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Cargill has appointed Chuck Gitkin as chief marketing officer (CMO) for North America protein business. He will also be a member of the Cargill Protein Group’s leadership team. Previously, Gitkin was senior vice president of ...
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Harrison Packaging, one of Europe’s independent suppliers of printed cartons, has signed a deal to further automate its plant-wide ERP workflow, purchasing an EFI Packaging Suite. The company, which is based in Stockton-on-Tees in ...
''We are delighted to have partnered with OSS who will provide us with a team of committed and experienced sales agents,'' says KD UK's Seth Bishop. KD UK is hoping to bolster its independent channel sales resources, thanks to a new ...
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Power management company Eaton, a 2016 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year, today announced the expansion of the Lumark Night Falcon™ light-emitting diode (LED) Floodlight Luminaire family. With the addition of the Small and Large ...
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Michelin Group has broken ground on a passenger-tire plant in Central Mexico. It is the company's 69th global facility. Michelin Group's CEO Jean-Dominique Senard said: "Our actions here today demonstrate our confidence in Mexico's ...
The J. M. Smucker Company announced results for the first quarter ended July 31, 2016, of its 2017 fiscal year. All comparisons are to the first quarter of the prior fiscal year, unless otherwise noted. Executive Summary Net sales ...
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L-Nutra, a nutritechnology company, has released ProLon, a premiere 5-Day Meal Program that nourishes the body while promoting regenerative and rejuvenating changes through scientifically proven, plant-based foods. Developed at the ...
GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business has entered into an agreement with Sealed Air to further develop new films for bioprocessing applications. The companies will develop novel films for single-use bioprocess systems, as part of ...
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The campaign is calling on Disney to ensure living wages for workers and improved working and living conditions. Green America is calling for Disney to improve the conditions for workers in its Chinese toy factories. The campaign wants ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2016 (to 30 June), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – ...