The SL Roadster family from Mercedes-Benz is raring to go with a new engine. The SL 400 is now endowed with a six-cylinder biturbo drive system. Despite half a litre less displacement the output has risen by 20 kW (27 hp). Plus there are ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, automotive
The UAE's Jebel Ali port plans to boost its annual container ships handling capacity by 27% this year with the launch of a new terminal to cater for rising demand for petrochemicals and aluminium exports in the runup to the 2022 World Cup ...
Tags: polymer output, Petrochemicals
ETH Zürich and Philips Technologie GmbH have developed 981nm-wavelength passively mode-locked electrically pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (EP-VECSELs) with “the shortest pulses (2.5ps), highest average ...
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US-based beer producer Saint Archer Brewing has launched its four core beers in 12oz cans designed by Ball. According to Ball, the beers brands including Blonde Ale, White Ale, Pale Ale and IPA will be available in recyclable aluminium ...
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has developed conventional aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) with record-breaking figures-of-merit (FOMs) for frequency and breakdown performance [Kumud ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
SemiTEq of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, which designs and manufactures high-vacuum and ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) equipment including molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) deposition systems, has launched a new generation of physical vapor deposition ...
Tags: PVD PECVD Etch MBE, Electrical, Electronics
Aura Linear by Applelec is a new range of high quality aluminium profiles that have been designed for linear LED lighting installations. The range will be officially launched at the May Design Series 2014 on stand J71 within the lighting ...
Tags: LED, LED lighting, LED strip, Lights, Lighting
The European Aluminium Foil Association's Alufoil Trophy 2014 is a showcase of brilliant products that use alufoil packaging and aluminium closures. Winning one puts a company on the top tier. Amcor won two. The panel awarded 12 ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, alufoil packaging
One year after the launch of the Diagon swivel chair, Girsberger is rounding out the range with a model with a high backrest. Diagon Executive is lavishly upholstered with ultra-soft padding and covered in high-quality pure aniline leather. ...
Tags: Swivel Chair, Chair, Furniture
Serac has taken 363 sqm of space at interpack, across two floors. It has rather a lot to show you. If you're interested it will send you free tickets to interpack. The company will be showing off its flagship products. The Combox-H2F, for ...
An open can is not portable. A resealable one is. Actega and Dayton Systems Group have created a pretty significant milestone in the history of the drink can. The patented two-piece can and dome design is engineered to attach to standard ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Shatters Glass
In 2012, FlexiCase rewrote speed, footprint and packaging size range for products in the home and personal care markets in particular. The new Flexicase adds an even lower footprint and height. End-of-line compactness is a ...
Dent 200 was created by designer Chak as an installation for the innermost stand at designjunction 2013. It spans two metres in diameter, with an interlocking cell structure based around a truncated icosahedron form; the form most commonly ...
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Sun Yat-sen University in China has improved the wall-plug efficiency of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on silicon by incorporating a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) [Yibin Yang et al, Appl. Phys. ...
Tags: InGaN LEDs, Silicon, semiconductor
The European aluminum foil market was stable but largely flat in 2013, with output edging up from 2012 levels, according to figures released by the European Aluminium Foil Association. "The outlook for 2014 is viewed optimistically, with ...