Xicato has revealed that it grew its year-on-year revenues by 43 per cent in 2013. The venture-backed company, which develops and sells LED modules to global lighting manufacturers, cited growth in the retail segment as one of the factors ...
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ABB says that it is receiving $2.1m of the $70m grant over five years from the Advanced Manufacturing Office within the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) that is funding the new Next ...
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Greiner Packaging, a subsidiary enterprise of Greiner Packaging International has established its US headquarters in Pittston Township, Pennsylvania. Greiner Packaging has already signed a lease agreement with Pennsylvania government for ...
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"We are excited with the challenge of assembling and manufacturing affordable bicycles in the United States," said Arnold Kamler, CEO & chairman of Kent International. "We feel that we have found a great partner in the state of South ...
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Range of plush toys and play sets is on the way Children's and family entertainment producer and rights management company Coolabi has signed a new deal with Character Options to become the master toy partner for the new animated Clangers ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK is to play a key part in a US public-private consortium of more than 25 companies, universities and state and federal organizations selected to lead the Next Generation ...
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Yole sees $13BN CMOS image sensor market by 2018 20 Jan 2014 Consumer and automotive applications to boost market as pixel resolution improves. High-performance CMOS Analysts at Yole Développement have updated their forecast for ...
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General Motors will invest just shy of US$1.3 billion ($1.45 billion) across five of its US manufacturing sites, with funding going towards production of a new V6 engine, an all-new 10-speed automatic transmission and an existing six-speed ...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a solid-state lighting (SSL) R&D funding opportunity 'Solid-State Lighting Advanced Technologies R&D – 2014' (DE-FOA-0000973). A total of up to $10m in funding is directed toward all ...
The 2014 SSL R&D funding opportunities apply to LEDs and OLEDs across the three previously defined sectors of core technology research, product development, and US manufacturing. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the ...
ArcelorMittal was recognized by the US Department of Energy this week for its leadership in the Better Buildings, Better Plants Program, which supports the Obama administration's target to increase energy productivity in the US by 2030. ...
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The US manufacturing sector expanded in November for the sixth consecutive month, and the growth gained momentum from the previous month, a leading industry survey showed Monday. The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) said the ...
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Noel Perry of FTR Associates is holding up four fingers and one thumb. He had asked a room full of Ontario trucking executives, rhetorically, “how many dry van carriers or reefer carriers have the capability to bid - in a big way - on ...
After five tough years, the global economic picture is starting to shape up for the better and Canada is well-positioned to take advantage of the new opportunities, according to David Newman, a transportation market analyst with Cormark ...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published the 2013 edition of the Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Roadmap, which complements the SSL R&D Multi-Year Program Plan that guides the Core and Product Development R&D programs. One ...
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