Taiwan exported US$1.5 billion worth of machinery in January, down 4.4% from the same month of 2013 due chiefly to a 31.1% decline in exports to mainland China, the biggest overseas market for the island's machinery. The Taiwan ...
Confidence is clearly returning within the UK printing sector, according to the latest BPIF Printing Outlook survey. When questioned regarding the general state of trade during the final quarter of 2013, more than half (55%) believed that ...
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Hospital equipment maker Hill-Rom(Batesville,IN)plans on cutting approximately 350 workers,or 5%of its global workforce,to save roughly$30 million annually.The restructuring efforts include a downsizing of the firm's European manufacturing ...
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Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (“Sun Capital”), a leading private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, announced the sale by an affiliate of its investment in Frontier ...
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Barry-Wehmiller has acquired Arcil, a Paris-based supplier of packaging technology for the fresh dairy and food industry, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is said to be Barry-Wehmiller's first within France and is expected to ...
EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, introduced the EVG®720 automated UV nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) system. Providing full-field ...
EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, has introduced the EVG®720 automated UV nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) system. Providing full-field ...
EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), nanotechnology and semiconductor applications, has launched the EVG 720 automated ultraviolet ...
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The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $827 billion equipment finance sector, showed their ...
Semiconductor capital equipment provider OEM Group of Phoenix, AZ, USA has opened its new Sales and Service Center in Yokohama, Japan. Operating from this strategic central location, OEM Group Japan G.K. has doubled its staffing in the ...
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The company also announced that it has entered into a multi-year supply agreement with Apple Inc. to provide sapphire material. GT will own and operate ASF® furnaces and related equipment to produce the material at an Apple facility in ...
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Boston Scientific, a manufacturer of medical devices, has completed the acquisition of Bard Electrophysiology, a division of C.R. Bard. The completion of this transaction enables Boston Scientific to provide a broader portfolio of EP ...
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To meet the needs of the high velocity world of e-commerce, conveyors and sortation systems must be a smart, fast and efficient component of a production or order fulfillment engine. Driven by the need for flexibility, speed and maximum ...
Semiconductor capital equipment provider OEM Group of Phoenix, AZ, USA has opened its new Sales and Service office in Hsinchu, Taiwan, complementing its existing re-manufacturing facility in Taiwan (which opened in 2010). The firm says ...
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US-based Stryker has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the medical device company Mako Surgical for $30.00 per share in cash with an aggregate purchase price of around $1.65bn. The acquisition is subject to customary closing ...
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