After two tough years of stagnation, in 2014 the power semiconductor device market returned to growth, rising by 8.4% to $11.5bn, according to the report 'Status of the Power Electronics Industry (February 2015 edition)' from Yole ...
The number of LED lamps installed for general lighting in Europe (including indoor & outdoor accent and functional lighting for residential, commercial and government areas) will rise from 288 million in 2014 to 2.9 billion units in 2019 at ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market
BASF is going to significantly increase its production capacities of bismuth vanadate pigments in Besigheim near Stuttgart. The additional capacities will be available as of 2017. Bismuth vanadate pigments are yellow pigments with a special ...
Tags: BASF, Bismuth Vanadate Pigments, Pigments
BASF plans to invest up to €56 million in the expansion of its Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) value chain over the next four years. PVP is a polymer which is used in diverse industries, for example the pharmaceutical or the personal and ...
Tags: binding properties, PVP market, Construction
Indian restaurant search service provider Zomato has acquired US-based food portal Urbanspoon for $52m in an all-cash deal and intends to raise approximately $100m through a fresh funding in a month in order to fuel growth. This purchase ...
Tags: food portal, Indian restaurant, Food
Clariant recently played host to the car refinishes and automotive coating market in Guangzhou, China. At the Automotive Coating Association (ACA) Seminar, officiated by Chief of Guangdong Qingyuan Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone Bureau ...
Tags: coating market, Hi-Tech Industrial Development, Construction
Cabela's, Nike and Under Armour was among 10 online retailers that earned spots on the Kurt Salmon Santa’s Good List for Holiday Shipping for speedily delivering multi-unit Cyber Monday orders in an average of 2.6 days, more than ...
Tags: Outdoor Brands
Mexican baking company Grupo Bimbo's subsidiary Canada Bread has agreed to acquire Saputo Bakery, a subsidiary of Canadian dairy company Saputo, in a C$120m ($103.27m) deal. This acquisition of Canada's leading producer of snacks cakes ...
Tags: Canada Bread, Saputo Bakery, snacks cakes
Yahoo India, one of the leading Internet corporations, is set to provide access to Flipkart, India’s leading online marketplace, directly on its homepage. Users can now get easy access to the Flipkart shopping site while ...
Tags: Flipkart shopping site, Apparel
Over half of UK consumers believe energy drinks are bad for ier health, but sales of the drinks are reaching record levels anyway, according to global market research organisation Canadean. Canadean said that to secure the success of this ...
Tags: Energy Drinks, Health Concerns
GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for anticorrosion coatings in China was worth more than RMB 36 billion in 2013, with sales of roughly 1.4 Mn Tons. The study finds that growth in 2013 was only 2.8 percent, ...
Tags: Domestic Market, China, Decoration
ORGATEC gears up for a spectacular events for innovations and new impulses in six halls on 105,000 square meters of space.The fair runs from 21-25 October 2014 at the Koelnmesse exhibition grounds. More than 600 companies from 40 countries ...
Lotte Liqor’s first beer, Kloud, burst onto the market with aplomb. “We expect to bring a change in the history of Korea’s beer industry, often reputed as ‘boring,’ with this kind of real beer,” the ...
Tags: Beer Market, Krones, Packaging
The Ferrero Group, one of the market leaders of the confectionery industry, has continued to strengthen its presence in the hazelnut market by acquiring hazelnut producer Oltam Group. Oltan Group, based in Trabzon in Turkey, is a ...
Tags: Ferrero Group, Hazelnut Farm, Food
BDT Media Automation GmbH is contributing its expertise in B2 format feeders for digital printing. Fujifilm Dimatix is adding its know-how in inkjet printheads for commercial and industrial printing. And Phoseon Technology is bringing ...