Lingering inventory issues from the port delays, ongoing foreign exchange headwinds for international companies and a tepid response from consumers at retail pushed down aggregate industry profits by 14% in Q3 to $3,529.3 million from ...
For its fiscal second-quarter 2016 (ended 1 November 2015), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $321.1m, up 8% on $297m a year ago and up 2.3% on $314m last ...
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Cree upgrades the campus of Thermo Fisher Scientific with LEDs and cuts up to 40% of the energy consumption per year. (Cree/LEDinside) After years of searching for the right partner to help implement LED lighting across its Asheville, ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has unveiled new Quantum Colors conversion technology – developed in part in the SSL4EU and Hi-Q-LED projects funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Ministry of Education ...
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Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Business Expectations Survey indicates a fairly subdued outlook for the first quarter of 2016, as results continue to fall short of expectations. As the new year approaches, businesses are reporting lowered ...
California-based Taylor Farms Pacific is recalling products containing celery and onions over fear of these products containing E. coli 0157:H7, a bacterium that causes diarrheal illnesses. The discovery came to light when samples ...
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Delta Packaging has awarded a contract to Electric Ireland under which the latter will supply electricity to power the former's site in West Belfast, the UK. Under the £500,000 contract, Electric Ireland will supply 5.8GWh of clean ...
The new Quantum Colors conversion technology from Osram Opto Semiconductors will set new standards in LED backlighting for TV displays as it offers much better coverage of the color space, significant cost savings compared with conventional ...
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The TV series is being made by BBC Cymru Wales Drama in partnership with The Weinstein Company and BBC Worldwide/Lookout Point. During filming in Russia, local production company Globus Film Studio took the decision to install over 1,200 ...
First Milk has agreed to sell its Glenfield Dairy business to Graham's The Family Dairy. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The Glenfield Dairy sale is intended to allow First Milk to focus on its hard ...
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Following a global commitment to sustainable fishing practices, McDonald's Spain will be the first restaurant chain to include Pacifical skipjack tuna certified by the Marine Stewardship Council on their national menu. January 2016, more ...
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When USF Holland sought more energy-efficient lighting for its 53 terminals, it chose Orion Energy Systems, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms. The partnership with USF Holland ...
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Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at Sydney Airport Air Cargo Facility have seized 18.5 kilograms of ephedrine concealed in a shipment of artwork. The shipment was targeted by ABF officers for closer examination. When ...
Lost revenue and frustrated customers are all too common for Australian SME who don’t successfully manage post and shipping services at Christmas, research commissioned by FedEx Express has found. The poll of 1,000 consumers and 400 ...
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Nestle has resumed production of its instant noodles product at the fourth plant, located at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand state, a move that comes after it was able to successfully re-launch Maggi Noodles in the Indian market earlier this ...
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