The Government of Ireland, along with industry partners, will invest €35m in the construction of a new dairy facility in the University of Limerick and the expansion of Teagasc’s Moorepark Technology in Fermoy, Cork. This is ...
Tags: Dairy Processing, Dairy
Following its Manufacturing Advanced Functional Materials (MAFuMa) call issued in February, the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded £20m to 10 new research projects that aim to advance the ...
Tags: Functional Materials, Electronics
Evatec Ltd of Flums, Switzerland, which makes thin-film deposition and etch processing equipment for semiconductor, MEMS, optical and optoelectronic applications, has agreed to acquire the Advanced Technologies Segment of Oerlikon of ...
Tags: deposition systems, packaging, Electrical
Apple has forced Mac computers to update in an effort to patch security issues. This is in contrast to the normal update process that requires users to give the software a thumbs-up on their end. The Cupertino, California-based firm ...
Tags: Apple, Consumer Electronics
Anvil Semiconductors Ltd of Coventry, UK and the Cambridge Centre for GaN (part of University of Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy) have grown cubic GaN on 3C-SiC on silicon wafers by metal-organic chemical ...
Tags: green LEDs, silicon wafers, Electrical
Plastic container manufacturer SIPA has acquired all processes related to the production of injection-stretch-blow molding (ISBM) equipment at Italy-based PET packaging company Automa for an undisclosed amount. The company said that ...
Tags: ISBM Equipment, Agriculture
In stand D31 at LuxLive (the UK's biggest lighting show) at ExCel London (19-20 November), Plessey of Plymouth, UK is presenting the results of its partnership with Litecool Ltd of Sheffield, UK (which manufactures heat management solutions ...
Tags: LED lighting products, LED diodes
UK-based Plessey has announced the realization of high-volume, large-die LED performance based on its gallium nitride on silicon MaGIC (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) high-brightness LED (HBLED) technology. The large die benefits from ...
Tags: LED Technology, LEDs
Oak Furniture Land has been named as a finalist in the Multi-Channel Retailer category at the Oracle Retail Week Awards, to be held on 12th March next year. It is the only furniture retailer to have been shortlisted in the category, with ...
Tags: Oak Furniture Land, Furnishing
The dispersions segment is continuing to be one of the most active in the European coatings sector in the development of new technologies as well as investing in mergers and acquisitions and expansions in production capacity. Demand for ...
Tags: Dispersions, coatings sector
Sika has announced that half of all the cars produced worldwide - approximately 40 million vehicles per year - contain one of its products. One in four car windshields is adhesively bonded using Sika products. These “invisible” ...
Tags: Sika Products, vehicles
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) 1.2 kV six-pack power module family with a new 20A all-SiC module suited for 5-15 kW three-phase applications. Based on Cree’s C2M SiC MOSFET and Z-Rec SiC Schottky ...
Tags: Cree, SiC, Electronics
Along with the development of the stationery industry,and a powerful production channels, cost advantage,the quality level of products in China also gradually narrowed to the overseas product, however, lack of innovation consciousness and ...
Tags: Office Supplies, Stationery
Wednesday, September 03, 2014: In May 2013, Glunz & Jensen A/S acquired an initial 16.8 % stake in Othonia Curing Technology A/S (Othonia). Othonia develops an innovative computer-controlled UV LED concept for curing surfaces which is ...
Tags: UV LED Lamp, LED Lamp
While this decline was spread across all three market sectors — light metal packaging, steel drums and similar containers, and other containers (of a capacity exceeding 300 litres — it was most substantial in the light metal ...
Tags: Metal Packaging, Falling Demand