American meat processing company Tyson Foods has selected western Tennessee as the location of its new $300m chicken production complex. Tyson Foods had originally planned to construct the project in eastern Kansas, near Tonganoxie in ...
For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (to end-September 2017), optical and photonic optical component and subsystem maker Lumentum Holdings Inc of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported revenue of $243.2m, down 5.8% on $258.1m a year ago due to softer ...
Tags: optical component, subsystem
US-based Alpha Packaging has acquired Graham Packaging’s blow molding facility located in Etten-Leur, Netherlands, in a bid to expand its operations in the European market. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquired ...
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Stora Enso has collaborated with Microsoft to provide cloud-based intelligent packaging solutions for the global clients. Stora Enso’s intelligent packaging will use Microsoft Azure, a cloud platform for business digitalization. ...
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd of Seoul, South Korea has launched the ‘D-series Special Color’ family of chip-on-board (CoB) LED lighting packages, which are engineered to bring out the most desirable color tones of objects whose ...
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For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (to end-September 2017), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $155.6m (split about 48%:52% between ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco has reported an increase of 9.6% in its net sales in this year’s third quarter compared to the same quarter in the last year. The sales have been increased due to higher selling prices, as well as sales added ...
Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France – a subsidiary of Safran and Thales that makes infrared (IR) detectors for aerospace, defense and commercial markets – says that its detector Tropomi is among the instruments launched on ...
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Petainer, a container manufacturer and supplier of plastic packaging for beverages, has been selected by Canadian coffee firm Berendo as packaging partner to support the launch of the latter’s B2B wet coffee business. Berendo ...
In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany recently shipped a comprehensive EpiCurve TT/Pyro 400 in-situ metrology hybrid system to an industrial customer in North America. The metrology station combines automated in-situ ...
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After narrowly missing out on entering IHS Markit’s top 10 for 2016 and first-quarter 2017, Nationstar (whose primary markets are lighting and signage) has broken into the top-10 ranking for packaged LED firms for Q2/2017, according ...
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Thin Film Electronics has provided its near field communication (NFC) technology to British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) over-the-counter (OTC) brand Flonase. GSK has deployed Thinfilm’s SpeedTap tags to create ...
Market insiders noted that TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.), the world's largest semiconductor foundry headquartered in Taiwan, will see a strong revenue performance as the firm won massive orders from multinational ...
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US Representative Frank A. LoBiondo said that the Cumberland County Improvement Authority (CCIA) has been awarded a $2.5m grant from the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) to build a Food Industry Commercialization Center near the ...
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Fujifilm is all set to unveil Inca SpyderX, a UV wide format press, and other advanced inkjet innovations at the upcoming SGIA Expo 2017 to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana. FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division ...
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