Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni have agreed on a pipeline route for crude oil export. In a communiqué issued at the end of a three-day visit by the Kenyan President to the neighbouring ...
Tags: Crude Oil, Oil Pipeline
London-based Opera Investments plc (which was formed to acquire businesses or or assets in the natural resources sector) has reached a non-binding heads of terms agreement to acquire SoloPower Systems Holdings Inc of Portland, OR, USA for ...
Researchers in the USA have developed vertical Schottky and pn gallium nitride (GaN) diodes on silicon with performance comparable to devices grown on much more expensive substrates [Yuhao Zhang et al, IEEE Transactions On Electron Devices, ...
Tags: electronics, semiconductor
Close to 100 textile mills that make synthetic yarn in Tamil Nadu stopped production on Saturday (July 18), as part of the decision taken at a meeting of the synthetic spinners group of Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF) in Coimbatore last ...
Tags: textile manufacture, yarn, synthetic yarn, synthetic spinners
Around 90 textile spinning mills, located in Tamil Nadu, will reduce their production of synthetic yarn by shutting down their units for two-days-a-week beginning tomorrow, according to media reports. The decision to stop production on ...
Tags: textile manufacture, yarn, synthetic yarn
Apparel brand Patagonia has introduced Merino Air Baselayer and what it calls the first-ever fusion of sustainably sourced wool and cutting-edge technology. “Merino Air offers outstanding warmth, more breathability and better fit ...
Tags: apparel manufcture, wool, Patagonia, Merino Air Baselayer
The Pakistani government has constituted a high level committee to bring about a ‘Policy Action Plan’ to redress the impediments confronted by the textile industry in increasing its exports, the media has reported. The ...
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has launched the EPC2107 (100V) and ...
Tags: electronic components, semiconductor, EGaN Power, wireless power transfer
Japan's Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd has developed vertical gallium nitride (GaN) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) capable of handling 50A forward current with 790V reverse blocking [Nariaka Tanaka et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol8, p071001, 2014]. "To ...
Tags: Vertical Schottky barrier, power supply, diodes Free standing
UK dairy companies are at the forefront of the food and drink industry’s efforts to enhance water efficiency, a new report has revealed. The Food and Drink Manufacturing Water Use Report demonstrates that there have been marked ...
Tags: food manufacture, dairy food, animal husbundry, water efficiency
X-FAB Silicon Foundries AG of Erfurt, Germany - an analog/mixed-signal and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) foundry - has announced what it claims is the first cost-efficient 180nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology for automotive ...
Tags: X-FAB, SOI, electrical components
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, extended a 6-month medium-term lending facility (MLF) worth 250 billion yuan (over 40 billion U.S. dollars) at an interest rate of 3.35 percent to 11 banks on Friday. The extension ...
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The unrepentant voices of complaining Australian consumers are ringing loud and clear. The latest instances have impacted on two of the country's best-known brands, Glad Wrap and Nestle's Allen's Lollies. Glad Wrap cuts through for ...
Tags: Nestle, Consumer Power
X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading More than Moore foundry, has announced the industry’s first cost-efficient 180nm SOI technology for automotive and industrial applications that need to operate in harsh environments. X-FAB's new ...
Tags: X-FAB, SOI technology, high-voltage devices, auto accessories
The National Union of Textiles Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) and the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture ( NACCIMA) have rejected the lifting of import ban on textile products ...
Tags: Textiles Garment, import ban, textiles products, textile