By optimizing various manufacturing processes, ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has raised the ...
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The Semiconductor's business unit of Raytheon UK in Glenrothes, Scotland (a subsidiary of Raytheon Company of Waltham, MA, USA) and Newcastle University's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering have collaborated to produce silicon ...
Tags: Raytheon, Newcastle University, Sic-Based Analog Circuitry
Several companies have announced moves to support clean production and ban harmful chemicals such as plasticisers or perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals from their production processes. In particular, Aldi, Lidl, Rewe/Penny, ...
Tags: Chemical-Free Packaging, PVC, The Cantonal Laboratory of Zurich
Covering more than 150 acres and serving an area of 725 square miles, the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP) in Washington DC is the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world. A quick check of its ...
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Researchers from the Tuskegee University in Alabama, US, have developed nanoparticles made of eggshells to increase the strength and flexibility of the biodegradable packaging material. They have created the biodegradable packaging ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has created a number of useful new resources to help stakeholders understand IES TM-30-15, which describes a new method for evaluating light-source color rendition. Created by an Illuminating ...
India based global flexible packaging company Uflex, in partnership with foreign technology partner, has developed the Flexfresh equilibrium modified atmospheric packaging (EMAP) which can extend the shelf life of fresh produce. Uflex ...
Tags: Uflex, EMAP, CO2, Packaging, Shelf life, Fresh produce
Swiss food company Nestle is planning to invest over €25m for expansion of its research and development center in Askeaton, Ireland. The expanded facility will be located at Nestle's current plant in Askeaton. The facility ...
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IFCO, the global provider of reusable packaging solutions, announced that its new Wood Grain Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) have entered the produce supply chain. The first of an anticipated 30 million Wood Grain Reusable Plastic ...
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, says that its GS66508P gallium nitride power transistors were ...
Tags: GaN Systems, E-mode GaN FETs, Power electronics inverters
The US Department of Energy's (DoE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with Washington State University (WSU) and the University of Tennessee, has improved the maximum voltage available from a cadmium telluride ...
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with ...
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LPS Industries, a leading producer of flexible packaging solutions, recently announced that its Vapor Flex Division is playing a key role as the manufacturer for a distributor that was recently awarded a two-year General Services ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has again raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, from 21.5% (reported in February 2015) to 22.1%, as certified at the Technology and ...
Tags: PV Cell, thin film PV
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material capable of doubling shelf-life of food products. The new material, which is free from chemical additives, has ...
Tags: Food Packaging Material, Packaging