Osaka University in Japan has developed a liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) process for the growth of gallium nitride (GaN) in a sodium (Na) flux with a small amount of carbon (C) that, with the addition of lithium (Li) and gallium, can also be ...
Bern Unlimited Inc. has promoted Jeff Cavicchi, formerly National Sales Manager, to Director of Global Operations and named three new leaders to head up sales both in the U.S. and overseas. Cavicchi, a 20-year veteran of the bike ...
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Burnsville-based Valley Natural Foods has announced that it would invest $2m to open a wholesale meat processing plant in Northfield, Minnesota. The company has purchased 16 acres of land, including a building, for the new plant, Valley ...
US-based Ancera has raised $8.9m in Series A funding to develop technology that assists food producers to identity contaminants quickly. The funding round is led by existing investor Glass Capital, with participation from Packers ...
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Atkins Ranch is re-launching its lamb brand this month with participating Whole Foods Market stores across the nation with a focus on family. Atkins Ranch Founder and Director, Phil Guscott, says, "We believe good food brings people ...
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Despite indications the poll would be close, the London financial community has been dumbfounded by the decision of a majority of British voters to leave the European Union (EU). However, advocates of the 'Remain Case' were not ...
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A recent survey has raised the question of whose lives our autonomous cars will prioritise. What kind of ethical decisions will the first driverless cars make? It might be a funny question, but it's one with serious implications. If a ...
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Organto Foods has announced that it has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with a Mexico-based privately owned real estate investment management to form a new food and agricultural joint venture. The proposed joint venture will be ...
After the successful campaign on Kickstarter with $701,416 fund raised, considering that many consumers hope continue to pre-order iGulu (with original name "Artbrew"), the iGulu team decided to continue the campaign on InDemand. iGulu ...
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Researchers based in Taiwan and USA have increased the modulation bandwidth of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Jin-Wei Shi, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 26 May 2016]. The enhanced bandwidth was ...
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Brakes, the largest UK food distributor, by Sysco, the largest US food distributor. The Commission found that the takeover would not adversely ...
A May 25 Bloomberg report said that Chinese officials plan to ask their American counterparts during the upcoming eighth round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue about the chance of a Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate ...
American ride-hailing firm Uber has raised $3.5bn from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. This is the first time that Uber secured such a huge funding from a single investor. The investment will not affect the company's ...
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The landscape of the global OEM AIO (all-in-one) PC market will undergo a dramatic change in 2016 as number-two maker TPV-Inventa Technology begins making its gradual exit from the segment, according to Digitimes Research. Asia Vital ...
Vietnamese dairy company Vinamilk has fully acquired US-based Driftwood Dairy by buying the remaining 30% stake for $3m. The acquisition comes more than two years after the company bought 70% stake in the US company for $7m. Driftwood ...
Tags: Vietnamese dairy, Dairy products