Japanese brewing company Sapporo has agreed to acquire US-based Anchor Brewing for an undisclosed amount. Sapporo aims to continue Anchor’s traditions and legacy in San Francisco while growing the brand globally. Anchor Brewing ...
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Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser operating at output power of 4.5 W, which is 1.5 times higher than that of the conventional one even at 60ºC, the maximum operating ...
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Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan says that it has developed gallium nitride (GaN) diodes that can not only operate at a high current of 7.6kA/cm2 - four times greater than that tolerated by conventional silicon carbide (SiC) diodes with a ...
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Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan has developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser with light output power of 4.5W (continuous wave). Even at 60oC (the maximum operating temperature for lasers in general), this is 1.5 times higher than the 3W ...
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The European Union (EU) is planning to talk to Japan on opening the latter's beer market to the European countries prior to the signing of a free trade deal in 2015. The EU countries including France and Germany will ask Japan to alter ...
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South Australia's family-owned brewery, Coopers, said it experienced ongoing growth during the 2013-14 financial year with record sales and turnover figures. Its profits, however, dropped by 9.1%. Coopers is now the largest ...
Australian beer company Coopers Brewery enjoyed record beer sales for the 2013 calendar year, moving beyond the 70 million litre mark for the first time in the Company’s history, as market research organisation IBISWorld findings ...
Coopers Brewery has geared up for an expected rise in demand for its traditional Pale Ale, Sparkling Ale, Mild Ale and Stout products with the opening of a second bottling line at its Regency Park, South Australia, brewery. The new line, ...
For travelers visiting Japan this Christmas, a couple of design websites have compiled some must see lighting decoration sites. According to a Philips Lighting blog entry, while Japanese do not celebrate Christmas they are quite keen on ...
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The famine that plagued Renqiu County, Hebei Province from 1821 to 1851 forced local residents either to leave their homes or die. Among those that fled was Bian Fu, proprietor of a dumpling restaurant, who traveled with his family to ...
NEC is working on a new type of small data center unit that uses convection to slash power usage by a third, even in Japan's hot, sticky climate. The Japanese electronics giant said Tuesday it has designed a new type of portable data ...
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LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) says that at last October’s International Workshop on Nitride ...
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An outbreak of e. coli in Japan, reportedly linked to pickled cabbage, has killed seven people and sickened more than 100 others. The epidemic, which has hit the prefecture of Hokkaido, has resulted in the deaths of six elderly nursing ...
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Pickled cabbage contaminated with E.coli has led to a massive food poisoning outbreak in Japan,resulting in seven deaths and 100 cases of illness in the country. The pickled cabbage was produced by Iwai Shokuhin-a company based in ...
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The GaN wafers developed by NGK feature low defect density across the entire 2-inch diameter of the wafer surface and have a colorless transparency. NGK achieved this through proprietary improvements to liquid phase epitaxial technology for ...
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