Quiksilver, Inc. has completed the sale of its majority ownership interest in Surfdome, an online retailer of action sports products, to SurfStitch Group, an Australian based online retailer of action sports products. Quiksilver received ...
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It all happened very quickly in advance of the EU Environment Council’s meeting in Brussels on December 17. The EU decided to scrap the Circular Environment package because in 2015 “we want to put something on the table that is ...
Royal Philips NV (PHG) plans to buy medical-imaging company Volcano Corp. (VOL) for $1.2 billion, in one of Philips’ largest acquisitions in years, according to a Bloomberg report. The purchase of San Diego–based Volcano will ...
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced commercial availability of XLamp Extreme High Power (XHP) LEDs, a new class of LEDs enabling a system cost reduction of up to 40% for lighting applications, it is claimed. The first LEDs powered ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (to end-September), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optics market, has reported revenue of $43.7m, down 1.9% on $44.6m ...
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Dropping Chinese demand for imported thermal coal will likely have the biggest impact on US producers who sell into markets across the Atlantic, global research firm Wood Mackenzie said Wednesday, December 17. That is because the ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has extended its line of PAR and AR111 lamps to offer a full range of halogen ...
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Holly, ivy, bells, baubles and of course Santa himself plus elvin entourage; the design cues for Christmas packs are universal – and actually, not that unwelcome. But every year, a few brands break ranks and embrace something a bit ...
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The research also found that over half of all consumers (54%) consider certification labels as the most reassuring proof that environmental and sustainable development considerations have been taken into account. Other means of proof ...
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Volunteers from CCE and Every Can Counts will engage with members of the public about recycling whilst they are queuing to claim their free sample of Coca-Cola product available at the Christmas truck tour stops. While distributing free ...
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The US Department of Commerce on December 16 determined final anti-dumping tariff rates on Taiwan-made crystalline silicon solar cells either directly exported to the US or used in China-made PV modules for export to the US market, with the ...
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There will be 1.81 billion LED light bulbs shipped globally in 2015, hiking 59.9% on year and accounting for 13.9% of all lighting products, according to Digitimes Research. In 2015, 6.02 billion compact fluorescent lamps and 5.13 billion ...
British packaging company Benson Group will be exhibiting its premium carton board packaging solutions for the gift trade at Top Drawer in London’s Olympia this January. Benson primarily produces printed folding cartons for the food ...
Packaging solution providers Amcor has entered into an agreement to acquire Chinese flexible packaging business Zhongshan Tian Cai Packaging Company for $34.04m (RMB211m). The company said that the purchase price represents 7.1 times ...
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Starbucks China has opened the Chengdu Taikoo Li store, as well as anounced an enhanced partner experience through new opportunities with the launch of the new Starbucks Talent Exchange Program. Nestled in the recently opened Chengdu ...