UK-based LED maker Plessey's new Orion beam forming module has been shortlisted in two categories (Manufacturer of the Year and Enabling technology of the Year) in the 2016 Lux Awards, which celebrate and reward creativity and ...
Tokyo-based equipment maker Disco Corp has developed the KABRA (Key Amorphous-Black Repetitive Absorption) laser ingot slicing method. Implementing the process is said to enable high-speed production of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – says that its New Delhi-based ...
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Developed around a simple wooden frame, EXPO is a creation by Studio Nespoli e Novara. Alberto Novara, architect from the Lombard studio, recounts: “The EXPO project was born from the memory of an old, solid wood carpenter’s ...
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designjunction has announced plans to create a super facade structure at its London show in King’s Cross from September 22 to 25 – designed by leading architectural firm Satellite Architects, alongside Danish design curators, ...
With only one month left to go, the Helsinki Design Week recently published their 2016 programme. The design festival breaks its record by offering more than 250 events from September 1 to 11 under theme ‘Better’. During ...
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After 110 years from its foundation, a time during which it has become a hallmark of world architecture, Margraf has inaugurated the first edition of Marble Stories in Chiampo, near Vicenza. It is an international exhibition, which will ...
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White-box tablet shipments were down 15.3% from sequentially to reach only 13.8 million units in the second quarter because the quarter was a slow season for North America and Europe, while demand from emerging markets also remained weak ...
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Efforts to reduce China's steel production overcapacity are forging ahead according to plan, the top economic planner said Wednesday. In a medium-term roundup of the drive, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said, in an ...
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South Korean UV LED and blue LED chip maker Seoul Viosys Co Ltd has filed a lawsuit with the Federal District Court of Southern New York accusing P3 International (a US-based manufacturer of home electronics products that sells its products ...
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For fiscal first-quarter 2017 (to 2 July 2016), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $697.6m, up ...
Researchers based in UK, France, Australia and the USA have developed a chemical epitaxial lift-off (ELO) technique for full 2-inch-diameter gallium nitride (GaN) grown on sapphire and free-standing substrates [Akhil Rajan et al, J. Phys. ...
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Toscotec has installed its PM1 machine at the Rossmann Group’s Papeterie Sical facility in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. The PM1 machine has been installed at the facility to produce container board products. The machine, which has ...
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Toray Plastics (America) is set to invest around $45m to expand its Front Royal facility in Warren County, Virginia, US. As part of the expansion, the firm will add extrusion capability and a new production line to the facility, helping ...
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Verso, a producer of flexible packaging, technical, and label and converting papers, released Metallized Paper – When Performance and Sustainability Meet, Products Shine, the sixth installment in its popular PAPERWORK series. This ...
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