LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications, has announced that Ryo Nakao from NTT Photonics Laboratories (NTT) is using ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Horizon Pharma and SkyePharma have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Watson Laboratories (WLF) and certain related companies like Actavis Pharma, Andrx and Actavis Inc. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, a maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, which it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has released the Jumpr Stack (part of ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
In a presentation at the 10th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-10) in Washington DC, USA (26-28 August), AZZURRO LED Technologies of Dresden, Germany announced that it has demonstrated '1-bin' wavelength LED wafers. ...
Tags: Azzurro GaN-on-Si, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Are European trucks better than their North American brethren in terms of fuel economy? Given the price of fuel over there (you think we have it bad?), it's a question I've pondered more than once. And in a couple of weeks, we'll have an ...
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US agribusiness company Cargill is set to upgrade its poultry processing facility in Saraburi, Thailand with an investment of THB300m ($10m). The project, which is expected to be completed by July 2014, includes upgrading plant's food ...
US-based Dean Foods is set to shut down Denver-based Robinson Dairy in November, a move which will result in 40 job losses. The company is shifting production from Robinson Dairy to Meadow Gold Dairy facility in Englewood. The transition ...
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International Food Products has selected Epic Systems as engineering firm to develop the process and packaging lines for its $20m facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The project includes installation of product sanitary blending skids, batch ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners’ Firdapse (amifampridine phosphate), which is used to treat patients with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ...
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Medical device company LDR has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for commercial sale and distribution of its Mobi-C Cervical Disc (Mobi-C), for two-level indications in the US. The Mobi-C is designed for ...
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UK-based brand design agency Taxi Studio has created new packaging design for Mondelez International’s Cadbury Dairy Milk Pebbles. The US company approached Taxi Studio to provide packaging ideas for the new product to be submitted ...
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Menasha Packaging has introduced its new carded blister packaging X Card, which uses a cohesive application system and eliminates the heat and dwell time. According to the US-based graphic consumer packaging provider, the new blister ...
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US-based printing inks and pigments producer Sun Chemical has announced its plans to migrate to use the eXact series of spectrophotometers made by X-Rite/Pantone in a bid to support customers in the print and packaging industries. The ...
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The Resilient Floor Covering Institute released five industry average Environmental Product Declarations, making resilient flooring the first floorcovering category to offer industry average EPDs. Five types of resilient flooring were ...
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Researchers at A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unique gene that controls the generation of neurons, and play a crucial role in understanding serious diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Led by ...
Tags: Neurons Birth, unique gene