US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has developed a biodegradable plastic, dubbed a thermoplastic, can be used in disposable food containers. USDA have developed the thermoplastic in collaboration with Professor Jinwen Zhang of Washington ...
Packaging Innovations, the European trade exhibition, is all set to host new developments in packaging design, materials and technology, with many making their global or UK debut. The show, which opens on 27 - 28 February 2013 at ...
Led by Ayodhya N. Tiwari, a team of researchers in the Laboratory for Thin Film and Photovoltaics at Empa (the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) has raised the energy conversion efficiency record for copper ...
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Taiwan researchers have used a self-textured oxide mask (STOM) as a template to enhance the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of nitride 380nm ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 83% [Kun-Ching Shen et al, IEEE Electron ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that it is extending its XSP Series LED Street Light portfolio to deliver municipalities improved performance at more affordable price points. The new XSP2L LED ...
Tags: LED Street Light, LED Street Light output, LED street lighting
In November 2012, the unemployment rate of the 34 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries was stable at eight percent, unchanged from the previous month, according to new figures published by the OECD. ...
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It’s reported that China Nonferrous Metal Industry's Foreign Engineering & Construction Co. said that the company has signed an agreement valued US$712 million with Iranian Butia Steel to establish a steel plant in Iran. Under ...
According to study report of CARE Research, India’s steel demand could have annual growth by 6.7 % until financial year 2016-17, which is faster than the expected growth in Chinese during the same period. In line with domestic ...
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A survey reveals that 90% of people said they wouldn’t change their current mobile provider to have access to 4G. According to Virgin Media Business the top reason consumers will not change providers for 4G access is to save money. ...
Tags: mobile provider, 4G network, 4G access
The National Bicycle Dealers Association wants its members to know that it is not endorsing a service being offered by the Lex Group. Lex Group LLC, a company based in Burnsville, Minnesota, sent a letter to NBDA dealers last week ...
Tags: Lex Group, National Bicycle Dealers Association, bike industry
Recently, the science and technology department of Changsha city announced the list of “2012 Changsha Top Ten Science&Technology Event ”. YES TECH Magic Stage LED Displays Appeared in London Olympic Games" ranked 6th among the ...
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Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) is extending the revolutionary XSP Series LED Street Light portfolio to deliver municipalities improved performance at even more affordable price points. The new XSP2L™ LED street light increases lumen output ...
Tags: LED Street Light, LED, Street Light
Ukrainian steel pipe and wheel producer Interpipe has announced that its new electric furnace steelmaking complex Dneprostal (Interpipe Steel) has melted its 500,000th metric ton of steel. The mill has gradually increased its production ...
Tags: Steel produces, steel, steel pipe
News that Flowers Food has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder for various Hostess Brands bread brands in the US caught our attention this week. Meanwhile, an entirely different kind of horse got tongues wagging on this side of the pond ...
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The Iraqi Grain Board has bought 300,000 metric tons of wheat for delivery in March and April. Dow Jones reports that 250,000 tons were bought from Australia, while the remaining 50,000 tons was of Canadian origin. The Canadian wheat, ...