Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that it is pushing ahead with research on perovskite solar cells within the three-year project PeroBOOST (running from March 2016 to February 2019). Aixtron ...
ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has set a world record for thin-film photovoltaic cell energy ...
Tags: ZSW, silicon cells
DuPont Nutrition & Health plans to turn its plant in Grindsted, Denmark, into a carbon dioxide neutral facility by next year. To achieve this, the company will retrofit the plant's large coal boiler to burn wood chips. By doing so, ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has received the first order from a Chinese customer for its GENxplor R&D molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system. Nanjing University is scheduled to ...
Pakistan International Airways (PIA) has signed a three year agreement with Symphony’s distributor Business Dynamics for conversion of the airline's normal plastic packaging into d2w biodegradable plastic. PIA, which is the first ...
Packaging solutions provider Georgia-Pacific (GP) Corrugated has acquired Southern California-based Reliable Container, for undisclosed amount. The deal also includes Reliable Container's converting plants in Santa Fe Springs, California, ...
UK based packaging maker RPC Group has agreed to acquire packaging firm British Polythene Industries (BPI) in a deal worth about £261m ($379m). Under the terms of the deal, each shareholder of BPI will receive 470 pence in cash and ...
Tags: Polythene Industries, packaging
VisIC Technologies Ltd of Nes Ziona, Israel, a fabless developer of power conversion devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MISHEMTs) founded in 2010, has announced the ...
Tags: GaN-on-Si, power transistor
STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland says that its silicon carbide (SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) devices have enabled the ZapCharger Portable (claimed to be the world's smallest ...
Tags: transistor, Electric-Car Charger
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has commenced sample shipments of its MAMF-011057 and ...
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA - which designs and manufactures indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets - has been awarded a $4.7m purchase order ...
Tags: optical chips, fiber-optics
Cargill's protein business headquarters will remain in Wichita and relocate from 151 North Main Street to a new office building which will be built at a yet-to-be-determined site within the city limits. The company's decision was made ...
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Fiber-based packaging solutions manufacturer Evergreen Packaging has developed a new carton, SmartPak, to meet the increasing demand for different sizes in the market. The SmartPak Cartons has been launched in a new cross-section with 40 ...
At the PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2016 event in Nuremberg, Germany (10-12 May), Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe showcased its technology lineup, highlighting innovations including passive components, ...
Tags: GaN power devices, SiC
Kush Bottles, a supplier of packaging solutions and accessories for the legal cannabis industry, announced the launch of the marijuana industry's first online system that allows customers to design custom-branded packaging solutions. This ...
Tags: Kush Bottles, generic packaging