Kinderhook Industries, a private equity firm based in New York, has purchased The Schawbel Corporation, maker of the zone mosquito defense brand, Thermacell. William Schawbel, founder and owner of The Schawbel Corporation, will continue to ...
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Aluminum electrolyticA polarized capacitor exhibiting a very high capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. Its value ...
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Timberland announced the "call for entries" for its inaugural Timberland Serv-a-palooza Challenge .a sponsored volunteerism competition the brand is hosting in partnership with CrowdRise. The six-week Challenge will encourage consumers to ...
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South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor has launched a new Acrich module optimized for omnidirectional lamps to meet ENERGY STAR requirements. This new module consists of the Acrich MJT 2525 series LED along with Seoul Semiconductor's ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that Vishay Semiconductor GmbH of Heilbronn, Germany has acquired a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system (delivered at the end of March) to expand its infrared ...
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Lululemon Athletica inc. Founder Dennis J. (Chip) Wilson has agreed to sell half his shares in the apparel maker equal to a 13.85 percent stake of the company to Advent International for approximately $845 million. The transaction has ...
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Delta Apparel, Inc. reported earnings fell 45 percent in the third quarter ended June 28, to $2.2 million, or 27 cents per share, from $4.0 million or 48 cents, a year ago. Revenues were down 7.6 percent to $123.5 million from $133.6 ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA says that that several of its solutions are powering the Nighthawk X6 platform from networking product maker NETGEAR of San Jose, CA, USA. The device is reckoned to be the ...
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UK-based etch and deposition equipment maker Oxford Instruments says that an additional PlasmaPro 100 plasma etch system has recently been ordered by the Center for Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication at the University of Science ...
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Beijing-based clean-energy power generating firm Hanergy Holding Group Ltd (parent of thin-film photovoltaic module maker Hanergy Solar) has completed the acquisition of Alta Devices of Santa Clara, CA, USA. Founded in 2007, Alta is a ...
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LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has announced sampling and volume availability of a complete line of 80 mil x 80mil rugged metal LED chips, including white, blue, and ultraviolet (UV) variants. The EV-80mil ...
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LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has announced sampling and volume availability of a complete line of 80 mil x 80mil rugged metal LED chips, including white, blue, and ultraviolet (UV) variants. The EV-80mil ...
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Respect Your Universe Inc. has hired Alex Briglio as vice president of sales and marketing. Alex joins RYU from speicalty glove maker Swany Canada. "We are thrilled to add Alex," said Marcello Leone, RYU's CEO, president and chairman. ...
Medtech giant Medtronic apparently hasn't slowed down on its appetite for using Apple technology internally—even as the iconic tech company is signaling its interest to compete more actively in the healthcare market. Fridley, ...
The medtech jobs picture looked rosy in 2013, with the top 15 device makers in hiring mode, according to an EP Vantage report out this week. Excluding pharmaceutical spinoffs, these companies expanded their collective workforce by 6%, the ...
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