The impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on China and non-TPP major Asian manufacturers South Korea and Taiwan will be minimal. However, other non-TPP Asian nations (particularly textile manufacturers) and small domestic ...
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After acquiring a stake in a U.S. medical device firm last year, the world’s biggest electronics manufacturer is in now talks with another medtech company. Brian Buntz Foxconn is now making components for the ViSi Mobile device ...
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The Conservative Party has reiterated its plans to forge ahead with plain cigarette packaging legislation as well as promoting “clear food information”. In a section on health in its new manifesto, the party states: ...
A few big names in the tobacco industry have sued the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday over recent guidelines about mandating pre-approval of labelling changes in tobacco products. Companies including RJ Reynolds, Lorillard ...
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching transistors based on its proprietary Island Technology for power conversion and control applications, has signed an agreement with ...
The National Association for the U.S. Sewn Products Industry (SEAMS), will focus its Spring 2015 Conference beginning April 23, 2015 on helping fashion, textile and other soft goods companies grow their businesses. Scheduled for April ...
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In the EU, packaging of consumer products has long been an environmental challenge for manufacturers and retailers. As governments try to meet national recycling and recovery targets, they are questioning manufacturers’ commitment to ...
Plessey Semiconductors of Plymouth, UK has expanded the European network for its GaN-on-silicon LED products by entering into a sales representative agreement with electronics distributor ROM Electronik Ltd (based near Istanbul) for ...
Oregon-based Boyd’s Coffee along with the Canadian coffee roaster Club Coffee will be launching 100% compostable, fully certified single-serve beverage pod. Developed in conjunction with international experts and scientists at the ...
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Gerber Technology has launched the AccuMark 10 intelligent pattern design, grading, planning, and marker making software solution. In addition to digital printing capabilities and other features that increase productivity throughout the ...
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At the CSTPF Show, which begins from April 14-16, 2015 in Shanghai, Kornit Digital will show two high-productivity printing systems: the 6 colour plus white Avalanche Hexa and the Kornit Storm II. In a press release, Kornit said it will ...
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The LED industry is now fully embracing the fast-growing lighting market as (based on revenues) LED lighting has become the largest sector among LED applications, surpassing LCD backlighting in 2014, and is expected to be the major driver ...
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Don't panic if you see a driver in a moving car with no hands on the wheel because chances are the vehicle is self-driving. Such scenes, previously only found in fiction, are likely to be reality very soon. In late March, Volvo ...
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In order to meet increasing export demand, Indonesian knitwear producer PT Pelinitra Gunawan has installed a third Montex stenter from A.Monforts Textilmachinen and supplied by its agent DKSH. In the year 2000, the company opened its ...
The Xiamen International Industrial Exposition (XMIE), also known as China Xiamen Machinery and Electronics Exhibition (CXMEE), exclusively authorized by China’s Ministry of Commerce, is jointly organized by the China ...
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