InterLumi Panama, the 1st international lighting & LED trade show in the region, will be a reality at the fairground ATLAPA Convention Center from the 6th to the 8th of July of 2016, under the efforts of the organizer America Expo Group. ...
Tags: LED trade show, lighting
Bridgestone has announced that it will invest $164m over a period of five years to expand its passenger tire manufacturing plant in Wilson, North Carolina. The company wants to improve the plant's global competitive position by installing ...
Tags: Bridgestone, Investment, Expansion
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has reported full-year revenue for 2015 of €197.8m, up 2% on 2014's €193.8m. Contrary to expectations, San'an Optoelectronics Co Ltd (China's largest ...
Ford has invested $145m at its Cleveland engine plant in the US to manufacture its new EcoBoost engine. According to the car maker, the investment will create 150 jobs at the site. This move is part of the company's 2015 UAW collective ...
Michelin Americas Truck Tires is launching the Michelin X Line Energy Z for line-haul steer applications. The company says that the new tire will deliver 20% more mileage. It features a new, ultra-fuel-efficient casing, so the improvement ...
Michelin Americas Truck Tires has introduced MICHELIN Auto Inflate. It is an easy, wheel-mounted tire-management solution that allows fleets to automatically maintain optimal tire pressure. Leaky valve stems, extreme temperature changes ...
Honda Ridgeline pickup truck has been unveiled at the Canadian International Auto Show. The company said that the new pickup truck will be available during the first half of 2016 with a combination of advanced features and capabilities. ...
Germany-based automotive electronics specialist HELLA, in collaboration with GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (a fabless developer of gallium nitride-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control ...
Tags: Electric Vehicle, GaN Systems
The global metal-organic chemical vapor phase deposition (MOCVD) market for power electronics is will rise at a striking compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 40% to more than $205m in 2019, according to the report 'Global MOCVD Market ...
Tags: MOCVD, Power electronics
Australian packaging company Amcor has acquired flexible packaging firm Deluxe Packages in a deal that is valued at around $45m. Deluxe Packages will be operated as part of Amcor's newly-formed Flexibles Americas business group. Based ...
Tags: Deluxe Packages, Packages
For fiscal second-quarter 2016 (to 26 December), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $94.1m (slightly above the $88-94m guidance). This is up ...
Tags: Oclaro, Wireless sales
Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, will offer 72-hour visa-free entry for international transit passengers starting Jan. 1, 2016. The policy covers travelers from 51 countries, including 37 in Europe, six in the ...
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A new report in the scientific journal "Nature" is generating new discussions among researchers about which paths modern humans took out of Africa to help populate the rest of the world. The report notes Chinese research done on 47 ...
Tags: Human Evolution
Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting and the City of San Jose officially announced a project to pilot 50 Philips SmartPoles, which bring together energy efficient LED lighting and fully integrated 4G LTE wireless technology by ...
Tags: Philips, Smart Streetlights, LED luminaires
Jindal Films Europe is planning to increase metallizing and extrusion capabilities at its Brindisi site in Italy, as part of its broad reinvestment strategy. Work under the proposed expansion includes installation of a 10.5m biaxially ...
Tags: Concept Car, polypropylene