Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film photovoltaic panels, has produced a 23.2% efficiency thin-film cell based on its proprietary tandem junction ...
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DX, a leading independent mail, parcels and logistics end-to-end network operator in the UK and Ireland, has announced its intention to launch an initial public offering in order to begin trading on the Alternative Investment Market at the ...
Anta Sports Products Ltd. reported revenues declined 4.5 percent in its year ended Dec. 31, to 7.281 billion yuan ($1.18 billion) compared with 7.622 billion yuan in 2012. Net profit slid 3.2 percent in the same period to 1.314 billion ...
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Launches of new bread products have generally continued to rise globally and, within that, products using health claims of some kind made up over 42 per cent of the total in 2013, according to findings from market research organisation ...
Fiber-based materials manufacturer Ahlstrom has launched a new biodegradable molding material Ahlstrom NatureMold, for food packaging applications. Claimed to combine environmental credentials, product differentiation, and performance all ...
Ahlstrom, a Finnish producer of fiber-based materials, has unveiled a biodegradable molding material, designed for food packaging. The patent-pending product is claimed to provide key benefits to food processors, including heat resistance ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2013 of $331.7m, down 36% on 2012's $516m, with all of the firm's businesses experiencing down cycles. LED & ...
Tags: Veeco MOCVD MBE ALD, Epitaxial deposition, process equipment, Electrical
Introduction A glass material becomes smart glass when it is coated or laminated with some smart material or when sensors or other electronics are embedded into it. Smart glass has found used in buildings as well as in vehicles. This ...
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Food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has announced the launch of a new shape for its Tetra Brik Aseptic carton packaging, offering brand differentiation opportunities. The new version, which has two crystal shaped panels on the ...
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Agropur Cooperative today held its 75th Annual General Assembly with some 600 members, employees, business partners and guests from the Agri-Food industry in attendance, and reported solid financial health and a strong market position, ...
To enter into symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, host plants reprogram their root cells. An LMU team has now identified a calcium-binding protein complex that can be persuaded to spontaneously induce the formation of root nodules. ...
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Admedus has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market an advanced cardiovascular scaffold, CardioCel, which is designed to repair and treat a range of cardiovascular and vascular defects. The approval is ...
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D-Link has cooperated with China-based information security software solution provider Qihoo 360 Technology to launch a smart WLAN router, the D-Link 360Mini, for co-branded sale in the China market, according to D-Link. D-Link 360Mini is ...
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There were several in the past few months alone – Covidien acquired Given Imaging for $860 million (this is Covidien’s fourth Israeli company acquisition in a little over 18 months); Baxter acquired FlowSense for $9.5 million; ...
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In 1984, with only $25,000 in Chinese government funding and a dusty 20-square-metre bungalow as their headquarters, a small group of scientists in Beijing founded a firm called New Technology Developer Inc. Thirty years later, the tech ...
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