Japanese brewing company Sapporo has agreed to acquire US-based Anchor Brewing for an undisclosed amount. Sapporo aims to continue Anchor’s traditions and legacy in San Francisco while growing the brand globally. Anchor Brewing ...
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The compound semiconductor market will rise at a CAGR of 11.24% from $40.452bn in 2017 to $68.915bn by 2022, driven by next-generation 5G technologies requiring greater speed and minimum latency, according to a report from Knowledge ...
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For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (ended 1 July 2017), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $639.9m, down slightly on ...
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III-V optoelectronic foundry Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global Ltd (CST Global, a subsidiary of Sweden-based Sivers IMA Holding AB) of Hamilton International Technology Park, Blantyre, near Glasgow, Scotland, UK says that it is ...
Renz has added the Argos F400 cold UV coating machine, and the Bindomatic Accel Cube and Accel Ultra thermal cover binding machines to its product portfolio. The Argos F400 cold UV coating machine with innovative cold UV curing ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that San’an Optoelectronic Co Ltd (China’s largest LED maker) has completed the qualification of its Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) process ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has unveilled its highest-flux-density LED. Packaged in a compact 4.0mm x 4.0mm footprint, LUXEON V can be driven harder than other LEDs in its class, it is reckoned, due to new die and packaging ...
Researchers in Russia claim “the first demonstration of an injection quantum well microdisk laser fabricated of III-V materials monolithically grown on silicon (001) substrate” [N. V. Kryzhanovskaya et al, Optics Express, vol. ...
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China has targeted installing 86.5GW PV capacity during 2017-2020 under the 13th Five-Year National Development Plan, including 54.5GW for ground-mounted PV projects and 32GW, or 8GW a year, for PV projects under the "Top Runner Program," ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2017 (to end-June), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $900.8m, up 5.8% on $851.7m last quarter and up 20% on $751.7m a year ...
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A major bottleneck in the commercialization of micro-LED displays is the mass transfer of micron-size LEDs to a display backplane, according to ‘3Q17 Micro LED Next Generation Display Industry Member Report: Analyses on Mass Transfer ...
Audi has joined hands with Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, to find out what is important for making optimal use of time in a self-driving car. The company started the 25th Hour, a project that is aimed at studying how to make ...
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Of all the possible scenarios, we couldn’t think of a worse time for our smartphone to reboot than during a call to the emergency services. So, reports the brand new OnePlus 5 is rebooting any time some users attempt to call 911 - ...
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The 2018 Honda Accord, which is claimed to be the first front wheel drive sedan to get a 10-speed transmission, has been unveiled in the US. It is the tenth generation Accord, which now comes with two-motor hybrid technology. Honda ...
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New York-based meat processor Marathon Enterprises is recalling over 7 million pounds of hot dog products over contamination with extraneous materials, particularly small pieces of bone. According to the US Department of ...
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