The export value of United States hardwood to China jumped 34 percent year-on-year in 2014 as the country increased its demand for more sustainably sourced materials for its urbanization program and for environmental projects. The value ...
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US-based snack food firm Tropical Foods has expanded its product range with the introduction of a new range of yogurt pretzel bags. The move comes in response to increasing consumer demand for sweet and salty snacks. Tropical Foods' ...
Princeton Power Systems of Princeton, NJ, USA - which designs and manufactures products for energy management, micro-grid operations and electric vehicle charging - has demonstrated for the first time a grid-tied bi-directional power ...
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In booth 4D18 at PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Asia 2015 in Shanghai (24–26 June), GaN Systems Inc in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for ...
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Volkswagen of America, arm of German automobile major Volkswagen, has partnered with renewable energy and carbon offset services provider 3Degrees for carbon reduction drive in California and Texas, while pumping in $10m to boost its ...
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Automobile manufacturers Nissan and BMW have joined hands for building a grid for charging stations to be used by electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) across South Africa. As part of the Memorandum of Understanding ...
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At the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2015) in Phoenix, AZ (19-21 May), M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, ...
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With brands such as Back to the Future and Wizard of Oz available through the new toys to life title, retailers are rejoicing at the potential new channels it is opening up. LEGO Dimensions will mark another success for the brand at ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, has launched the latest addition to its range of enhancement-mode ...
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Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan is launching what it claims is the industry's smallest enhancement-mode (E-mode) gallium nitride (GaN) power transistor, encapsulating into an 8x8 dual-flat no-lead (DFN) 'X-GaN' surface-mount package. A ...
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Amazon.com has announced plans to open a 1 million-square-foot distribution centre in Carteret, New Jersey, which is expected to create hundreds of full-time jobs at the site when the distribution centre opens (fulfilment centre in Amazon ...
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In booth #1348 at the 2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium & Exhibition (IMS 2015) in Phoenix, Arizona (17-22 May), Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated ...
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Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which manufactures silicon carbide (SiC)-based power products, has launched what it claims is the first 900V MOSFET platform. Optimized for high-frequency power electronics applications, including renewable ...
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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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Dematic helped to achieve a 15% increase in production at Parmalat Lidcombe and will now build a high bay warehouse for Smith’s Snackfood. PepsiCo’s Australian snacks division, The Smith’s Snackfood Company, has given ...
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