Australian and New Zealand label converter Hally Group will be acquired this month by New Zealand-based Hexagon Holdings. Hally Group's subsidiaries include Hally Labels in Brisbane, Christchurch and Auckland, AC Labels in Sydney, and ...
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The global market for functional and barrier coatings for paper and board packaging is expected to reach over $7.1 billion by 2020, according to a new report. Published by packaging industry researcher Smithers Pira, the report found that ...
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Peloton, the technology-enabled, vertically integrated, at-home fitness provider of live and on-demand instructor-led classes, has received a $75 million growth capital investment from Catterton, the leading consumer-focused private equity ...
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The main challenge of growing gallium nitride (GaN)-based high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on silicon substrates is the lattice mismatch between GaN and AlGaN that causes a high tensile stress and often leads to cracks. Now, by ...
AlGaN/GaN and InAlN/GaN structures combine high electron mobility and high critical electric field strength and are excellent platforms for the production of next-generation RF and power electronics devices such as high-electron-mobility ...
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ASX-listed Collins Foods, which owns KFC and Sizzler restaurants in Australia, has reported profit growth for the six months ending the 18 October 2015. Total revenue was reported as AUD$269.7 million, a 5.1 per cent increase on the same ...
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Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Business Expectations Survey indicates a fairly subdued outlook for the first quarter of 2016, as results continue to fall short of expectations. As the new year approaches, businesses are reporting lowered ...
Publicly-listed organic infant food producer Bellamy’s has entered into a multi-million dollar agreement with dairy producer Fonterra. The strategic agreement has been made for five years and Fonterra Oceania Managing Director ...
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New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra has entered into a five-year strategic alliance with Bellamy’s to produce a new range of infant formula powders in Australia. Bellamy's Australia will supply organic ingredients to Fonterra ...
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LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the polypropylene (PP) compounding assets of Zylog Plastalloys (Zylog) of ...
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Clariant is planning to set up a new healthcare packaging manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. To be built in Cuddalore, the proposed plant will see around CHF10m ($9.7m) in investment. It will cater to the growing ...
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd in the UK has been improving its indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-on-silicon light-emitting diode (LED) technology [Liyang Zhang et al, Journal of the Electron Devices Society, vol3, p457, 2015]. A light output ...
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Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, says that, to support its accelerating ...
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Royal Philips announced Ledra Brands Inc. as its 600th member to its EnabLED Licensing program, continuing the growth trend which has added 100 new members in the last 9 months. The large number of members that have joined during the rapid ...
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Tridonic GmbH & Co KG, a leading manufacturer of LED lighting components and systems and part of the Austrian lighting company Zumtobel Group, has sold its LED signage business to U.S.A.-based AgiLight.. With the acquisition of ...
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