At the ITF USA 2015 (Imec Technology Forum) in San Francisco on 13 July, nano-electronics research center Imec of Leuven, Belgium has reported a record 11.3% aperture-area efficiency and 11.9% active-area efficiency for its perovskite ...
Tags: IMEC, Thin-film PV, PV Module
UK-based Plessey Semiconductors is to lead a £1.3m UK government-funded project in conjunction with Aixtron Ltd (the UK subsidiary of deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany) and Bruker Nano ...
Tags: Semiconductors, deposition equipment, LEDs
According to the latest cotton report of the Indian Cotton Federation (ICF), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has managed to get a good response to their e-auctions recently. “Mills are buying for their near future requirements and ...
Tags: textile, cotton, cotton sowing
US Cloud-based driver risk management firm SambaSafety has added a functionality to Driver Risk Management (DRM) system that helps increase visibility of driver behavior data for efficiency and convenience. The new system empowers ...
Damaged vehicle repair firm ABRA Auto Body & Glass has announced acquisition of all 23 Kadel’s Auto Body units in Idaho, Oregon and Washington as part of its plans to bring new centers under its operating system in the US. With ...
Tags: collision repair, auto glass
Although many brand vendors have launched wearable products, orders for wearable devices may not be sufficient to drive growth for related component suppliers. The vendors have many different devices and each of them needs only a small ...
Tags: Wearable Devices, Smartphone, Mobile Device
Lower consumption of cotton will lead to higher ending stocks for both 2014/15 and 2015/16 relative to last month, says the US department of agriculture (USDA) in its estimate for this month’s world cotton supply and demand. For ...
Premium apparel brand Monte Carlo is continuing to expand aggressively in south India. After opening its exclusive brand outlet in Hyderabad about a fortnight ago, the brand has now opened a store in Coimbatore, taking the total number ...
Tags: Premium apparel, Apparel
McCain Foods is planning to invest $10m in the expansion of its Smithton potato processing plant in Tasmania, Australia. Work under the expansion includes the installation of a new $1.6m packing line at the facility, which produces french ...
Tags: food manufacture, vegetable, McCain Foods, potato processing plant, popato
Global e-commerce sales made via mobile devices are expected to cross $638 billion by 2018, according to a joint study by ASSOCHAM and Deloitte. In a statement, ASSOCHAM said the availability of e-commerce applications on various devices ...
Swedish consumer goods and paper manufacturer SCA has introduced GraphoStyle, a high-bulk lightweight coated (LWC) publication paper with printability on the lines of magazines. Claimed to be environment-friendly and capable of creating ...
Tags: SCA, high-bulk paper, lightweight paper, plastic bag, bulky LWC paper
The latest report on working conditions in Cambodia’s garment factories, compiled by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia Programme (ILO-BFC), has found a slight improvement in factories’ ...
Tags: garment manufacture, BFC, footwear, apparel, clothing
Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) has launched new bottles, remodeled and derived from 100% recycled plastic (rPET), for its Resource Natural Spring Water. Available in 700ml and 1L volumes, the bottle's material has been drawn ...
Tags: NWNA, rPET Bottle
Leading innerwear, clubwear, and costume manufacturer DG Brands, is set to implement the Simparel Enterprise solution by Simparel Inc., the innovator in next-generation information technology for the fashion and other soft goods industries, ...
Tags: DG, soft goods, ERP system
A scientist from James Hutton Institute and University of Dundee has been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant to undertake research on the fundamental mechanisms that underpin the inheritance of genetic characteristics ...