Siegwerk Druckfarben, one of the international suppliers of printing inks for packaging applications, labels, and catalogs, has signed a contract to purchase the printing ink manufacturer ACTEGA Colorchemie and its subsidiaries. The ...
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Rearchers in China claim the first radio frequency (RF) switch device based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs)-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) technology [Zhou Jiahui et al, J. Semicond. 2016, vol37, ...
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Samuels and his team hopes to raise £250,000 for Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital by taking on a 600km cycle around France in just six days. In a bid to raise £250,000 for Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital, Sambro’s ...
Tags: Sambro, Nikki Samuels, Charity Cycle Challenge, Alder hey hospital
Canada-based food manufacturing company Premium Brands has entered into agreement to acquire Montreal based C&C Packing and affiliate Premium Meat Packers for $146m, in a cash-and-share deal. The transaction, which is subject to ...
Tags: Premium Brands, C&C Packing, Aquisition, Premium Meat Packers
Unfortunately for Brits, Amazon is yet to announce plans to release its ever-improving Echo speaker in the UK. However, there now a workaround beyond importing one. The company has posted an official guide to building an Alexa-powered ...
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Called Cubetto, the play-set from Primo toys has secured over $400k on Kickstarter with a project that teaches youngsters the basics of coding. A tech-infused wooden toy play-set designed to teach pre-schoolers the basics of coding has ...
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Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has announced its line-up of fiber-optic transceivers designed to drive the data-center transition from 40Gb/s to 100Gb/s and ...
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It has a dosing head for every chemical for universal use. At the beginning of 2016, ProMinent extended the function range of the Beta b. The pump is now available with the option of a 0/4…20 mA input and can be operated with voltages ...
B&G Foods, Inc. has closed its public offering of 4,600,000 shares of its common stock, which includes 600,000 shares issued pursuant to the underwriter’s over-allotment option, at a public offering price of $33.55 per share. After ...
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South China University of Technology has shown improved power and efficiency performance for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with 1.2% indium-content multiple-quantum-well (MQW) barriers [Zhiting Lin et al, J. ...
Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
Sonoco, one of the global diversified packaging companies, has expanded its fiber certification program into Brazil and Mexico, as of mid-February 2016. Although most of the raw material used in our mills is 100 percent recycled fiber, ...
Everything you need to know about the Apple Watch 2 Want to know everything about the upcoming Apple Watch 2?Here’s what we know so far, including the expected Apple Watch 2 release date, new Apple Watch 2 features, and the latest ...
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Researchers in Korea have been developing improved non-alloyed contacts for gallium arsenide (GaAs) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [Seung-Hwan Kim et al, IEEE Electron Device ...
Korea University has been working to improve metal contacts on aluminium gallium indium phosphide (AlGaInP) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Dae-Hyun Kim et al, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol55, p032102, 2016]. In particular, the research team added ...
Tags: AlGalnP, Tantalum barrier, LED