In its recently updated roadmap document (first published in 2011, and last updated in 2013), the Joint European Platform for Photonic Integration of Components and Circuits (JePPIX) predicts a €1bn market size for PIC-enabled products ...
Tags: Magnolia Solar Flexible CIGS, foundry approach, Electronics
Arcus Hunting, LLC, a Bregal Partners company, has completed its acquisition of premium bow maker Obsession Archery, Inc. Dennis and Angela Lewis, the company’s founders, will continue to lead Obsession following the acquisition. ...
Tags: Arcus Hunting, Obsession, Sporting Goods
South African private equity firm Ethos Private Equity has completed its previously announced acquisition of the tissue and corrugate division of Africa-based Nampak for an undisclosed amount. Both the divisions will be made autonomous ...
Tags: Ethos, FMCG business, Packaging
French sporting goods retailer Decathlon reported price cuts, a broader selection and omnichannel initiatives helped it post its second highest sales growth in a decade in 2014. At Decathlon France, net sales increased 4.33 percent, ...
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Catalent Pharma Solutions, a US-based provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, has acquired Australian pharmaceutical packaging business, Pharmapak Technologies, ...
Tags: delivery technologies, Pacific, Packaging
2016 will see the introduction of a break-frame illustrative style designed to position Barbie for a new generation of girls. Mattel has detailed new plans for its publishing division at this year's Bologna Book Fair. This year will see ...
Tetra Pak is rating its past year a success, with higher recycling rates, lower CO2 emissions and commercialisation of the world’s first 100% bio-based carton achieved. Tetra Pak has continued to make progress towards its 2020 ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Initiatives Reward, Packaging
Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has signed a sales representative agreement with Infinity Sales, a semiconductor manufacturers' representative in Southern ...
Tags: Oclaro, semiconductor, optical transceivers
Nissan has announced that the company will conduct a local trial run of a car-sharing network for residents of the Sakonyama Danchi District in Yokohama City, Japan, starting this March using its using ultra-compact EVs. Nissan will be ...
Tags: Nissan, ultra-compact EVs, Eletric Car
At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has announced the expansion of its gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon technology ...
Tags: Evatec Sputtering, PVD, Electronics
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has acquired MBE Control Solutions of Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Founded in 2005 by chairman & CEO Andy ...
Tags: MBE, software, Electronics
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for, RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched a portfolio of high-performance cable TV (CATV) ...
Tags: M/A-COM, CATV amplifier
Navabi, the global leader in women’s premium plus size fashion, has announced the appointment of ecommerce and fashion expert, Miriam Lahage as the Chief Merchant. The new position will see Miriam head up the online company’s ...
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Glanbia Ingredients Ireland has opened a €235m hi-spec infant formula standard facility in Belview, a move that will create 1,600 direct and indirect jobs in South East. The facility will manufacture specialized milk powder products ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, milk, milk powder
ABB will invest USD 30 million in building a new manufacturing site and expanding its customer experience center for its Low Voltage Products division near Memphis, Tennessee. The investment will initially create more than 200 jobs, with ...
Tags: ABB, low-voltage products