Chocolate and confectionery giant Ferrero’s Canada unit will be financially supported by the Ontario government in its C$90m ($72.31m) expansion project that is aimed at boosting productivity of an existing plant. The provincial ...
Global production of high-brightness LED chips is expected to grow 2.8% year-on-year to US$13.179bn in 2017, then at 2-5% annually during 2018-2022, forecasts Digitimes Research. The production value for automotive and display ...
Tags: LED chips, LED lighting
Electronics For Imaging (EFI) will exhibit at SGIA Expo how signage and graphics businesses can gain productivity and profitability advantages with a broad portfolio of digital production products, including the new EFI Pro 24f true flatbed ...
US-based printing and packaging solutions provider Medius has invested in Canon Solutions America’s Océ VarioPrint i300 sheetfed inkjet color digital press. Océ VarioPrint i300 press will support Medius in various ...
Tags: printing, packaging, Digital Press
Natpak enterprise, a products producer for different flexible packaging sectors, has purchased and installed a new Comexi F2 MB flexo press at its facility in Zimbabwe. The new press will complement the Natpak’s existing Comexi FW ...
Tags: Flexo Press, flexible packaging
INX International Ink has unveiled plans to expand its research and development (R&D) complex in West Chicago, US. Expected to be operational in July 2018, the facility will be added with 32,000ft² of space to increase the space to ...
The automotive lighting market is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7%, from $25.7bn in 2016 to nearly $27.7bn in 2017 and $35.9bn in 2022, estimates market research firm Yole Développement in its report ...
Tags: Automotive LED lighting, LED
US-based cookie and cracker manufacturer Kellogg Company has agreed to acquire Chicago Bar Company, the maker of protein bar brand Rxbar for $600m. The addition of Rxbar, made from whole food ingredients, is expected to strengthen the ...
Petainer, a container manufacturer and supplier of plastic packaging for beverages, has been selected by Canadian coffee firm Berendo as packaging partner to support the launch of the latter’s B2B wet coffee business. Berendo ...
Pharmacy technology provider Parata Systems has entered a group purchasing agreement with American Associated Pharmacies, a member-owned cooperative representing more than 2,200 independent pharmacies. Effective immediately, the new ...
In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany recently shipped a comprehensive EpiCurve TT/Pyro 400 in-situ metrology hybrid system to an industrial customer in North America. The metrology station combines automated in-situ ...
Tags: MOCVD, GaN-on-SiC
RF gallium nitride (GaN) device revenue rose by slightly more than 23% in 2016, and will increase at a compound annual average growth rate (CAAGR) of 14.1% to $733m in 2021, forecasts the Strategy Analytics Strategic Component Applications ...
After narrowly missing out on entering IHS Markit’s top 10 for 2016 and first-quarter 2017, Nationstar (whose primary markets are lighting and signage) has broken into the top-10 ranking for packaged LED firms for Q2/2017, according ...
Tags: LED market, Packaged LED
Solar-Tectic LLC of Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA says that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted it US patent 15/205,316 ‘Method of Growing III-V Semiconductor Films for Tandem Solar Cells’ for high-efficiency and ...
Tags: Thin-film PV, Glass Substrate
UK-based PCI Pharma Services has acquired pharmaceutical and healthcare contract packaging services provider Millmount Healthcare. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. For more than 20 years, Millmount has been ...
Tags: PCI Pharma Services, packaging