Macfarlane Packaging, a UK-based distributor of protective packaging materials, has launched the new packaging innovation lab in order to help create bespoke, cost effective protective packaging solutions for customers. Located in ...
Tekscan announce the release of the new Nip Pressure Alignment Tool (NPAT). This tool is used to capture nip footprints and relative pressure distribution between nip rollers in the printing, paper, and packaging industries. This tool ...
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Sebastian Herkner’s O-Light at the Light + Building Fair Buschfeld presented the O-Light for the first time at the Light + Building Fair 2016. Designed by Sebastian Herkner, O-Light is the world’s first OLED light (30 cm ...
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Occhio presents The Universe at Light + Building Fair Munich-based Occhio presented “The Universe” at this year’s Light + Building Fair, being held from March 13 to 18. Their 400 square meters stand has planets floating ...
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Li & Fung Limited, which designs, sources and distributes consumer goods for many of the world's leading consumer brands, reported sales 2.4 percent to $18.8 billion in 2015. “2015 was a challenging year," said Spencer Fung, Group ...
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Leading global printing trade fair drupa prepares for launch under its Touch the Future theme, and packaging is a key focus. From 31 May to 10 June the who's who of the printing industry will gather in Dusseldorf to discover the next ...
Tags: Drupa, Touch the Future, Packaging, Print 4.0
After four years, Paul von der Heyde is stepping down as chairman of the British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the furniture industry's Government lobbying body. The new chairman is Jonathan Hindle, group managing director of KI (Krueger ...
Tags: BFC, KI EMEA, Industry Lobby Group
German packaging company Kisico has developed a cap which protects a package against counterfeiting through the use of a hologram. No additives, inks or labels are needed for the hologram as it has been fully integrated into the ...
Trends in consumer engagement will lead to the rapid rise of smart packaging solutions as costs become more manageable for brand owners. A new report by packaging industry researcher Smithers Pira predicts the global smart (active and ...
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Navitas Semiconductor Inc of El Segundo, CA, USA has launched its first products, which are claimed to be the industry's first gallium nitride (GaN) power ICs. Navitas was founded in 2013, and in 2014 investment firm MalibuIQ licensed the ...
Tags: GaN, Power electronics
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has announced the availability of volume shipments of its ...
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has signed global technology distributor Avnet Inc as distributor for all its product ...
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GE Aviation (an operating unit of GE) has been awarded a $2.1m contract from the US Army to develop and demonstrate silicon carbide (SiC)-based power electronics supporting high-voltage next-generation ground vehicle electrical power ...
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UK-based Cobham plc (which designs and manufactures equipment, specialized systems and components for the aerospace, defense, energy and electronics industries) has established a strategic partnership to incorporate the gallium nitride ...
Designed with a low profile and shallow installation depth for delivering task lighting from tight spaces, WAC Lighting’s new LED90 Edge Lit Button Lights are designed to be surface mounted or recessed. The versatile LED luminaires ...
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