Globally, the Ikea Group's net income for the financial year 2014 amounted to €3.3b – the same as that reported for the previous year. Market conditions continued to improve with strong performance in China and North America, and ...
Tags: stores, Flat Performance, Furniture
Transphorm Inc, Transphorm Japan Inc, and Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd have announced that Fujitsu Semiconductor group's CMOS-compatible, 150mm wafer fab in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan, has started mass production of gallium nitride (GaN) ...
Tags: GaN Power Devices, Electrical
The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) is proud to announce a record number of educational sessions will be offered during LEDucation 9 for continuing educational credits (CEUs). As the premier lighting event dedicated to ...
Daniel Feezell, an assistant professor in the University of New Mexico’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a $500,000 US National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, ...
Tags: gallium nitride, Electrical
A guideline has been issued by The China Banking Regulatory Commission to encourage greater allocation of bank loans to companies and industries involving in environmental protection, and energy-efficiency projects. The future projects that ...
Nora Lighting Executive Vice President Jilla Farzan spearheaded a team effort to raise funds and donate building materials for Homes For Our Troops, a privately-funded non-profit organization that builds specially-adapted homes for vets who ...
Tags: rail systems, recessed lighting, multiple lighting systems, Lights
BASF showcases chemistry’s contribution at the BAU trade fair from January 19-25 in Munich. In hall A6 booth 303 the company presents numerous solutions including products to raise the energy efficiency of buildings. Other exhibits ...
Tags: flooring solutions, grouts, Construction
Automotive locking system maker Kiekert has introduced an LED door latch with unique safety, security and product-branding features. The industry first technology has an LED warning light built into the latch which helps other drivers and ...
Tags: LED Door Latch, LED warning light, Auto
Power management company Eaton will showcase its innovative and energy-savings solutions for the residential building and construction industry at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders’ Show® ...
Tags: industrial, retail, institutional, Lights
A team of US scientists has developed a novel nanowire coating for clothes that can both generate heat and trap the heat from our bodies better than regular clothes, according to reports from American Chemical Society’s (ACS) journal ...
Barry Snyder has joined Axalta Coating Systems as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Snyder will report to Axalta Chairman and CEO Charlie Shaver and be responsible for all of the company’s research and ...
Tags: VOC products, alcohol division, Construction
The market for residential energy efficient lighting is in the midst of a transformation, particularly as prices for LEDs decrease and new lighting technologies emerge. Many residential applications center on LEDs that are connected, ...
Tags: LEDs, lighting controls, Lights
Safety Tip Extension springs should always be restrained with a safety cable that ties it to a solid point on the horizontal door track. This will ensure that it doesn't 'fly-off' in case the pulley, cable, or the spring itself breaks ...
Tags: Garage Door, Construction
The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is awarding the 2015 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering to Isamu Akasaki, M. George Craford, Russell Dupuis, Nick Holonyak Jr and Shuji Nakamura for “the invention, development, and ...
Tags: LED Lighting, diode applications, Electrical
Posted in Mobile Health by Nancy Crotti on January 7, 2015 A little more than a year ago, a top executive of Qualcomm Life predicted that smartphones would one day be considered medical devices. Qualcomm's 2Net Hub is a ...
Tags: smartphones, medical devices, Health