European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
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In response to the shift in the lighting market toward semiconductor-based technologies creating new growth opportunities, lighting company Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany says that it is to invest about €3bn in new technologies and ...
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New research from the Netherlands has found that most Netherlands-based consumers pay little attention to the ingredients lists on food labelling. The study, which was commissioned by Unilever and was accepted on the 17 September 2015 by ...
Kraft Heinz is planning to expand its cream cheese manufacturing facility in Lowville, which will see 100 new employees being hired over the next five years. Currently, the Lowville plant, which makes Philadelphia brand cream cheese, ...
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Kraft Heinz is planning to expand its cream cheese manufacturing facility in Lowville, which will see 100 new employees being hired over the next five years. Currently, the Lowville plant, which makes Philadelphia brand cream cheese, ...
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Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient lighting platforms, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 first quarter ended June 30, 2015, highlighted by strong LED sales and ...
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Leyard Optoelectronic, a leading worldwide provider of LED display products and ancillary systems, and Planar Systems, a global leader in display and digital signage technology, announced they have entered into a definitive merger ...
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New Belgium Brewing of Fort Collins, Colorado, has selected to partner with Salient Management Company to empower its team with Salient's advanced performance management solutions. By integrating directly with the brewer's legacy systems, ...
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A blue glowing device the size of a peppercorn can activate neurons of the brain, spinal cord or limbs in mice and is powered wirelessly using the mouse's own body to transfer energy. Developed by a Stanford Bio-X team, the device is the ...
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Plessey announced UK’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) has officially granted £6.7 million (US $10.26 million) towards the expansion of the Plessey LED manufacturing facility in Plymouth, England. Solid state lighting forms a ...
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released the full text of the Trans Pacific Partnership on Thursday, providing the sporting goods industry its first opportunity to vet the details of the potentially historic trade agreement. ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the 2014 edition of its Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Roadmap. The Roadmap, which complements the SSL R&D Multi-Year Program Plan, intended for R&D programs, aims to guide ...
Tags: LED, OLED Lighting
The global photonics market is worth at least $150bn, according to analysis by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics (and owner of optics.org). The data were presented last week (4 September) by SPIE’s Industry and ...
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The emergence of applications in cancer diagnostics, cardiology and gastroenterology will help drive the market for clinical optical imaging to $2 billion by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new market report from the ...
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Now established in curing, UV LED technology is expected to find growth opportunities in disinfection, purification and other new applications by 2017, says a market analyst. Under its new technology and market report entitled UV LED ...
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