China's independent refiners nearly doubled their gasoil and gasoline production in January and output is expected to remain at high levels going forward as they maintain strong run rates, set up reformers, and continue to process light ...
Tags: independent refiners, gasoline
After unveiling its third generation of in-situ metrology tools last October, in-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany says that the EpiTT Gen3 is now available as the first representative of this Gen3 product class. ...
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has explored the 2016 outlook for the global shipping industry and believes that global shipping companies, and drybulk and containership operators in particular, will continue to face difficult ...
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Dassault Systèmes has introduced Perfect Production, a digital manufacturing operations management solution for consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail industry. The Perfect Production, which is based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, ...
Tags: packaged goods, plant efficiency
Nighttime light pollution, or sky glow, is the combined light from streetlights, parking lots, malls, office buildings, stadiums and other structures that brightens night skies and drastically limits the visibility of stars. Sky glow ...
Tags: LED Light, LED lighting
The open-access paper The role of photonics in energy, authored by a team including Zakya Kafafi of Lehigh University, editor of the Journal of Photonics for Energy, traces the development of the science of light from the Arab scholar Ibn ...
The redesigned 2017 Ram Power Wagon has been unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show. This is a rugged off-road pickup truck from Ram and comes with new exterior and with a range of upgrades. The 2017 Ram Power Wagon is based on Ram 2500 ...
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Operating performance in the quarter was strong and substantially above the equivalent quarter last year. The group increased EBITDA excluding special items by 21% to US$175 million, operating profit excluding special items by 51% to ...
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Japanese food company Ajinomoto and Japanese technology company Nippon Rika through a joint venture has established a company to manufacture Cysteine Hydrochloride, an amino acid that is used for food products and flavorings. The new food ...
The global visible light communication (VLC) market will post a remarkable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 64% to more than $8bn in 2019, according to the report 'Global Visible Light Communication Market 2015-2019' by ...
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Charles Wells has announced an increase of 4% in operating profit before exceptional costs alongside a steady programme of investment in its assets. The Bedford based brewer and pub operator recorded an operating profit of £8m in ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has unveiled its suite of 75Ω low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) and high-performance switches supporting higher data rates across ...
Shrink sleeve films are one of the fastest growing label segments, in large part due to the shelf impact created by their ability to provide a 360-degree product presentation. According to US firm AWA Alexander Watson Associates, shrink ...
Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co. have revealed some of their respective plans for global market dominance in 2016. Coca-Cola has kicked off 2016 with a new global marketing campaign called "Taste that Feeling". It is the beverage giant's first ...
Tags: Soft Drink, Coca-Cola, Pepsi
China retained its crown as the world's biggest shipbuilding nation in 2015, but with a 26% decline on year in newbuilding orders, chiefly due to "the abysmal state of the dry bulk market," Italian shipbroker Banchero Costa (Bancosta) said ...
Tags: Shipbuilding Sector, shipyards