The FDA won’t let 23andMe sell its Personal Genomic Service tests to consumers in the United States, but that hasn’t stopped the company from selling its customers’ anonymous information to other companies for research. ...
Teleflex Medical OEM Teleflex Medical OEM announces the launch of a dramatically redesigned version of its website. Wayne, PA Teleflex Medical OEM, a global leader in medical product development and manufacturing, announces the launch ...
Tags: critical care, surgery, Health
The 2015 International CES® will feature Hollywood stars, TV personalities, professional athletes and musical icons promoting the latest innovations revolutionizing the ways consumers live, work, play, connect and access information. ...
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Panasonic has launched its first Slow Juicer product for the U.S. market at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) as part of its expanded line-up of healthy-lifestyle small home appliances. The Panasonic Slow Juicer ...
Tags: healthy-lifestyle, frozen fruits, vegetables, Agriculture
A report by Juniper Research has found that will more than treble by 2018 with over 70 million devices in-use worldwide, compared to an estimated 19 million in-use devices this year. Juniper expects fitness to remain the dominant wearables ...
Tags: retail prices, smart watches, Sporting Goods
Standard Textile, a vertically integrated company in the institutional textile and apparel markets is expanding its Union County, South Carolina manufacturing facility. Standard Textile is expanding its existing Union County facility by ...
Tags: healthcare, hospitality, interior products, Textile
London and New York-based private equity investment firm Pamplona Capital Management will acquire US-based polyethylene films producer Charter NEX Films for an undisclosed amount. Charter NEX specialises in producing packaging for ...
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Following its Manufacturing Advanced Functional Materials (MAFuMa) call issued in February, the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded £20m to 10 new research projects that aim to advance the ...
Tags: Functional Materials, Electronics
Canada-based specialty label and packaging solutions provider CCL Industries will be investing in a new plant to produce aluminum slugs used in the impact extrusion process to make aerosol cans, tubes and bottles for consumer packaged goods ...
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More research is needed into the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), although emerging research suggests the method is an effective way to reduce or quit smoking, according to a review of research on e-cigarettes ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, Agriculture
Siemens may be saying Auf Wiedersehen to its healthcare business, but won’t be taking it public anytime soon. The German giant announced in November that it would legally separate its healthcare business from the rest of the ...
Tags: molecular biology, x-ray equipment, Health
More than 160 technology companies based in the Midwestern region of the United States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin) will debut their consumer ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) ® today announced that executives from Electrolux, General Motors, Philips and Qualcomm will take part in a panel discussion regarding How Mobile is Fundamentally Changing Our World at the 2015 ...
Royal Philips NV (PHG) plans to buy medical-imaging company Volcano Corp. (VOL) for $1.2 billion, in one of Philips’ largest acquisitions in years, according to a Bloomberg report. The purchase of San Diego–based Volcano will ...
US-based Menasha Packaging has acquired a flexographic press to meet the growth in demand for its products. The company provides graphic consumer packaging, merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging, shipping ...
Tags: merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging