LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA says that it is the only company to meet the Premium specifications of the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) in four main product families. LUXEON LEDs, within the high-power, color, chip-on-board (CoB) ...
Volkswagen's subsidiary Porsche announced that it will showcase four of its vehicles at the New York International Auto Show this year. Four different versions are available to order in the U.S.: Panamera 4, Panamera 4S, Panamera 4 ...
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US ride-hailing firm Lyft has raised $600m in new round of financing at a $7.5bn valuation. The investors in the funding round include KKR, Baillie Gifford, Alliance Bernstein, Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) ...
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Loews has agreed to acquire US-based rigid plastic packaging manufacturer Consolidated Container Company (CCC) from Bain Capital Private Equity for about $1.2bn. Based in Atlanta of Georgia, CCC offers packaging solutions to stable end ...
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German rigid industrial packaging firm Mauser Group has introduced new skINliner barrier technology for intermediate bulk container (IBC) and rigid plastic packaging applications. Mauser skINliner is said to aggregate the advanced barrier ...
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It was just a few days ago that news broke of Apple ending its licence agreement with British graphic chip-maker Imagination Technologies, causing the latter's stock to plummet. As the revelation broke, a statement from Imagination ...
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2 Sisters Food Group is planning to close its Smethwick poultry processing facility in the West Midlands, which could impact 630 jobs. The ageing poultry factory located at Bevan Way in the Alpha Business Park has considerable challenges ...
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Barbequed meats manufacturer Rupari Food Services has agreed to divest almost all of its assets to a subsidiary of Carl Buddig and Company. The sale of the company is a natural next step for Rupari Food Services, who had been seeking a ...
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Flexible packaging firm ProAmpac has acquired US-based Trinity Packaging for an undisclosed sum. Based in Armonk of New York, Trinity provides flexible packaging solutions to the lawn and garden, food and specialty industrial markets. ...
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Russian meat and feed producer Cherkizovo has agreed to acquire domestic grain producer Napko for around RUB5bn ($88m). Cherkizovo will also assume the net debt of the grain producer which stood at RUB751m ($13m) as of 31 March 2017. ...
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Flint Group has appointed Dr Pablo Steenwinkel as technical director for its Flexible Packaging business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Dr Steenwinkel joins Flint Group on May 1st 2017 from Avery Dennison, where he is ...
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Hubergroup, USA has acquired Alden & Ott Printing Inks Company for an undisclosed sum. The company intends to hold the all employees and management team of the acquired business to support the business, specifically in the Midwest and ...
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Private equity firm Swander Pace Capital has acquired Passport Food Group, a manufacturer and distributor of globally-flavored foods to foodservice and retail sectors in North America. Passport Food Group (Passport), was previously owned ...
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The Taiwan government set aside a budget of NT$5.5 billion (US$173 million) in 2016 to subsidize local governments' procurement of LED street lamps to replace mercury vapor street lamps, and some local governments will offer open bids in ...
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Cambridge Nanotherm Ltd of Haverhill, Suffolk, UK, a producer of nanoceramic thermal management technology, says that its Nanotherm LC thermal management solution addresses the unique needs of chip-scale packaged (CSP) LEDs. CSP LEDs have ...