Ghent University/IMEC in Belgium and X-Celeprint in Ireland/USA claim "the first III-V optoelectronic components transfer printed on and coupled to a silicon photonic integrated circuit" [Andreas De Groote et al, Optics Express, vol24, ...
Germany based manufacturer of primary plastic packaging Sanner has introduced new closure for effervescent packaging. The new FOG 27 senior-friendly closure is designed for nutritional supplements such as vitamins or minerals. A study ...
Taiwan boasts a large number of globally competitive manufacturers of furniture parts, to enjoy solid presence in the global furniture supply chain.Despite global economic uncertainties, most of Taiwanese furniture parts makers have yet to ...
Tags: furniture parts, sustainable development, competitive edges
A panel of some of Australia’s most respectable experts and leaders in the food industry will present at a free networking breakfast for Young Professionals in the industry at the 49th Annual AIFST Convention. Georgie Aley, CEO of ...
A recent survey has raised the question of whose lives our autonomous cars will prioritise. What kind of ethical decisions will the first driverless cars make? It might be a funny question, but it's one with serious implications. If a ...
Tags: driverless cars, MIT, an'ethical'car
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has initiated legal proceedings against Heinz over nutritional claims made on its Little Kids Shredz infant food range. Little Shredz have been sold in major Australian ...
Tags: young children, Shreadz products
An investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRAC) has concluded drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus in humans. The investigation did not ...
Tags: very hot beverages, oesophagus, cancer
Industrial cooling solutions provider Aqua Cooling has developed and installed a new future-proof chiller system for Anson Packaging’s manufacturing plant near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Anson Packaging is a UK provider of ...
Tags: chiller system, refrigerant, glycol-free
The Licensee Online Order Portal (LOOP), an Internet-based system developed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) that allows licensees to order wine and spirits at any time from home or office, is now available for 15,000 retail ...
VideoLAN has just released VLC for Android 2.0 and it's full of new features and improved functionality. VLC has become one of the most widely-used video players available due to its ability to play a variety of video codecs and its ...
Tags: Android 2.0, VLC
Dean Foods Company has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Friendly's ice cream manufacturing and retail distribution business for $155m in cash. Dean Foods is a Texas-based food and beverage firm and a processor and ...
The Australian Government, together with private enterprise, plan to build Australia’s largest inland container terminal at Moorebank NSW. For the past seven years the proponents of the proposal, Moorebank Intermodal Company Ltd & ...
The Furniture Makers’ Company, the furnishing industry’s charity, has announced that for the fist time ever it will be accepting entries for its prestigious Sustainability Award from all UK furnishings manufacturers. Now in ...
Tags: furnishing industry, FISP, improvements
Integrated passive device maker OnChip Devices Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA says that its wafer fabrication facility is offering backside metallization (BSM) of thin films for applications such as military, medical, and instrumentation. ...
Tags: Sputtering, HB-LEDs, GaN-on-Si, Wafer bonding