Last week's Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair set an improved tone for the diamond market despite challenging conditions in the Far East. Overall, it should be considered a good show as dealer trading picked up after a very slow summer. After ...
The global radio frequency (RF) IC market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 12% from 2016 to 2020, forecasts a report by Technavio. Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to be the main demand-generating region and ...
Mercedes-Benz Vans has launched its new mid-size van, the Vito, at the Chengdu Motor Show in China. This marks another important stage of Mercedes-Benz Vans expanding its business in China, the world's largest automobile market. In March ...
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Zebra’s hands-free solutions are said to address need for faster picking as e-fulfilment booms. Zebra Technologies Corporation has responded to the industry’s need to increase operational visibility to ramp up efficiency and ...
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Privately held integrated optical communications component and sub-system developer ColorChip of Yokneam, Israel has raised $20m in new growth funding to ramp-up operations and drive an accelerated product roadmap. The funding is in ...
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For second-quarter 2016, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks) has reported ...
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The driverless truck is no longer a fanciful idea that will materialise in some future world. The technology has advanced rapidly over recent years, and I believe that we’ll see these automated vehicles on our highways in the near ...
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Borosil Glass Works has entered primary pharma glass packaging business with the acquisition of 60.3% stake in India-based Klasspack. However, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. For the ownership stake acquisition in ...
Orchids Paper Products Company reported results for the second quarter of 2016. Jeff Schoen, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "I am encouraged by Orchids year-to-date 2016 performance, as converted product sales have ...
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Protean Electric announced that it received $70m in new funding from GO Scale Capital, Zhejiang VIE Science & Technology Co. Ltd., and Tianjin THSG Corporation. The investment follows Protean's announcement in May that the Company is ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its US subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA and TowerJazz Texas Inc in San Antonio, TX, and at ...
US-based Ancera has raised $8.9m in Series A funding to develop technology that assists food producers to identity contaminants quickly. The funding round is led by existing investor Glass Capital, with participation from Packers ...
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For fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 (ended 1 May), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $318.8m, down slightly on $320m a year ago but up 3.1% on $309.2m last ...
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STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland says that its silicon carbide (SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) devices have enabled the ZapCharger Portable (claimed to be the world's smallest ...
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C&C Group continues to ramp up its international expansion in Asia-Pacific with the announcement of its fourth strategic partnership in the recent months. C&C Group is proud to confirm the signing of a new distribution agreement with ...
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