American Packaging (APC), a flexible packaging converter in North America, is investing $50m in the first phase of a new satellite facility. Scheduled to be completed in 2017, Phase 1 of the gravure satellite project includes: 26.3 acres ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that it is pushing ahead with research on perovskite solar cells within the three-year project PeroBOOST (running from March 2016 to February 2019). Aixtron ...
The firm will deliver a line of vehicles and play-sets to coincide with the release of Fast & Furious 8 in 2017. Mattel has been named the master toy partner for the Hollywood movie franchise, Fast & Furious. The move comes as ...
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Self-adhesive label materials provider UPM Raflatac has unveiled a new range of label stock products for wine industry. The firm's new Ice and Ice Premium products are designed to meet the standards of the wine industry in the European ...
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Organic food delivery company Abel & Cole has become the first firm in the UK to use the new transparent compostable packaging, which is developed by Finland's Plastiroll, for its vegetables. Plastiroll's new easily processable ...
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The cult 2001 movie starred Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, and Amy Poehler. Creative Licensing is looking for a board game partner to develop a title based on the 2001 cult film, Wet Hot American Summer. The firm has been appointed as the ...
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Pro Mach subsidiary Matrix Packaging Machinery is set to exhibit three machines for fresh produce industry at the United Fresh 2016 in Chicago, US, which will be held from 20 to 22 June. The machines can produce film bags, pre-made ...
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US-based Dow Chemical Company has developed new recyclable stand-up pouches using the RecycleReady technology. Made with Retain polymer modifiers, the stand-up pouch features barrier film that can be recycled in a polyethylene recycling ...
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The game has been released as part of the firm's wider 30th anniversary celebrations of the hit film starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly. The Jim Henson Company has revealed the first product images of a new board game inspired by ...
Semiconductor process equipment maker SAMCO Inc has held a completion ceremony for its second production center (a two-floor steel-framed building adjacent to the headquarters in Kyoto, Japan), which began construction in January and is ...
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ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has set a world record for thin-film photovoltaic cell energy ...
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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
"The new consumer products line-up will be sure to excite fans with new surprises inspired by everyone's favorite group of intergalactic misfits." Disney has teamed with LEGO and Hasbro to launch new toy lines based on next year's Marvel ...
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Skylanders Academy is the first production by Activision Blizzard Studio, and will make its debut on Netflix this autumn. Activision Blizzard has revealed it will be expanding its Skylanders franchise into the TV space. Skylanders ...
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In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany says that epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has purchased a large number of its latest metrology systems for fab-wide metal-organic chemical vapor ...