Based on its recent analysis of the gallium nitride (GaN)-based devices market, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Advantech Wireless of Montreal, Canada (which manufactures satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems) with the 2014 North ...
Tags: Wireless'GaN Devices, Electronics
The design world beyond the “less is more” doctrine is stylish, self-confident and successful. Luxury brands are demonstrating what the interiors sector is capable of when furniture is allowed to display an abundance of forms, ...
Tags: Luxury Lifestyle, furniture
Today, social media marketing gives manufacturers the opportunity to improve brand awareness, build brand loyalty, and increase sales, and right now, 87 percent of B2B marketers are taking advantage of opportunities. Fifty-four percent of ...
Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been exploring the potential of using 'van der Waals epitaxy' (vdWE) to grow gallium arsenide (GaAs) on silicon [Yazeed Alaskar et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., published online 26 August 2014]. The team ...
Volvo Trucks is now launching I-Shift Dual Clutch, the first transmission on the market with a dual clutch system for heavy vehicles. Thanks to power-shift gear changes without any interruption in power delivery, torque is maintained and ...
Tags: Volvo Truck, Gearbox, Heavy Vehicles
Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has released a report which it said gives a “unique insight into the future of supermarket shopping. Woolworths said its Future of Fresh report has built a picture of how Australia will be ...
Tags: Woolworths, Supermarket
Last month the EU proposed a tough set of waste recycling targets that have been met with much resistance by the packaging industry. The new proposals revolve around the aim for 80% of packaging waste materials to be recycled by 2030. ...
Forty years ago, Bernard Sadow, a vice president of a Massachusetts luggage and coat company,was traveling back from Aruba with his family. While struggling with his suitcases at the airport, a bulb went off: He realized putting wheels on ...
Tags: Luggage, Wheeled-Luggage, Cases, Boxes
The dog days of August are evident in the electronics components market: lead times and prices haven’t moved significantly from the prior month, according to Avnet’s most recent Market and Technology Trends report. Although ...
Tags: electronics components, components
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes analog semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog, RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) has launched a gallium nitride on silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) ...
Tags: M/A-COM, Transistor, Electrical
Spot export offers for Chinese magnesium ingot on a FOB basis tracked steady domestic prices, while the overseas physical buying interest has remained lacking, industry sources said Thursday. Most spot offers on a FOB basis were heard ...
The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released a Snapshot Report on LED outdoor area lighting. Based on LED Lighting Facts® data through the second quarter of 2014, the report focuses on outdoor area/roadway ...
The Toll Group has commenced operations from its new $24 million freight terminal in Hobart’s north. The 17,000 square metre facility on 6.8 hectares in the Brighton Transport Hub is its most modern and efficient transport terminal ...
Lifestyle brand UGG Australia announced the launch of its first global brand marketing campaign called "THIS IS UGG." The campaign debuted on August 18th around the world. "THIS IS UGG" is designed to connect with consumers on emotional ...
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used photo-electro-chemical etch (PEC) to create 405nm-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) [C. ...