Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has installed a new generation of smart fountain dispensers at the University of Reading in the UK to help reduce soft drinks packaging footprint. The dispensers, known as Coca-Cola Freestyle machines, ...
Tags: Dispensers, Soft Drinks Packaging
Twinlode, a supplier of high-density storage systems, announced that it has continued to grow in the beer industry. This progress comes as the company shifts its focus to further developing Twinlode as a complete material handling ...
US-based packaging company Aptar has launched the 2-1/8” 33-400 Ecolite closure with SimpliSqueeze valve for the food industry. Ecolite’s design is claimed to be similar with the company’s 2-1/8” Ribbed closure. ...
Tags: Food Market, Aptar
General Motors (GM) has is advancing self-driving vehicle deployment acquired with the purchase of Strobe. Financial details about the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Strobe’s engineering team will be ...
Hub Folding Box has chosen the EFI Packaging Suite from Electronics For Imaging (EFI), US, as its next-generation workflow solution. The EFI Packaging Suite features Radius ERP software as its core ERP technology. Hub Folding Box has ...
Tags: Hub Folding Box, EFI Packaging
Pharmacy technology provider Parata Systems has entered a group purchasing agreement with American Associated Pharmacies, a member-owned cooperative representing more than 2,200 independent pharmacies. Effective immediately, the new ...
Systech International, a global technology leader in product safety, and consumer and brand protection, and Toppan, a leading integrated printing company and innovator in product packaging and security solutions, announced a strategic ...
Toys R Us is harnessing the power of augmented reality to help bring the ailing retailer from the brink of bankruptcy, it has been revealed. In the midst of its ongoing financial struggles, CEO Dave Brandon has detailed the ...
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany has laid the cornerstone of its new Center for High-Efficiency Solar Cells, which is financed by a total of €32.6m from the federal government and the state ...
Tags: solar cells, photovoltaics market
In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany recently shipped a comprehensive EpiCurve TT/Pyro 400 in-situ metrology hybrid system to an industrial customer in North America. The metrology station combines automated in-situ ...
Tags: MOCVD, GaN-on-SiC
RF gallium nitride (GaN) device revenue rose by slightly more than 23% in 2016, and will increase at a compound annual average growth rate (CAAGR) of 14.1% to $733m in 2021, forecasts the Strategy Analytics Strategic Component Applications ...
Chemical firm BASF and SoloPower Systems of Portland, OR, USA, which designs, manufactures and deploys copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) flexible thin-film solar technology, have launched a seamless and multi-layered roofing system ...
Following development that was partially supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp is to launch the MGFG5H3001, a Ka-band (26–40GHz) 8W ...
Tags: Power Transmitters, Mitsubishi
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched a family of XLamp CMA high-current LED arrays that provide what is claimed to be the best lumen density and efficacy for metal-based chip-on-board (COB) ...
Tags: LED arrays, LEDs
After narrowly missing out on entering IHS Markit’s top 10 for 2016 and first-quarter 2017, Nationstar (whose primary markets are lighting and signage) has broken into the top-10 ranking for packaged LED firms for Q2/2017, according ...
Tags: LED market, Packaged LED