The Aditya Birla Group has proposed a four-way restructuring plan to bring its retail business under Pantaloon Fashion & Retail (PFRL) and offer a maximum of 10 per cent equity stake to an investor in the consolidated entity, according to ...
Tags: Birla Group, Pantaloons Fashion
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has launched two UltraCMOS RF switches that expand its existing ...
New Zealands tightens marketing restrictions for infant formula The New Zealand government’s Commerce Commission has authorised the Infant Nutrition Council’s (INC) new Code of Practice incorporating restrictions on ...
International private equity firms show interest in Australian vegetable companies The under-cover vegetable growing industry has remained sheltered from the erratic weather conditions of the past five years, according to market research ...
Tags: Vegetables, reliable supplies, Agriculture
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used indium tin oxide (ITO) as part of the cladding for semi-polar indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) [A. Pourhashemi et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p111105, 2015]. The ...
Tags: Indium, InGaN substrates, Electrical
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed gallium antimonide (GaSb) thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells on gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates [Bor-Chau Juang et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p111101, 2015]. The use of GaAs ...
Tags: TPV devices, lattice mismatch, Electronics
The labels of the #MyFamilyCan range by Goulburn Valley, Ardmona and SPC now show off the local growers and farmers who produce the food within. SPC and its advertising agency, Leo Burnett Melbourne came up with the idea to ...
Tags: Australian produce, families shop, Packaging
Sandvik Process Systems has signed an exclusive agreement with Italian extruder machinery manufacturer Extruwork Srl that will enable the company to offer integrated powder paint production lines. “This is a logical move for both ...
Tags: Sandvik Process Systems, cooling and flaking systems, Construction
In the first two months of 2015, prices of competing crops like wheat, maize, and soybean all declined while cotton prices held steady. “The recent gain in cotton price has made sowing of the white gold attractive and may mitigate ...
Tags: ICAC, world average yield, Textile
Net loss widened steeply by 63.15 per cent at US apparel marketer Perry Ellis International for the 2015 fiscal ended January 31, 2015. On a GAAP basis, net loss for fiscal 2015 was $37.2 million, or $2.50 per diluted share compared to ...
Tags: GAAP basis, sportswear collection, Apparel
PPSS Group has now launched Cut-Tex PRO, an ultra-high performance cut resistant fabric in five additional colours to better fulfill needs of textile and clothing manufacturers. According to a PPSS Group press release, Cut-Tex PRO is with ...
Tags: Cut-Tex PRO, line uniforms, Textile
Toyota has previewed the 8NR-FTS 1.2-liter direct-injection turbo engine, which is the second turbocharged entry in a series of new engines. According to Toyota, the new engine will improve the fuel and thermal efficiency of the ...
Tags: Turbo Engine, Toyota, Auto Parts
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. reported same store sales decreased by 5.3 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with a 6.2 percent decline in the prior quarter and an 8.4 percent decline for the full year. The Utah-based retailer ...
Tags: Sportsman, Sporting Goods
Next big thing: ‘Nordic Diet’, Researchers show health benefit for the obese without weight loss The Nordic diet may reduce the bad effects of obesity, even without weight loss, according to a study led by the Institute of ...
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A new research conducted at Experimental Biology (EB) 2015 by ConAgra Foods, Inc., one of North America's largest food firms, finds that single-serve frozen meals were equally beneficent or better than expensive diet programmes for weight ...
Tags: Frozen Meals, Food