Having equipment that lets you remain competitive is just as important to manufacturers as being innovative with your products. Having reliable coding and labelling equipment that doesn’t cause downtime (read “losing ...
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Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 6.2% in 2015 according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This will be the fourth consecutive year of declining volume as the PC market continues to struggle with competition from ...
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Australia has dropped another place in world competitiveness rankings, falling further in economic performance and government efficiency rankings, raising concerns about our competitiveness as a smart economy. In releasing the Australian ...
Many Northamptonshire businesses have formally pledged to create good quality training opportunities for young generation locally to meets the sector's needs. Companies making the pledge include TMI Foods, Warner Edwards, Phipps ...
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UK retail sales increased by 3.2% on a like-for-like basis from March 2014, when they had decreased 1.7% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 4.7%, against a 0.3% fall in March 2014. Adjusted for the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price ...
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Wheat futures told the story best early Monday morning: An 11-cent drop in the nearby futures contract in overnight trading was a surefire sign that it rained in the Plains . . . or that the trade thinks it did. Rain did fall, but it ...
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 ...
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The French National Assembly has voted in favor of a ban on unlimited refills of sugary drinks at fast food chains and stores, as part of its efforts to tackle growing obesity levels. The ban would be applicable on all soda "fountains" ...
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X-ray-based in-line metrology and defect detection tool maker Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd (JVS) of Migdal Haemek, Israel has received a strategic order for its QC3 high-resolution x-ray diffraction (HR-XRD) system for strain and ...
San Diego Sport Innovators (SDSI), a non-profit business accelerator focused on growing sports and active lifestyle companies, is now a free-standing organization independent from its parent company Connect, which focuses on the technology ...
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Arkansas-headquartered Tyson Fresh Meats will invest $47m for a new boxed beef warehouse in Lexington, work for which, will begin this spring. To be built on the southeast corner of the existing beef complex, the 50,000ft2 warehouse, ...
George Osborne has delivered his sixth Budget, and the last of the current Parliament. The key points are as follows: Economy The UK grew 2.6% in 2014, faster than any other advanced economy but lower than 3% predicted in December ...
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A new report by Canadean expects more Africans to enter the beer market from the home brew sector, while commercial beer and premium brands forge ahead in the exploding African beer market. According to the report, the African beer market ...
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The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry will rise 13.1% in 2015, thanks mainly to continued-strong demand coming from the smartphone sector, according to Digitimes Research. The output from MediaTek, Taiwan's largest IC design ...
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Apparel marketer, Rocky Brands said its net sales for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014 touched a record figure and also surged 28.2 per cent year over year. Fourth quarter net sales at Rocky Brands expanded 28.2 per cent to a ...
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