Beverage industry veteran Edward (Ed) Maletis' Limnes Bottling Acquisition Company has completed the acquisition of historic Portland Bottling Company from its existing ownership group, including majority shareholder Harry Merlo. The ...
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ICYMI: Customer service managers “Go Yellow!”, a Walmart associate begins a role at the Pentagon, exclusive Star Wars merchandise arrives, we’re baking up sweet treats, and our latest training academy opens in San Antonio. ...
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US based global fruit and vegetable producer Dole Food Company has acquired TrucFrut farms and packing facilities in Chile for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition move is to increase volumes and variety of Dole’s produce, in ...
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This year’s Helsinki Design Week was a citizens’ fest more than ever. Organised for the 12th time, the design festival was spread across the city from September1 to 11, reaching 158,000 visitors in total. That indicates an ...
The UK's University of Cambridge and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have developed single-photon emission devices using layers of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) [Carmen ...
Jing Zhang, an engineering faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, has received a $305,000 grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to acquire an inductively coupled plasma reactive-ion etching (ICP-RIE) system for ...
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Toyota has introduced a new Lexus compact crossover concept vehicle, the UX Concept, at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. Designed by ED2, Lexus' design centre in the South of France, the UX Concept represents a new step in the company's design ...
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UK pork products sold by some of the major supermarkets have been found to be contaminated with a livestock strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The University of Cambridge conducted a study to test 97 UK-produced ...
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Taiwan-made bathroom furniture with high quality and functionality, along with competitive prices, can help buyers to ride on U.S.’s bullish realty market. With U.S.'s realty and job markets continuously on the mend to sustain ...
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Taiwan’s hand tools specifically for auto repair and maintenance have enjoyed high reputations in the global market, mostly thanks to local insiders’ dedication to continuous improvements of products and quality. Years ago, as ...
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Imec and Ghent University in Belgium have used aspect ratio trapping (ART) techniques to produce indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) on 300mm-diameter silicon in a ridge format that could be used in future laser ...
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Researchers in the USA have grown two-dimensional (2D) layers of gallium nitride (GaN) using a graphene encapsulation on silicon carbide (SiC) substrate [Zakaria Y. Al Balushi et al, Nature Materials, published online 29 August 2016]. The ...
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Shell has completed the sale of Dansk Fuels in Denmark to Couche-Tard for approximately $300 million including working capital. Dansk Fuels comprises Shell’s Retail, Commercial Fuels, Commercial Fleet and Aviation businesses, and ...
Institute of High Pressure Physics (IHPP) and TopGaN Ltd, both of Poland, have been jointly developing indium gallium nitride (InGaN) waveguide structures for use in blue laser diodes (LDs) [Grzegorz Muziol et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol9, ...
In Hall 11/D59 at the glasstec trade fair for glass production and processing (20–23 September), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic module maker Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany is launching its new PowerMax ...
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