21 Dec 2015 Tobacco giant Philip Morris has lost its fight against the plain packaging laws that it claimed would threaten the intellectual property of its brands. The company behind Marlboro, Peter Jackson and Longbeach cigarettes has ...
Tags: Philip Morris, Tobacco, Packaging
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has received multiple orders from a leading foundry in Asia for its Precision Surface Processing (PSP) WaferStorm system (a platform that provides ...
Tags: Veeco Wet processing, Veeco Instruments Inc, Electronics
Taiwan's machine-tool makers have entered into an alliance with the island's aircraft builders and a government-backed laboratory to develop intelligent industrial technology to sharpen their machine tool capability to manufacture aircraft, ...
Tags: aircraft-building, intelligent industrial, Processing Machinery
Veeco Instruments has received multiple orders from a leading foundry in Asia for its Precision Surface Processing (PSP) WaferStorm system. The WaferStorm platform provides wafer processing solutions for advanced packaging applications. ...
Tags: Veeco Instruments, Fan-out Wafer Level Packaging, Packaging
New stats are suggesting Chinese acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region have helped push the value of annual deals past one trillion U.S. dollars for the first time. The same set of data also shows Chinese companies have spent a record ...
Tags: M&A, New Heights
The priorities set out by Chinese leaders at a key economic meeting have prompted strong interest among foreign media organizations. The Central Economic Work Conference, which was held here from Friday to Monday, reviewed China's ...
The Chinese government is taking absolutely adequate measures to handle slowing economic growth and an increase of certain imbalances, a leading Russian expert has said, commenting on China's key economic meeting held last weekend. "What ...
Construction of a railway linking China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan will start in the coming year. The President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev said the project will boost economic growth in his country, as it will provide the landlocked ...
Tags: China's Rail, Construction
Tokyo-based Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has expanded high-purity ammonia production capacity at a plant in Taiwan (owned by its manufacturing subsidiary) from 2500 tons per year to 3500 tons per year. SDK has three sites for producing ...
Tags: SDK High-purity ammonia GaN LEDs, Showa Denko, Electronics
Panasonic Corporation’s Automotive & Industrial Systems Company will launch a production line for heat-resistant phenolic molding compounds for use in automotive parts at Panasonic Manufacturing Ayutthaya (PMFAT). Full-scale ...
Tags: Panasonic Corporation, heat-resistant phenolic molding compounds, Auto
UK-based drinks company Diageo has completed the sale of Jamaican lager Red Stripe to Heineken for $780.5m. The deal, which was announced in October, entails Diageo offloading its brewing companies in Jamaica, Malaysia and Singapore, to ...
Tags: Diageo, Jamaican lager Red Stripe, Food
Panasonic Corporation has acquired Hussmann Corporation, a Missouri-based manufacturer of refrigerated display cases and systems. Panasonic has signed an agreement with Hussmann Parent Inc., the Delaware-based parent of Hussmann, and ...
As one of the first partners of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Germany has deposited its instrument of ratification of the bank at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. Germany has contributed 4.5 billion US dollars, and ...
Tags: Investment Bank, Affairs of China.
Australian supermarkets giants have confirmed they source seafood from a company implicated in the usage of indentured slave labourers for prawn peeling. Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets have each confirmed that they have sourced ...
PACCAR Leasing Company (PacLease) has rolled out Trimble’s Truck4U telematics system across its new truck rental and leasing fleet in Australia. PacLease launched its Australian Truck Rental and Leasing Services division earlier ...
Tags: PACCAR Leasing Company, Truck4U telematics system, Service