FGL cretail sales and same-store sales grew 6.8 percent and 4.8 percent respectively in the second quarter ended July 4, compared with the same period last year, parent company Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC), Limited reported Thursday. ...
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For full-year fiscal 2015 (ended 28 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.63bn, down just 1% on fiscal 2014's record $1.65bn. Specifically, revenue for Lighting Products (mainly LED lighting systems and bulbs) grew ...
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With the polyurethane foam system Elastoflex E from BASF it is possible for the first time to mass-produce an exterior car part featuring a honeycomb sandwich structure with a class-A film. The roof module in the standard model of the new ...
The U.S.-based Garden Media Group, a gardening market research firm, has issued its 2014 Garden Trends Report that pulls together findings from global market research firms, consumer media and experts within the home and garden industry to ...
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Global Brands Group Holding Limited, which owns long-term rights to the Sypder snow sports brand, reported sales declined 5 percent to $1.28 billion for the six months ended June 30 largely due to pruning of under performing brands and ...
Tags: apparel, footwear, fashion accessories
BASF is investing in the expansion and flexibilization of its production facilities to manufacture chelating agents at its site in Ludwigshafen. By increasing the production capacity, the company is responding to the rapidly growing global ...
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Slippery coating technology firm LiquiGlide has inked a pact with Australian sustainable and innovative packaging maker Pact Group Holdings for designing a paint packaging that does away sticking and residues. LiquiGlide, which develops ...
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Using the newly released Ansys 16.2, engineers can now create virtual prototypes of complete systems, enabling them to make strides in innovation and unleash next-generation products within their industries. As products - from automobiles ...
Tags: smartphones, wearable technology
Joachim Piprek, founder & president of NUSOD Institute LLC in the USA, has run simulations that he believes eliminate electron leakage as the primary cause of efficiency droop at high current in blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Appl. ...
Researchers in the USA and Korea have developed a hydrogen high pressure annealing (HPA) process for aluminium oxide/hafnium dioxide (Al2O3/HfO2) gate stacks on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum wells [Tae-Woo Kim et al, IEEE ...
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UK-based Plessey has launched its range of LED filaments, manufactured with the firm's MaGIC (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) gallium nitride on silicon LEDs. The filaments are designed for the surging filament bulb market, where these ...
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Chinese LED enterprises are spending a fortune in acquiring foreign manufacturers in 2015. A couple of examples include Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) recent acquisition of U.S. LED manufacturer Bridgelux, Shanghai Felio Acoustics ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has shipped the 50th TurboDisc EPIK 700 gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactor since the system's ...
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Pharmaceutical packaging maker Gerresheimer is buying plastic vials and oral drug closures maker Centor US Holding for $725m, under an agreement signed with Nemera Development. The transaction, involving an all-cash acquisition that is ...
NYSE listed Avery Dennison, a marketer of labeling, packaging materials and solutions reported a 6 per cent year over year slip in sales in the three months to June 30, 2015. An Avery Dennison press release informed that net sales ...
Tags: packaging materials, label