The UK Government's Universities Minister Greg Clark MP has unveiled a £17.3m funding award that will underpin the Compound Semiconductor Research Foundation - the first of its kind in the UK, with potential to become one of the ...
American food firm J. M. Smucker Company has completed the acquisition of Big Heart Pet Brands in a cash and stock transaction valued about $6bn. J. M. Smucker, which offers food products including peanut butter, jam and Folgers ...
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching transistors based on its proprietary Island Technology for power conversion and control applications, has announced new top-side ...
Tags: GaN Systems, Power electronics, Electronics
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has acquired an existing factory in central Taiwan from optical disc maker Ritek at a price of up to NT$1.3 billion (US$41.3 million) to expand production capacity by 25%. Production at ...
Fortune cookie maker Wonton Food is reportedly looking to strengthen its manufacturing capabilities with a new $20m facility in La Vergne, Tennessee, US. The company is also considering Houston and New York as alternate sites. The ...
China's declining use of coal may be felt from Australia to the United States, especially the US state of Wyoming where coal is major part of the economy. Last week Premier Li Keqiang said China wanted to reduce its energy intensity ...
Tags: Metallurgy, coal, Coal Consumption
EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria (a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor applications) has introduced two new configurations to its EVG580 ComBond series of automated ...
Tags: EV Group, wafer bonding systems
When Bent Serritslev joined Xeikon as managing director Xeikon Asia Pacific (ASPAC) in October 2014, his twenty-nine years of printing industry experience in Asia came with him. "I enjoy working with printers and converters, and want ...
Tags: Xeikon, printing industry
Canadian Methanol producer, Methanex said its adjusted net income climbed 21.21 per cent from a year ago quarter for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014. Methanex posted adjusted net income of $80 million or $0.85 per share on a ...
Dymax Corporation will exhibit in Booth #2239 at MD&M West, scheduled to take place February 10-12, 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. The company will showcase some of its newest products and technologies including ...
Tags: LED-curing capabilities, See-Cure color change, Construction
With falling home prices and slowing growth, Beijing already has plenty on its plate. Such challenges are now fueling concerns about how the current Russian currency turmoil will impact the world’s second largest economy, and ...
Tags: Currency Depreciation, home prices, rubble
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, has released a new Application Note for design engineers that sets ...
Tags: Gan Systems, E-Mode Power, Switching Transistors, Electrical
Confectionery manufacturers should promote chocolate products as an indulgent treat with natural ingredients and sustainable production in order to tap into the chocolate market, according to market research organisation Canadean. ...
Tags: chocolate products, Food
British luxury car maker Aston Martin is planning to raise funds to expand its product line to crossover SUVs, which is expected to help the company recover from sliding profit. The company is expected to raise between $156m-$234m in ...
Tags: Aston Martin, SUV Market
Ohio State University and University of Illinois at Chicago have developed deep ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on III-nitride semiconductor nanowires [Thomas F Kent et al, Nanotechnology, vol25, p455201, 2014]. The ...