Nissan has commenced production of eighth-generation Maxima sedan at its Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant in Tennessee. The company highlighted that the plant, which began operations in 1983 hit production of 648,000 vehicles by 2014. ...
At the ShanghaiTex exhibition, Italian yarn finishing technology producer Savio will exhibit a Polar 12 winding unit machine especially useful for the dyeing process and finer counts. According to a Savio press release, six units will ...
Tags: Polar Winding Machine, Textile
F&F at Tesco, one of the world’s largest multi-national retailers, in partnership with R-pac International, a leading global RFID, trim and packaging company, has successfully completed a smooth, rapid deployment of RFID technology ...
Tags: multi-national retailers, global RFID, clothing retail
Kiian Digital, a producer of digital textile inks will launch its new Digistar range of water based inks for the soft signage and textile printing industry at FESPA 2015 at Hall 7 Stand K-5. Alongside, Kiian Digital has also signed up ...
Although Apple previously confirmed the phone would launch tomorrow, April 24, the wearable will not actually be available in stores anytime soon, with only a few advanced orders being fulfilled on day one.With prices starting from ...
Tags: Android, iOS, wearable equipment industry
Global consumption of packaged LED chips used in signage/professional displays will rise at an average annual rate of 12.1% from $2bn in 2014 to $3.56n in 2019, forecasts a new study from market research firm ElectroniCast Consultants. By ...
Tags: LED chips, packaged LED chips
Germany-based Multivac, a manufacturer of packaging materials for food, pharma and consumer products, has launched a new R 081 thermoforming packaging machine. Being an an entry-level model for packing products in small batches, R 081 ...
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The North Carolina Senate has passed a bipartisan bill that would make child-resistant packaging and warning labels mandatory for liquids used with electronic-cigarette vaporizers. Once approved, the law that would be effective from 1 ...
American biotechnology company Intrexon has completed the acquisition of Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF), the agricultural company behind the world's first non-browning apple, Arctic apple. British Columbia based OSF developed the ...
PSA Peugeot Citron and China-based Dongfeng have agreed to develop a technology platform for small cars. The companies will invest around €200m to create a global platform to manufacture B and C segment vehicles under the Peugeot, ...
Tags: PSA Peugeot Citron, Dongfeng, Small Cars
Swiss-based Santex Group in order to improve its local sales organisation in India in the segment of technical textiles; has named Jude Britto as head of sales - technical textiles and emerging technologies. Britto has been associated ...
Tags: Technical Textile Sales, Santex India, technical textiles
Axalta Coating Systems has planted the first lot of trees to start the “Axalta Forest” in Jiangjiakou City, Hebei Province, setting down the roots for a better environment in China and enabled itself be part of the local ...
Tags: Axalta Coating Systems, environmental protection program
Internet of Things (IoT) will be the semiconductor industry's next growth driver, spurring demand for chip components for use in applications particularly automotive, medical/healthcare and smart family, according to TSMC president and ...
Tags: chip components, Mobile devices, semiconductor industry
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that the UK's University of Cambridge has ordered its Propel Power gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) ...
Tags: GaN-on-Si, Power Electronics, LEDs
China-based Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd and the Huangpi District People's Government in Wuhan City have entered into an investment cooperation agreement to construct a gallium arsenide (GaAs) thin-film solar cell R&D and manufacturing ...
Tags: Solar Cells, gallium arsenide