Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power & RF division of Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA for $850m in cash (about €740m). The deal also includes the related silicon ...
Nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film solar module maker Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA and Silicon Ranch are celebrating the completion of Mississippi's largest commercial solar facility to date, ...
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US-based private equity firm KKR has committed to invest INR520 crore in India’s dairy company Kwality to support is growth plans. Kwality will utilise the funds for capital expenditure purposes to further strengthen its milk ...
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Accella Polyurethane Systems (Accella) announced a comprehensive investment strategy based on the Bullet Liner brand, manufacturer of polyurethane spray-on coating for the transportation industry. Bullet Liner utilizes advanced chemistry ...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 9.7 percent year on year to 15.23 billion U.S. dollars in June, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. This compared with a 1-percent decline registered in May. In the ...
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Parksons Packaging orders two presses from the new Speedmaster CX 102 generation on the spot at drupa 2016 Parksons Packaging Ltd., one of the biggest packaging print shops in India, ordered two of the latest generation Speedmaster CX 102 ...
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Valspar is expanding production capacity at its Singapore facility to meet increased demand for its food and beverage packaging products in the Asia Pacific region. The expansion is expected to come on line in 2017. "This investment ...
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has entered into a collaborative alliance via a $1.1m grant with Raytheon Company of Waltham, MA, USA to develop Scalable, Agile, Multimode, Front End Technology (SAMFET) for the Army's Next Generation ...
Tags: ARL, next-generation radar systems
Airbus Defence and Space, which is reckoned to be the world's second largest space company (and a division of Airbus Group, Europe's top defence and space enterprise), has won its third contract in 18 months for its latest gallium nitride ...
Tags: GaN HEMT, SSPAs, Navigation Satellites
At its annual Imec Technology Forum (ITF) USA on 11 July, a half-day conference at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis hotel held in conjunction with the SEMICON West trade show and supported by industry association Semiconductor Equipment ...
Tags: IMEC, GaN-on-Si, III-Vs-on-silicon
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor says that Japanese lens maker Enplas' LED lens patent has been revoked in Taiwan, adding to a series of legal victories against Enplas in the USA, Korea, and Europe. Enplas's patent has been ...
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Global food giant Mars has announced that it would invest £23m to expand its King's Lynn facility in the UK to meet the growing demand for Uncle Ben's Ready to Heat rice. The company plans to make the investment to add a new ...
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Swedish contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Recipharm plans to invest €18m to boost its blow fill seal (BFS) capacity at its site in Kaysersberg, France. As part of the investment plan, a new blow fill seal ...
Swiss chocolate company Lindt & Sprungli has opened a new $60m facility at Marsden Park in Sydney, as part of its plans to capitalize on the chocolate makers strong growth in the Australian market. The purpose built facility, which is ...
Rochling Group is investing €35m in its Neuhaus am Rennweg plant, creating 70 new jobs. This will enable a significant expansion in the production capacities of Rochling-HPT Hochwertige Pharmatechnik GmbH & Co. KG, giving a ...
Tags: diagnostic industry, GMP class, C clean room