McGill University in Canada has developed light-emitting diodes based on aluminium indium gallium nitride (AlInGaN) nanowires on silicon with spontaneous core-shell structures that inhibit non-radiative surface recombination, improving ...
UK-based Pollard Boxes will showcase an array of techniques utilized for making boxes capable of catalyzing premium positioning, on-shelf appeal and brand differentiation for personal care and drinks products at Packaging Innovations London ...
Global 2015/16 cotton output is projected at 111.5 million bales, 6 per cent or 7.5 million bales below 2014/15 and the smallest global crop since 2009/10. According to the latest USDA July report, production declines are noted for most ...
Tags: textile manufacture, cotton, cotton outputs, yarn
The European kraft paper and paper sack industry has reduced carbon footprint per a ton of production, by 17% from 2007 and 2012, saving emissions equivalent to 17,300 car journeys around the world. This was revealed in a study recently ...
Tags: Kraft Paper, Carbon Footprint, paper sack
Lightweight composite materials firm Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) has claimed that TCA Ultra Lite, currently in production for General Motors’ (GM) 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, has pared down 20lb (9kg) from the Stingray Coupe ...
R&P and Shanghai Hop Zenith Chemical Trading have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for floating a joint venture to set up a unit in China for production and distribution of Thermoplastic PolyOlefin (TPO) compounds for the ...
Tags: automoblie manufacture, auto parts
Analog Devices Inc (ADI) of Norwood, MA, USA (which provides ICs for analog and digital signal processing applications) has launched the HMC1127 and HMC1126 MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) distributed power amplifiers, based ...
Tags: electronics, semiconductor, Analog Devices, MMIC pHEMT
German transport and logistics contractor Sostmeier has inducted 40 Mercedes-Benz Actros 1843 semitrailer tractors as part of its modernization drive for fleet expansion. Sostmeier managing partner Wilfried Sotta said: "The vehicles ...
Tags: automobile manufatcure, Sostmeier, semitrailer tractors
GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (GFC), the joint venture floated between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC), plans to come up with a wholly-owned sales firm GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Sales to boost its ...
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Around 90 textile spinning mills, located in Tamil Nadu, will reduce their production of synthetic yarn by shutting down their units for two-days-a-week beginning tomorrow, according to media reports. The decision to stop production on ...
Tags: textile manufacture, yarn, synthetic yarn
South Africa-based wood pulp and paper maker Sappi has sold its Cape Kraft recycled packaging paper mill to Golden Era Group. The development comes a fortnight after Sappi inked a pact to sell its Enstra Mill recycled containerboard and ...
Tags: paper maker, wood pulp, Sappi, packaging material
US-based protective packaging firm Pregis has opened a new manufacturing unit in Chihuahua, Mexico, to cater to automotive, consumer electronics, agriculture and aerospace sectors. The new facility will produce Astro-Foam polyethylene ...
Tags: packaging, Pregis, packaging material
Flexible packaging firm GualapackGroup has acquired a majority stake in Tradbor Indústria e Comércio (Tradbor Stand-up-Pouches), a pre-made stand-up pouches manufacturer in So Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian company is stated ...
Tags: packaging material, packaging carriage, GualapackGroup
University of Oklahoma in the USA has developed interband cascade (IC) lasers on indium arsenide (InAs) substrates with low threshold and high-current operation [Lu Li et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p251102, 2015]. The researchers claim ...
University of Oklahoma in the USA has developed interband cascade (IC) lasers on indium arsenide (InAs) substrates with low threshold and high-current operation [Lu Li et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p251102, 2015]. The researchers claim ...