In 2015, the global market size of service robots reported USD8.49 billion, surging by 42.2% on a year-on-year basis, and it is expected during 2016-2020 to show an annual average growth rate of 16.5%, which will be mainly driven by: (1) ...
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Truck drivers are celebrating a major win over industry lobby group NatRoad in its bid to pay them less by seeking an exemption from rules in NSW setting minimum pay rates. The rules have been in place for over 30 years, bringing ...
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General Mills has announced that it will invest $25m to expand its cereal production plant in Buffalo, New York, US. Expected to be completed in May 2017, the expansion project will include purchase of new packaging equipment, production ...
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The global power amplifier market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 14% from 2016-2020, according to a report from Technavio that provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market. ...
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The ATA has released its contract checklist, which aims to help trucking businesses ensure their contracts are fair and legal. The checklist responds to the lengthening payment terms faced by trucking businesses, as well as concerns that ...
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UK-based Oxford Instruments, which provides process technology equipment for the manufacturing of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HBLEDs), says that its systems are being used to facilitate the introduction of ultraviolet (UV) LEDs ...
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Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) has taken the final investment decision to build a major petrochemical complex, comprising an ethylene cracker with polyethylene derivatives unit, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Main construction ...
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Yi isn't a household name in cameras by any means, but its new M1 Micro Four Thirds shooter could be tempting to Leica buyers on a budget, or at least that's what the company is hoping. At around £255 (¥ 2199) for the version ...
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At the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016) in Dusseldorf, Germany (19-21 September), optical and photonic product maker Lumentum Operation LLC of Milpitas, CA, USA and fiber-optic communications component and subsystem ...
EV Group of St Florian, Austria - a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for semiconductor, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), compound semiconductors, power devices and nanotechnology applications says that a HERCULES ...
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MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MALD-37345, a quad 28G vertical-cavity ...
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Fabless silicon photonics firm of Carlsbad, CA, USA says that it has shipped more than 1 million silicon photonic PSM4 (parallel single-mode fiber 4-lane) transceiver products. TheLuxtera firm's patented technology combines the long-reach ...
In booth #500 at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016) in Dusseldorf, Germany (19-21 September), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA is demonstrating a new ...
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Privately held integrated optical communications component and sub-system developer ColorChip Ltd of Yokneam, Israel has begun production of 100G QSFP28 10km transceivers. The range is based on the emerging 4WDM multi-source agreement ...
The 4WDM MSA (4-wavelength Wavelength Division Multiplexing Multi-Source Agreement) Group has announced its formation as an industry consortium dedicated to defining optical specifications and promoting the adoption of interoperable 100G ...
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