End-to-end optoelectronics component maker Accelink Technologies Co Ltd of Wuhan, China has introduced a 1550nm 100Gb/s PSM4 transceiver based on the silicon photonics optical engine of Mellanox Technologies Ltd of Sunnyvale, CA, USA and ...
Japanese automaker Honda Motor has agreed to pay a compensation of $605m related to the Takata airbag issue in the US. The settlement covers more than 16.5 million vehicles in the country, for installing potentially faulty airbag ...
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Canada-based Agropur Cooperative has signed an agreement with Agrifoods to acquire Ultima Foods. Ultima Foods was a 50-50 joint venture by two of Canada’s leading cooperatives; Agrifoods and Agropur. With more than 40 years of ...
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UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith has completed acquisition of a 80% stake in American packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for $835m. DS Smith holds the option to buy out the remainder 20% stake in Interstate ...
LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA says that its LUXEON Stylist Series of LEDs for fashion retail and fresh food markets is now available as a comprehensive portfolio, which includes new mid-power packages in addition to the existing ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has denied reports that it received a formal bid from the Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) with respect to sale of its Jeep brand. FCA said that it will stick to its 2014-18 growth plan and has ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will join an alliance led by BMW to develop an autonomous driving platform, which can be used by multiple automakers across the world. FCA signed a memorandum of understanding with BMW Group, Intel and ...
Indian auto-maker Tata Motors and Volkswagen’s Czech Republic subsidiary Skoda have ended their talks on the development of a new car for the emerging markets. Volkswagen and Tata Motors signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has been awarded a 241MWDC module supply contract by RCR Tomlinson Ltd as engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) contractor for Edify ...
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Mobileye, a subsidiary of chip-maker Intel, said that it will build a fleet of 100 level 4 SAE vehicles which will be tested across the US, Europe and Israel. The vehicles will be fitted with the technology developed by Mobileye including ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched a family of high-power infrared (IR) emitters designed to address the vast array of rapidly growing IR applications, ranging from facial recognition/iris and gesture scanning to wearable ...
For second-quarter 2017, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $115.1m, up 22% on $94.4m last quarter and up 53% on $75.3m a year ago. However, this includes ...
Electronics and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories (EOSRL) under the Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has cooperated with Avertronics to develop a human-centric smart ambient lighting ...
Packaging materials developer Tekni-Plex is expanding its Tekni-Films operations in Italy via an acquisition. The company acquired the self-adhesive tape substrate operations of Alfatherm SpA of Venegono Superiore (VA), Italy. The ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that San’an Optoelectronic Co Ltd (China’s largest LED maker) has completed the qualification of its Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) process ...
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