Kohlberg & Company, a leading private equity firm specializing in middle-market investing, has announced that it has closed the acquisition of Pexco and successfully merged the business with PPC Industries, Inc. (“PPC”), a ...
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For first-quarter 2017, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $94.4m, rebounding further from $93.6m last quarter and up 21% on $78m a year ago. This is above ...
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Harman Kardon has officially announced the first intelligent speaker to feature Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant, following a teaser earlier on Monday. The new Harman Kardon Invoke is the result of a partnership between Microsoft ...
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Aardvark Swift's marketing executive, Joey Relton discusses the UK's worrying skills shortage and how coding toys might just help provide the answer to this problem Teaching children how to code through play isn’t a new or ...
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Finnish startup Jospak has introduced a new high-barrier fiber-based tray suitable for different food products. The new tray is claimed to keep food products that are easily perishable fresh while having minimal impact on the environment. ...
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Fieldbit is exhibiting its interactive field service collaboration platform for equipment manufacturers and end users at this month’s Interpack event. The Israeli software company has been into real-time augmented reality and ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook and US President Donald Trump are probably as far removed from each other on the political scale as its possible for two people to be. However, the big boss man in Cupertino appears to be learning a thing or two from ...
Apple is mulling the idea of building its own money-transfer service, and is actively talking to industry leaders about the move, apparently. That’s according to reputable tech site Recode, which cites a number of sources familiar ...
The long-awaited Samsung Pay mobile payments service could finally be making its way to the UK. Samsung has long offered a mobile payments platform – just like Apple Pay or Android Pay – around the world, but the UK is yet to ...
Apple is expected to launch the Apple Watch series 3 either late this year or early in 2018, and it seems the device could come packing new display technology. A new report from Business Korea claims Apple is working on producing its own ...
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Thai Containers Group (TCG), a joint venture between Rengo and SCG Packaging Public Company, has acquired an 80% interest in PT Indocorr Packaging Cikarang. PT Indocorr, which operates in eastern Jakarta, produces corrugated packaging ...
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Endangered Wine has introduced its new label of select wines from the fertile grounds of Northern California. The company intends to support the preservation of endangered animals which are on the verge of extinction from several threats ...
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A report from Smithers Pira expects global bioplastics for packaging industry to be worth $7.2bn, at an average rate of 17% per year between 2017 and 2022. According to the report - The Future of Bioplastics for Packaging to 2022, ...
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A new report claims that Uber operated a top-secret software programme known as 'Hell' that spied on and undermined its main rival, Lyft. That's according to an published by The Information, which alleges that the ride-hailing giant ...
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OLED panels and TFT-LCD panels took up 27% and 73% respectively of display panels used in smartphones in 2014, but the proportion for OLED panels will exceed 40% in 2017 due to Apple's adoption for new iPhone and further rise to 58% in ...
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