Researchers in Taiwan have applied a non-vacuum process to deposit aluminium oxide (Al2O3) passivation for nitride semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [Bo-Yi Chou et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 11 ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Transistor
BASF Shanghai Coatings has opened its new €50m automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China, in a move to strengthen its position as a leading coatings supplier to the automotive industry. The ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal announced that it will supply about 64,000 mt of pipes, made by Izhora pipe plant, part of Severstal Russian Steel, for the Southern Corridor project. The supply will include pipes with diameter of 1,420 mm, ...
Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) has created a monolithic operational amplifier circuit using 4H polytype silicon carbide (SiC) bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) [Raheleh Hedayati et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol35, ...
Tags: SiC SiC BJTs, Electrical, Electronics
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to the Pinecrest Energy Center power plant in Lufkin, Texas. The project proposes to ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to the Tenaska Roan's Prairie power plant in Grimes County, Texas. The company plans to ...
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The ongoing electricity and gas load shedding in Pakistan’s Punjab province has forced the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) to consider various options, including shutdown of the industry. At a general body ...
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BP announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2014. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter of 2014 was $3.6 billion, 34% higher than the $2.7 billion reported for the same period in 2013 and 13% higher than the ...
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The Government of Iran has issued instructions to oil refineries and petrochemical units to not to reduce their feedstock supply to downstream petrochemical units, reports Shana. The order issued by Iran’s Minister of Petroleum ...
An investment of US$ 33 billion is needed for financing the petrochemical projects that are currently under construction, a senior official of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has said, reports Tasnim News Agency. Mohammad-Hassan ...
Tags: Financing, Petrochemical Projects, Textile
Electric vehicle maker Polaris has launched the 2015 line of Polaris GEM vehicles that are used for transporting people, moving work tasks and cargos. The lineup includes e2, e6, e4, and light-utility vehicles eL, eS, eL XD, eM1400. They ...
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BA Glass Group is all set to upgrade and expand two container glass production facilities in western Poland upon receiving a €16.5m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Said to be the first part of the total approved ...
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Capitalizing on the growing popularity of craft beer in the U.S., Carnival Cruise Lines has entered into an exclusive agreement to offer Tampa-based Cigar City Brewing's craft beers on all of its Florida-based ships. Cigar City's Florida ...
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WhiteWave Foods, a leading consumer packaged food and beverage company that makes Silk, Horizon, International Delight and Earthbound Farm products, has announced green building certification of its beverage manufacturing facility in ...
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Austria-based Andritz has signed an agreement with Spanish recycling specialist Alucha to supply new technologies and equipment for pyrolysis of rejects (waste) produced in the processing of liquid packaging board for paper production. ...
Tags: Andritz, pyrolysis of rejects, Packaging