Chinese tourists comprised the major consumption force in overseas markets during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday starting from Feb. 7. Chinese purchasing made up 55.8 percent of overseas consumption in the period, reflecting a new ...
In booth 2223 (Hall C) at SPIE Photonics West 2016 in San Francisco (16-18 February), engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA is presenting a broad portfolio of products from several of its ...
Tags: Laser Modules, Photonics West
Eric Lesbats, CEO of Synerlink, has announced the acquisition of Dairy Pack to expand its range of solutions and services in the fresh dairy market and beyond. "Dairy Pack's expertise in FFS technology, their fill-seal (FS) machine range ...
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RingCentral, a leading provider of cloud communications and collaboration solutions, today announced that Del Monte Foods, one of the leading purveyors of premium quality, branded food products in the United States, has selected the ...
The global visible light communication (VLC) market will post a remarkable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 64% to more than $8bn in 2019, according to the report 'Global Visible Light Communication Market 2015-2019' by ...
Tags: LED market, Visible Light
General Motors has bought the assets and technology of ride-sharing provider Sidecar as the company gears up to address competition from companies like Uber. The company had recently invested $500m in Lyft, a ride-sharing provider. For ...
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Internet company Tencent on Monday reported record user participation in sending and receiving gift money on the eve of Spring Festival via its messaging platform. The number of digital "red envelopes" with gift money sent and received ...
Tags: Online Money Giving, Tencent
Amcor Rigid Plastics has created a new business platform that will promote small-volume bottles production for start-ups in the beverage industry. As part of its UpStart program, Amcor will collaborate with start-ups like Alkaline Water ...
ACWA Services has installed new bio-filters at the Pencaitland Maltings Plant near Edinburgh, one of five plants operated by major UK maltster Bairds Malt. The new bio-filters are now operating to full capacity, treating an effluent flow of ...
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The US Departments of Agriculture and Health & Human Services has released an updated nutrition guidelines for general public based on scientific recommendations to improve quality of health by eating right. The newly released eighth ...
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Samsung has announced new security software for its 2016 line-up of Smart TVs running on the Tizen operating system. The new GAIA platform is described as a “powerful and comprehensive three-layer security solution.” ...
Tags: Samsung, New Security Tech, Smart TVs
General Motors is teaming up with ride hailing service provider Lyft to create an integrated network of on-demand autonomous vehicles in the US. Under the agreement, General Motors (GM) is planning to invest $500m in Lyft to help the ...
A 40-hectare food manufacturing hub that will bring packaging, distribution and transport to a single location will be opened in South Australia. The South Australian Government will spend $7 million to attract anchor tenants to the ...
Tags: food industries, wine industries
Contract packaging specialist South Atlantic Packaging Corporation has acquired Prostar Packaging for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition forms a part of the company's strategy to become a $50m enterprise by focusing on acquisitions ...
Tags: Prostar Packaging, Packaging
POET Technologies Inc of San Jose, CA, USA — which has developed the proprietary planar optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated III-V-based electronic and optical devices on a single ...