For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 27 December 2014), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $86.8m, down 15.6% on $102.9m a year ago and ...
Tags: end-market, Telecoms
The Japanese economy appears to have expanded during the October-December period, marking the first growth in three quarters thanks to a long-awaited recovery in consumer spending. Real gross domestic product grew an annualized 4% last ...
Tags: consumer spending, Electrical
A probiotic treatment for peanut allergy has been successfully trialled by Australian researchers at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. The researchers said their findings showed that there was potential for a long term cure ...
ZENN Motor Company Inc. is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) of up to 2,400,000 units of the Corporation (the “Units”) at a price of $0.375 per Unit for gross proceeds of ...
Tags: securities laws, working capital, Electrical
One of the best moves Floors and More ever made was a year into the company’s life when its founders Dan and Brenda Billingsley decided to take their tile store from a city address to its current location on Interstate 30, a direct ...
Tags: tile store, Construction
Innovia Films has launched a new BOPP film called Propafilm RCU, which is tested to provide up to 18 months protection from mineral oil migration. The company developed the film after earlier studies found that foods were being ...
Tags: pasta, rice, breakfast cereals, biscuits, Agriculture
Small distillers from across the UK are supporting the 'Drop the Duty!' campaign, which calls for a reduced duty on alcohol in order to facilitate the growth of the industry. This campaign is run by Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) Wine and ...
Tags: Whisky, alcohol duty, Agriculture
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
French food manufacturer Soulie Restauration, a unit of William Saurin, is launching a whole new ready meal product packed in a packaging solution provided by RPC Barrier Containers. The new 'Shake Me' range is based on the principle ...
Tags: pasta, sauce, Agriculture
French food manufacturer SouliE Restauration, which is a part of packaged and canned food specialist William Saurin, has chosen packaging solution from RPC Barrier Containers for its new ready meal range ‘Shake Me’. 'Shake Me' ...
Tags: microwaving, bayonet system, Agriculture
“I have to believe that we are on the verge of some major breakthroughs, in large part because of the versatility and tunability of LED lighting.” So said the National Lighting Bureau’s outgoing chair, Howard P. Lewis ...
Tags: LED lighting, Lights
Two baby and toddler food companies: Beech-Nut is 123 years old, Rafferty’s Garden is 7. Both lead with peak nutrition claims. Beech-Nut makes glass packaging part of this. Rafferty’s Garden uses flexible pouches. Let’s ...
Tags: glass packaging, baby food, Packaging
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a $54 million plan submitted by Delaware for clean water projects, including efforts that will improve local water quality by eliminating failing septic systems, and reduce greenhouse ...
Tags: septic systems, water quality, Agriculture
Bentley Motors will expand its headquarters in the town of Crewe in England with an investment of £40m, thus increasing its total capital in the facility to £840m. The carmaker will build a new 45,000m2 research and ...
Tags: Bentley Motors, styling studio, Auto
Global beverage giant The Coca-Cola Company has made a deal with South African multinational brewing and beverage company SABMiller to acquire its Appletiser drinks brands on a worldwide basis, and acquire or be licensed rights to a further ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Sabmiller, Agriculture