Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that Andrew Griffiths, process engineer at IQE's Photonics business unit based in Cardiff, was named Young Engineer of the Year at the ESTnet Awards 2016 at a gala ...
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The total number of Chinese homeport cruise ship travelers reached 2.22 million passenger trips in 2015, and China's cruise industry is set to grow faster in the next decade, a report said. Throughout 2015, China's 10 cruise ports ...
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The global gallium nitride (GaN) power device market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.5% from 2016 to $2.6bn in 2022, according to the report 'GaN Power Devices Market - Global Forecast to 2022' from ...
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During 2014, the UK government announced that it was cutting beer duty by £0.01 per pint for the second consecutive year as part of its budget released in March 2014. This move was taking in an effort to boost a previously declining ...
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Australian ASX-listed fast food chain Domino’s Pizza has announced it is acquiring Germany’s largest pizza chain Joey’s Pizza. Following the October purchase of Western French chain Pizza Sprint, increasing the presence ...
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In an update on current trading and confirms its expectations for full-year 2015, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it is on track to achieve year-on-year revenue growth, with second-half revenue ...
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The market for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) was $611.3m in 2014 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.99% from 2015 to $2105.3m in 2020, according to the report ‘VCSEL Market: ...
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Last year the leading fresh food packaging supplier, Linpac, won the most improved factory award for its St. Helen’s site in the prestigious Britain's Best Factory Awards. A major part of the work at St Helens - and throughout the ...
British can maker Rexam has inaugurated its new£115m wall-to-wall manufacturing plant in Widnau, Switzerland. Located alongside the Rauch Trading can filling plant, the new facility will be capable of producing 2.2 billion Slim ...
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Trillium US Inc of Clackamas, OR, USA has acquired the Oxford Instruments-Austin division of Austin, TX, USA (formerly Austin Scientific). Focused on the helium-compression-based vacuum and temperature management and control sector, Oxford ...
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Privately held integrated optical communications component and sub-system developer ColorChip of Yokneam, Israel has raised $25m in a round of growth funding. Founded in 2001 by Dr Shimon Eckhouse and professor Shlomo Rushin of the School ...
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Hosted by Stephen Doughty (the Member of Parliament for the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency), an event in the UK Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, has formally launched the Compound Semiconductor Centre (CSC), formed at ...
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South African food firm Tiger Brands has withdrawn its financial support to its Nigerian arm Dangote Flour Mills (DFM), after it launched a review of its investment in the pasta and flour maker, which is struggling with losses. Tiger ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has announced the appointment of Dr Wyn Meredith as director of the Compound Semiconductor Centre (CSC), the new joint venture between IQE plc and Cardiff University to be ...
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Motion controllers are the devices that control all kinds of motor-driven actuators to follow the predetermined trajectory, and they find key application in machine tool, textile machinery, plastic machinery, printing machinery, packaging ...
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