Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that Xiamen-based Sanan Optoelectronics Co Ltd, China’s largest LED maker, has ordered 50 TurboDisc EPIK700 gallium nitride (GaN) ...
Tags: LED maker, process equipment, Electrical
The worldwide solar market demand in 2014 was approximately at 44GW, even though the China market did not perform as well as expectations, due to the continuous growth in Japan and the U.S. market, the supply and demand remained stable. At ...
Tags: Solar Demand, Solar Cell
Danish brewer Carlsberg has partnered with British beverage can maker Rexam to launch limited edition Christmas cans of Tuborg Pilsner beer. Through the partnership, Carlsberg's Tuborg Pilsner beer will be available in Rexam's 1 litre ...
Tags: Beer, Christmas cans, Agriculture
Reliant Beverage Company, maker of Reliant Recovery Water, has hired Bill Germano as president. "We are thrilled to have Bill join the Reliant team," said Eric Russell, CEO of Reliant Beverage Company. "He brings with him a wealth of ...
Tags: Beverage, Agriculture
Starting March 2015 BMW 2 Series Coupe will get new entry-level engines, further four-wheel drive model and additional equipment option. For the first time BMW 218i Coupe will feature a three-cylinder petrol engine with TwinPower Turbo ...
Tags: BMW xDrive, entry-level engines, Auto
Chrysler has announced that it is adding 208,783 to it ongoing recall list to replace passenger-side air-bag inflators supplied by Takata. The latest recall will include older model vehicles that were bought or registered across five ...
Researchers at The University of New South Wales (UNSW Australia) have achieved what is claimed to be record solar system energy conversion efficiency of 40.4% (presented on 8 December at the Australian PV Institute’s Asia-Pacific ...
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LED packaging service provider Harvatek will cooperate with affiliated equipment maker YoungTek Electronics to adopt the latter's automation equipment to start automated production of LED light bulbs for reducing production cost in 2015, ...
Tags: LED Light Bulbs, Lights
GlobalWafers Japan (GWJ), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based semiconductor-grade silicon wafer maker GlobalWafers, will expand its 8-inch wafer production capacity by about 10% in 2015, according to president and CEO Toru Masaoka. GWJ uses ...
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Kinsa, a New York City–based maker of an FDA-cleared smart thermometer has won $9.6 million in Series A financing, which includes funding from Kleiner Perkins and others. The company’s thermometer can plug into a smartphone ...
Tags: horsepower, display, Health
British luxury car maker Aston Martin is planning to raise funds to expand its product line to crossover SUVs, which is expected to help the company recover from sliding profit. The company is expected to raise between $156m-$234m in ...
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Volvo has started a production program for the development of a lightweight 3-cylinder petrol engine. The Drive-E 3-cylinder engine is expected to join the 4-cylinder Drive-E engines of the company and will be developed in Sweden. ...
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Leshi Internet Information & Technology founder Jia Yueting is planning to apply for a license to manufacture and sell electric vehicles (EV) in China. Leshi Internet makes web-enabled televisions and has already made an electric car, ...
Tags: Leshi, Electric Cars
Ford has introduced SYNC 3, a communications and entertainment system which is claimed to be more intuitive and easier to use than its predecessor. Sync 3 replaced Microsoft Auto's operating system and runs on QNX and uses hardware from ...
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DILAS Diode Laser Inc in Tucson, AZ, USA, a subsidiary of diode laser maker DILAS of Mainz, Germany, has appointed Dr Chris Ebert as its new business development director & regional sales manager (East). The firm says that Ebert has an ...
Tags: diode laser, in-situ temperature, Electrical