Two giant private equity groups, Blackstone and Carlyle, are among companies believed to be preparing bids for cartons giant Chesapeake, according to media reports. The Sunday Times (19 May) reported that Blackstone and Carlyle are ...
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CEA-Leti will present recent advances and a preview of future developments in micro- and nanotechnologies, followed by workshops on key technical fields, during Leti Innovation Days, June 25-28, on the MINATEC campus. The gathering ...
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Invision’s anticipated In Theory modular collection brings great ideas for design. This three-product collection includes Big Bang, Conspiracy and String, offering both organic and geometric patterns that can stand alone or be ...
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Valeritas, insulin delivery devices maker, has announced that it has closed a structured debt financing with Capital Royalty which will provide the company with about $100m in order to further commercialize V-Go. Designed to be easier to ...
General Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lighting Co Specialist, a franchisee of Krislite (Singapore), to explore the distribution of GE lighting solutions in Myanmar, its ninth market in Asean. GE's solutions ...
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Google Glass should be banned entirely, according to one in five UK and US adults who took part in cloud hosting provider Rackspace's new survey. The survey, dubbed "The Human Cloud: Wearable Technology from Novelty to Productivity", was ...
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DKSH Business Unit Healthcare has opened its new healthcare distribution center in Seoul, South Korea. Located close to key hospitals in Seoul, the distribution center will manage the emergency deliveries of mainly medical devices. The ...
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GE Healthcare has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Administration (FDA) for its Brivo Plus C-arm, which is made available now in the US. The approval is expected to transform healthcare in private practices and rural ...
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The recent announcement by Alliance Boots that it was to cut 200 jobs at its Beeston factory in Nottinghamshire over a two-year period has raised questions about its longstanding involvement in contract packaging. The factory, which until ...
Diagnostic cardiology provider GE Healthcare has plans to invest $8.7m (KRW10bn) to boost the production capacity of ultrasound systems by double in South Korea. As part of this strategy, by February, 2014, GE Ultrasound, a unit of GE ...
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HBA Global, the leading product development source for the beauty and personal care industry, has announced the finalists of its Annual International Package Design Awards (IPDA). The IPDA Finalists will be displayed during the HBA Global ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced recently that nearly 100 building projects across the globe are already using LEED v4, the next version of the LEED green building program, by participating in the LEED v4 beta. The beta ...
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AFX, a market-leading lighting company producing energy-efficient fixtures for commercial and residential applications, recently announced their partnership with Paulmann Lighting, bringing their trend-setting lighting systems to the United ...
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Sterilization packaging supplier Perfecseal, a division of Bemis, has joined the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC). HPRC is a technical coalition of peers across the healthcare, recycling and waste management industries. The ...
With nightmarish superbugs threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers, hospitals are taking considerable precautions to track who is and who isn't washing their hands. For example, Summerville Medical Center, a 94-bed ...
Tags: Sensor Tag, Camera, Hand Washing