The start-up of Kotkamills' rebuilt board machine 2 (BM2) in Finland took place on July 22, 2016. Valmet supplied key technology and automation package for the extensive paper machine grade conversion project. The printing paper (MFC) ...
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While no injuries have been caused to date, 22 cases have been reported of small parts detaching from the sets. US toy firm, Alex Toys has recalled around 91,000 of its playsets over fears the products could pose choking hazards to young ...
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John Lewis has announced its Locally Made initiative which will enhance its support of local UK suppliers and manufacturers. The project will see the retailer bring together locally-designed and made products from across the country in a ...
From 7 to 10th September, CIFF-Shanghai, the September edition of the China International Furniture Fair, will present CIFF Outdoor & Leisure 2016, a platform specialising in outdoor furniture and that offers a wide range of products to ...
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in the USA has used limited-area epitaxy (LAE) on semi-polar gallium nitride (GaN) substrates to reduce misfit dislocation (MD) densities in multiple quantum well (MQW) green light-emitting ...
The project MIRPHAB (MidInfraRed PHotonics devices fABrication for chemical sensing and spectroscopic applications) has unveiled a chemical sensor capable of detecting drugs and explosives from a distance of 30m. Lasting from the ...
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Yale University and University of Illinois Urbana in the USA have improved the efficiency of gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) solar cells on silicon (Si) by reducing threading dislocation densities (TDDs) [Kevin Nay Yaung et al, Appl. ...
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The Medipak Systems companies Rondo, Dividella and Mediseal are presenting solutions for efficient packaging of pharmaceutical products at FachPack 2016. The event will take place on 3 days from 27 to 29 September 2016 in Nuremberg, ...
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Due to fast growing use of smartphone-based mobile payment services in the China market, both international and domestic vendors, including white-box ones, have adopted fingerprint recognition functions for their smartphones. Consequently, ...
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The Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia, Queensland Division, in conjunction with ABB Enterprise Software, All Purpose Transport and Leadership Management Australia (LMA), is pleased to announce the finalists for the ninth ...
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America’s back, free trade agreements are helping (particularly with China), and Europe remains on Australian business horizons despite Brexit. This is according to the 2016 DHL Export Barometer. However, exporters are muddling ...
Dematic has made its first delivery of the company’s new range of automated guided vehicles (AGV) from its factory in Belrose, NSW. A major Australian beverage company is the first to receive a delivery of the Dematic AGV. The order ...
Characters including Edward Cullen, Bella Swan, Jacob Black and Jane of the Volturi will be available as Pop! figures. Fans of The Twilight Saga franchise will soon be able to get their hands on their very own Edward or Bella figure, ...
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The toy firm- Blushing Night Bear Light and animal hand puppets made it on the list. Tobar has unveiled its top toy predictions for Christmas 2016, with the toy firm’s Blushing Night Bear Light and animal hand puppets making the ...
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This year's Inventors Workshop will be at held at Whittlebury Hall in Northamptonshire on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016. Argos has signed up as the headline sponsor for this year's Inventors Workshop. The retailer will be involved in ...
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