The Board of Directors of the Oerlikon Group announces that CEO Dr. Michael Buscher will leave the Company. The Board has appointed CFO Jurg Fedier interim CEO with immediate effect. Michael Buscher, who led the Oerlikon Group through ...
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Whole Foods Market announced at Natural Products Expo West that, by 2018, all products in its U.S. and Canadian stores must be labeled to indicate whether they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It is the first national grocery ...
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The Closure and Container Manufacturers Association (CCMA) will become part of the International Society of Beverage Technologists (ISBT), effective April 1, 2013. A group will be formed with representatives from both organizations to ...
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Yuna Software, the company that develops and designs Messenger Plus! announced the release of its latest version of its application for Skype. Version 1.8 complements the Skype-Messenger merger, initiated by Microsoft, with improved ...
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Solar PV demand to hit 31GW in 2013 - analyst 13 Mar 2013 Another year of single-digit growth says NPD Solarbuzz; China, Japan, India to account for 36% of global demand. Sunny forecast: geographic breakdown of global PV demand in ...
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Aggressive sales of smaller tablets triggered a revised tablet sales forecast today by IDC, which upped its projections by 11% for 2013 and said Android would supplant Apple's iOS as the dominant operating system this year. "The shift to ...
A Michigan developer last week started selling a $5 utility that lets Windows 8 customers shun the new Modern UI by running apps on the classic desktop. Stardock, best known to Windows 8 users for Start8, software that restores the Start ...
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PolyOne Corporation a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services, and solutions, announced that Spartech shareholders have approved the merger agreement pursuant to which PolyOne will acquire Spartech Corporation, a leading ...
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SAP and Saudia announced on Wednesday that they had signed a MoU to set up a competency centre at King Abdullah Economic City in Makkah. The idea is to prepare Saudi graduates for the job market through teaching essential business, IT and ...
LED headlamps are getting better and more cars are getting them as industry finds its feet with the technology. Right now there are some 20 car models on the road with LED headlamps - some all-LED and some with LED low (dip) beams and ...
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Coldwater Creek Inc. reported financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended February 2, 2013. The Company noted that the following non-comparable items impacted the fourth quarter and fiscal year: The Company's fiscal 2012 is a ...
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Is it time for high-brightness LED manufacturing to get serious about process control? If so, what lessons can be learned from traditional, silicon-based integrated circuit manufacturing? The answer to the first question can be ...
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Spending on LED fab manufacturing equipment will decline 9.2% in 2013 as the industry faces weak long-term demand and consolidates manufacturing capacity. According to the SEMI LED/Opto Fab Forecast, spending on LED fab manufacturing ...
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Yole Développement announced today its new report “UV LEDs: Technology & Application Trends” which presents UV LED new applications and associated market metrics for the period 2012-2020, and a deep analysis of UV LED ...
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Simmons partnered with Sleep Country/Mattress Discounters here to replace 31 beds in the Jubilee Women's Center, a nonprofit that helps women transition from homelessness into independent living. Simmons also donated ComforPedic from ...
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