The sales of x-electric vehicles (xEV) in China reached a historic high of 300,000 units in 2015. Correspondingly, the market for xEV lithium batteries witnessed surging growth in the same period. In the fourth quarter, for instance, xEV ...
At the PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2016 event in Nuremberg, Germany (10-12 May), Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe showcased its technology lineup, highlighting innovations including passive components, ...
Tags: GaN power devices, SiC
UK based conceptual design and packaging manufacturer Cullen Packaging has installed Mosca strapping technology at its facility in Glasgow. As part of an automated production line, the firm has installed a Mosca-developed MCB-2 in-line ...
Stora Enso will invest a total of approximately EUR 70 million in a new polyethylene (PE) extrusion coating plant and an automated roll warehouse (ARW) at Imatra mills in Finland. Extrusion coating is a process used to enhance the ...
Tags: Stora Enso, Coating
RJR Technologies Inc of Oakland, CA, USA, a developer and high-volume manufacturer of air-cavity plastic (ACP) semiconductor packaging for RF and microwave markets, has shipped over 10 million ACP packages, reflecting the increasing use of ...
Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics Co Ltd has launched four new ceramic high-reflective-packaged high-power automotive LEDs with a golden lead frame in four different colors - white, PC-amber, red, and super-red - according to the preferred ...
UK-based Cobham has launched a scalable family of gallium nitride (GaN) solid-state transmitter solutions. SOLSTx (pronounced 'solstice') is optimized for ground, maritime and airborne applications including air-traffic control, weather, ...
Tags: Radar Transmitters, Cobham
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has extended its street lighting portfolio with the next-generation XSP HO Series. Leveraging innovations from the existing XSP Series LED street light platform, the ...
Tags: Cree LED, lighting fixtures
LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched its second-generation LUXEON CoB Compact Range of LEDs, which feature an efficacy and output boost of up to 16% over its previous-generation arrays. Lumileds says that the new product ...
Tags: LED Arrays, Lumileds
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAAP-011232, a two-stage, 1W driver ...
Tags: semiconductors, analog RF, Driver Amplifier
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAGe-102425-300, a 300W gallium ...
Tags: MACOM, semiconductors, photonic applications
TUKU, a innovator in location-based mobile marketing, has entered into a commercial collaboration with Jones Packaging, a provider of premier packaging solutions for healthcare and consumer brands. Together, the partners will integrate ...
Tags: Intelligent Packaging, TUKU
Toray Advanced Film, a sister company of Toray Plastics (America), has developed a new high-barrier, transparent, aluminum oxide-coated polyester film for retort pouches. The Barrialox SBR2 film has been designed to offer enhanced thermal ...
Tags: Toray, Food Packaging Film
Domino Printing Sciences is set to introduce a new K600i B2 cut sheet-fed ink jet digital printing solution at drupa 2016 in Düsseldorf of Germany, which is being held from 31 May to 10 June. The K600i is a modular and scalable ...
Tags: Domino, Ink Jet, Digital Printing
Owens Corning (OC) has acquired InterWrap, a British Columbia based manufacturer of roofing underlayment and packaging materials, for $450m. InterWrap, through its facilities in the US, Canada, India and China, produces synthetic roofing ...
Tags: Owens Corning, InterWrap