Design Museum is collaborating with the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, to deliver a major new exhibition about the sweeping changes in manufacturing that are transforming our world. New manufacturing ...
Tags: Design Museum, Textile Sector
A recent survey conducted by Intermec revealed that transport and logistics companies could save approximately $459,000 annually as a result of process re-engineering and the implementation of mobile technology across workflows—but a ...
“It’s been a very productive week”, said EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero coming out of the talks. “We have been striving already for many months to prepare the ground for an ambitious trade and investment ...
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Texas State University (in San Marcos) has announced an agreement granting MicroPower Global Ltd (which was established in 2008 and is developing thermoelectric devices for energy conservation, energy harvesting and refrigeration) exclusive ...
Zhenkun Wang, the general manager of NVC Lighting, recently expressed on "low-carbon lighting • Energy saving global LED lighting design, application and Innovation Forum" organized by the Chinese lighting network and Shenzhen ...
Tags: NVC, LED Products, Lights&Lighting
How do you use packaging to communicate your sustainable strategy to customers? Come and find out. On July 17, 2013, Jim Hanna, director, environmental impact, Starbucks Coffee Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & ...
Tags: Packaging, Sustainability, Gateway
Several critical factors drive the net result performance of an optic: design, material, tooling and the science and art of the injection process. With 50 years experience transforming polymers, Gaggione goes a step forward by adding new ...
On September 1, 2013, the latest energy efficiency requirements for LED lighting products will be officially implemented in Europe. European energy efficiency requirements are mainly based on the requirements of the EU's ErP. Like LVD ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Energy, Lights, LED
The Federal Trade Commission challenged Ardagh Group, S.A.'s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., alleging that it will reduce competition and result in the two firms - the merged firm and its only remaining ...
Greater collaboration between the established electricity networks sector and the blossoming solar power industry is essential for overcoming barriers to increasing the contribution of solar power to the UK electricity supply. This is the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The UK's University of Manchester has used band engineering on indium phosphide (InP) to create indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistors (pHEMTs) with reduced gate current leakage and high breakdown ...
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Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) says it has—along with the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH)—engaged Canadian and American industry stakeholders to address concerns about "non-aligned regulator objectives, ...
The all-new Volvo XC90 will feature three innovative new safety systems – including two claimed world firsts – when launches at the end of 2014. All three utilise Volvo's latest camera and radar technology to pre-empt ...
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Recent advances in microelectronics technology and production processes have led to the rapid acceleration in MEMs and LED manufacturing, and breakthroughs in silicon photonics and printed/flexible electronics. But what comes next? The ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, LED
LED lighting market is booming but price competition has been causing firms to see shrinking profit margins. Taiwan-based LED firms aim to improve technology and enter the automotive lighting market. Lite-On Automotive Corporation, a ...