Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, today announced its next generation of Orion LED industrial light fixtures, now the highest-performing high bay ...
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Bowling Green State University (BGSU), a higher education leader in sustainability efforts, selected LED lighting by Cree to replace the outdated metal halide light fixtures over its indoor turf field in the Perry Field House. The ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has developed a near ultra-violet and all-organic light emitting diode (OLED) that can be used as an on-chip photosensor. It’s a first in a rather specialized field of research ...
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When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
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Alicyclobacillus (ACB) species are bacteria which are resistant to low pH and pasteurisation. They produce off-flavour and aroma compounds that spoil juice products. Current methods for ACB testing are laborious and require over 7 days to ...
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German automaker BMW has commenced full production of new three and four-cylinder engines at its Hams Hall plant in the UK following the completion of its $750m investment across its manufacturing sites. Hams Hall plant is located near ...
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA, which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets, has expanded its range of laser diode and avalanche photodiode ...
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International Paper (IP) will exit from Chinese coated board joint venture (JV) by selling its 55% stake to JV partner Shandong Sun Holding for $23m. The IP-Sun JV operates one manufacturing facility with four paper machines in Shandong ...
Clariant, a specialty chemicals company, has announced that its healthcare packaging manufacturing facility in Belen, New Mexico, has achieved ISO 15378:2011 certification for products manufactured for healthcare applications, including ...
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WACKER has expanded the service portfolio at its technical center in Mexico City, Mexico. The local facility now comprises state-of-the-art applications technology and test equipment for polymer dispersions needed as binders for ...
BASF will expand its emollients and waxes production capacity with a new plant at its site in Jinshan, Shanghai. The investment, complementing the current production of wax esters, emulsifiers and primary surfactants in Jinshan, will ...
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Emery Oleochemicals LLC has earned the Certified Biobased Product Label granted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), for six products from the company’s EMEROX range of renewable-based polyols. This certification, ...
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General Mills is voluntarily recalling 1.8 million boxes of its Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios cereal due to the presence of an undeclared ingredient, wheat, which can be a potential allergen. The items being recalled were produced on ...
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Cargill is set to invest $111m to transform its ground beef facility in Columbus, Nebraska, to cooked meats facility. This conversion, which will begin in early December this year, will enable the company to produce specific types of ...
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Ajinomoto is investing JPY2.4bn ($20m) on a new production line for frozen rice products at the Oakland facility in the US, as part of its aim to boost production capacity. This line will become operational by 2016. The North American ...