Alfalight Inc of Madison, WI, USA, which designs and manufactures infrared and visible laser and electro-optical systems for defense and security applications, has won the 2015 Wisconsin Innovation Awards honor for manufacturing, citing the ...
Sir Philip Green's Arcadia has claimed a clean sweep of the best omnichannel retailers across the UK, Germany and France, with Topshop taking the top spot, closely followed by sister brands Wallis and Miss Selfridge, according to a survey ...
The world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC) says that its subsidiary TSMC Solar Ltd - which was founded in 2009 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic modules - will cease ...
Blow-molded plastic containers producer Graham Packaging has laid the cornerstone of its new plant at the South Central Kentucky Industrial Park in the US. Sprawled over 245,000ft2, the new unit is expected to generate an employment ...
Vietnamese apparel and footwear industry is looking for opportunities to re-enter Eastern Europe through the Czech Republic, the country's newspapers have reported. Representatives of Hanoi apparel and footwear businesses met Czech ...
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The Chinese fairy tale figure Madam White Snake is back again, this time in two very different guises. The first is in the time-honored way in which audiences are used to seeing it, and the other in a very contemporary form. The first ...
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated and released a document specifying requirements for corrosion resistant coatings on carbon steels used for hardware components in window, door and skylight ...
The Hertz Corporation’s green traveler collection fleet will now include the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid in a few cities across the US. The car which can easily switch between a gasoline engine and an electric motor has been rated at ...
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The Victorian Government has committed to what it calls the biggest upgrade to regional rail freight in decades, the full Murray Basin Rail Project, which will standardise and upgrade the entire Murray Basin rail network. Premier Daniel ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the recipients of its annual LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in residential green ...
The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
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“It is only a matter of time before white LEDs using blue LED chips will disappear from the market,” said Shuji Nakamura at a forum on GaN technology in July organized by Nikkei Asian Review. The comment from the inventor of ...
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Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA says that its STO Elevation Series framed modules are the first CIGS (copper indium gallium selenium) based thin-film solar modules approved as eligible photovoltaic (PV) equipment in Dubai as part of DEWA's ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has expanded its portfolio of optical sensors for the optical measurement of pulse rates and the oxygen saturation level of blood. Offering what is claimed to be excellent signal ...
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Film and sheet extrusion machinery firm Macro Engineering & Technology (Canada) has established a 1.8m wide line having nine extruders and a nine-layer die design for a European customer. The line produces various barrier structures to ...
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