Cosmetics industry firm Oriflame Products Poland has joined UPM Raflatac's RafCycle recycling program, which recycles and reuses pressure sensitive label waste to create new materials. The partnership supports Oriflame's target to ...
Tags: Cosmetics industry, Packaging
US auto giant General Motors has agreed to sell its European operations to French automaker PSA Group for €2.2bn. PSA will buy Opel/Vauxhall automotive operations for €1.3bn, while GM Financial’s European operations will ...
Tags: General Motors, PSA Group, automotive
China is expected to become the world's biggest producer of semiconductor display panels around 2019, according to Li Dongsheng, chairman and CEO of TCL Corp. "As a major manufacturer of televisions and cellphones, we have a large demand ...
Tags: display panels, semiconductor
The triple-digit million euro order includes the supply of six reactor coolant pumps - type RSR 750 - each driven by a 10 000 V high-voltage motor with a rating of 6600 kW. The maximum flow rate of each pump and motor set is around 24 500 ...
Tags: Pump, Power Plant
The worldwide wearable market reached a new all-time high as shipments reached 33.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, growing 16.9% on year. Shipments for the entire year grew 25% as new vendors entered the market and previous ...
Tags: wearable market, smart wearables
China's State-owned industrial enterprises, which account for the majority of China's SOEs, ended two years of losses in 2016 and reaped good returns on the back of structural optimization. In 2016, the profits of State-owned industrial ...
According to TrendForce’s research “Battery Silver Member Report” in 1Q17, after the lithium battery market going through high sales volume of new energy vehicles in 4Q16, booming demand for power batteries also came to an ...
Tags: Lithium Battery, Power Batteries
The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) agency has launched recycling program for plastic bags and wraps. The state agency of Connecticut has started a new campaign to increase recycling of plastic bags and ...
Tags: Plastic Bags, Wraps
Trillium, which aims to close the cyber-security gap threatening self-driving cars, has completed its Series A financing round with investments by Global Brain, Mizuho Capital and DBJ Capital. Tokyo-based Trillium designs and provides ...
Tags: Trillium, Driverless Car Security
Waymo has filed a lawsuit against Uber and its subsidiary Otto for allegedly stealing key parts the self-driving technology. The self-driving subsidiary of Google claims that one of its former employees Anthony Levandowski had downloaded ...
Tags: Waymo, Self-Driving Technology
Worldwide robot makers have been expanding their capacity recently with Germany-based Kuka cooperating with the China-based Midea Group to expand its capacity in Europe and China. Meanwhile, Japan-based Yaskawa has also increased investment ...
Tags: Industrial Robot, Robot
Global demand for LED chips has been picking up strongly, and is expected to finally exceed supply in 2017. In addition, Apple has recently patented a new smartphone solution that would use a range of Micro LEDs for fingerprint recognition. ...
Tags: LED chips, LED industry
Great Wall Motor Co Ltd, one of the major sport utility vehicle manufacturers in China, plans to launch its first high-end SUV brand in May, aiming to further expand its market share. The model will be equipped with competitive ...
Tags: High-End SUV, Great Wall, SUV
China, as a major market for renewable electricity, has already announced to launch renewable energy certificate (REC) program officially since 2018. This system would be helpful for China to establish a firmer, healthier renewable energy ...
Asia apparel expo-berlin is a major sourcing tradeshow for apparel production and the prime business event for european brands to meet with asian clothing manufacturers and garment suppliers in the centre of europe - in berlin. If ...
Tags: Footprints