The global market for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) reached $426m in 2016, and is expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.5% from $539m in 2017 to $1.8bn in 2022, according to BCC Research’s report ...
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Tokyo-based Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) says that, by the end of January 2018, it will acquire assets from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co Ltd (NSMAT) concerning the ...
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Private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio company Novel Ingredients to specialty ingredients provider Innophos Holdings. Novel Ingredients, which was acquired by GenNx360 in March 2014, is ...
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Blue Pacific Flavors, an organic flavor and ingredient manufacturer has opened a new research and development laboratory, dubbed the Flavor Creation and Culinary Innovation Center. The lab handles all product development and flavor ...
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Packaging materials developer Tekni-Plex is expanding its Tekni-Films operations in Italy via an acquisition. The company acquired the self-adhesive tape substrate operations of Alfatherm SpA of Venegono Superiore (VA), Italy. The ...
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US-based industrial distributor of paper and print solutions Mac Papers has acquired Florida Graphic Supply for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will allow Mac Papers to distribute Roland equipment to its Southeastern markets. It ...
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Parkside has expanded its sustainable packaging range with the launch of a biscuit pack made from eucalyptus trees. The company worked with food firm Rhythm 108 to develop a pack for its Ooh-la-la tea biscuits made from sustainable ...
Sealed Air is implementing a price increase on all products in its North American Product Care division. The increases will be effective September 1, 2017. The price adjustments are the result of escalation in resin costs of over 7% since ...
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Arizona State University (ASU) in the USA claims the first demonstration of 1kV-class aluminium nitride (AlN) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) [Houqiang Fu et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 5 July 2017]. AlN has a wide bandgap of 6.2eV. ...
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Spanish packaging company Rafesa has expanded the range of aluminium collars for perfumery packaging. The new glossy black collars has been incorported as standard to the company's accessories catalogue. The company stated that the new ...
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MillerCoors has designated CROWN Beverage Packaging Mexico, a business unit of Crown Holdings, as its 2016 Packaging Materials Supplier of the Year. Crown’s facility in Monterrey, Mexico supplies MillerCoors with crowns and aluminum ...
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Nestlé Waters North America has launched a global advertising campaign focused on its NestléPure Life bottled water brand. Since its launch in Pakistan in 1998, Nestlé Pure Life has become the global category leader, ...
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Honda announced the arrival of the 2017 Honda Clarity Electric sedan at select dealerships in California and Oregon. With a competitive introductory lease price of $269 (plus tax) a month for 36 months, the lease terms include an ...
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Scientist at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have produced a batch of single-cell protein using electricity and carbon dioxide. Protein produced in this way can be further ...
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German inkjet printing technology manufacturer Leibinger said that it will showcase its JET3up RAPID, a continuous inkjet printer at the upcoming Fakuma trade show to be held in October, this year in Friedrichshafen. The company claims ...
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