Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced that it will roll out an electric vehicle under the Toyota brand in the Chinese market in 2020, and that the scope of a fuel-cell vehicle feasibility study will be expanded to cover commercial ...
Tags: Toyota Motor, electric vehicle
German automaker Volkswagen is planning to invest more than €10bn by 2025 for the development and production of electric cars and plug-in hybrid cars in China. The investment will be made by Volkswagen Group China and its joint ...
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US-based paper and packaging solutions provider WestRock plans to invest $410m at its kraft linerboard mill in Florence, South Carolina, US. The two-year investment plan will see installation of a 330” kraft linerboard machine and ...
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) and Ford Motor have partnered for the UK's largest connected and autonomous vehicle project in Coventry. The trials are being undertaken as part of the UK Autodrive ...
Tags: Autonomous Car, Jaguar Land Rover
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor says that SunLike (which is claimed to emit light that comes closest to sunlight) has received an RG-1 Eye Safety certification based on the safety of its light source, and has been recognized for ...
Tags: LEDs, natural-light LED
Paine Schwartz Partners has completed a strategic investment in Lyons Magnus, a developer and manufacturer of fruit and flavor solutions for the foodservice, healthcare and dairy industries. Financial terms of the transaction were not ...
Tags: packaging
For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (to end-September 2017), optical and photonic optical component and subsystem maker Lumentum Holdings Inc of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported revenue of $243.2m, down 5.8% on $258.1m a year ago due to softer ...
Tags: optical component, subsystem
Essentia Water has introduced new packaging and multi-pack designs, in a bid to provide advanced look for the brand. Essentia has developed new packaging and multi-pack designs, as part of its next phase in their brand evolution efforts. ...
French automaker Groupe PSA has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with three Algerian partners to build cars in the North African country. The Algerian partners include Condor Electronics, Palpa Pro and Entreprise Nationale de ...
Tags: Algerian Market, PSA, Cars
Mercedes-Benz said that it will start series production of a city bus with all-electric drive system based on the international best-seller, the Mercedes-Benz Citaro. "Our city bus produces zero local emissions and is ultra-quiet through ...
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For third-fiscal 2017, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $131.9m, up 15% on $115.1m last quarter and up 54% on $85.5m a year ago, marking the first full ...
Tags: LED market, LED Lighting
Groupe Renault has debuted what it claims to be the world’s first in autonomous obstacle avoidance that matches professional test drivers. Renault Open Innovation Lab, which is based in Silicon Valley, developed the new feature for ...
Tags: Autonomous Cars, Renault
For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (to end-September 2017), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $155.6m (split about 48%:52% between ...
Tags: components, modules, optical communications
Citic Capital China Partners is in advanced talks with Oaktree Capital Management to acquire French cosmetic packaging solutions provider Axilone. Based in Paris, Axilone designs and manufactures plastic and metal packaging solutions for ...
Tags: Citic Capital, Cosmetics Packaging
GPA Global, an EQT Mid Market company, has agreed to acquire MW Luxury Packaging, a provider of packaging solutions to the spirits, beverage and health & beauty industry. MW Luxury Packaging is engaged in providing concept design, ...
Tags: GPA Global, Luxury Packaging