Italian intellectual property firm Bio-on has developed bioplastic material aimed at creating new sustainable and biodegradable food packaging materials in the future. Developed with a budget of €4m, the bioplastic will be featuring ...
The US state of New York is accepting applications from companies that seek to test or demonstrate autonomous vehicles on public roads. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that a program to allow testing of autonomous vehicles is ...
Sun Chemical and HP Indigo have signed a collaboration agreement to develop cost-effective digital coatings which can help in the adoption of digital printing in the packaging industry. The agreement with Sun Chemical and HP Indigo, a ...
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Flexible packaging solutions provider Comexi is exhibiting its latest lamination, coating and slitting solutions at this year’s Interpack event in Germany. The event is being held from 4 to 10 May in Düsseldorf. Comexi L20000 ...
Sexy Tesla sports cars aren’t the only vehicles that deserve the battery treatment – drayage vehicles, school buses, garbage trucks and cargo haulers are also going electric. And the ranks of those medium- and heavy-duty ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology is set to exhibit its new industry 4.0 solutions, which are designed to enhance manufacturing operations, at this year’s Interpack event. Format part management, which is based on RFID technology, will ...
Sun Chemical will increase the price of all inks and coatings containing acrylic derivatives effective May 15, 2017. Disruption in the production of certain building blocks used in the making of inks and coatings, such as styrene and ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications – says that its transistors are being used by power ...
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For first-quarter 2017, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has reported revenue of €9.2m, up dramatically from €1.4m a year ago. ...
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Swedish packaging firm Tetra Pak is using Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality technology to speed-up issue resolution for food manufacturers. The move will reduce machine downtime and productivity loss for the customer, and protect them ...
Optomec said its printers were highlighted at the Grand Opening of the University 3D Printing Research (U3DP) facility at Hong Kong Polytechnic. Hong Kong Polytechnic currently owns an Optomec Aerosol Jet system for 3D printed electronics ...
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The LED materials market is increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% from 2016 to $12.55bn in 2021, forecasts a report from MarketsandMarkets. The market is driven by the growing demand for LED materials in general ...
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Agfa Graphics is introducing digital print in manufacturing at InPrint 2017, contributing to just-in-time delivery and personalized or variable content. Agfa acts as an important partner and connector to anyone taking part in ...
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Independent III-V optoelectronic foundry Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global Ltd (CST Global) of Hamilton (near Glasgow), Scotland, UK is taking the commercial lead on the 14-month research project ‘Quantum Cooling using Mode ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the next generation of its RSW LED street-light portfolio with the introduction of 2700K, 5000K and 70 color rendering index (CRI) configurations, giving ...
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