All GSP eligible merchandise including textiles will benefit from the US government's announcement of extending the benefit under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to developing countries. In a notice issued on 28 July, the ...
Tags: textiles, GSP programme
Basecoat-clearcoat exterior topcoat systems by PPG Industries’ aerospace coatings group have been qualified at Airbus that offer appearance, production, operating and maintenance benefits. High-solids DESOTHANE HD/CA 9008 ...
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According to the report 'GaN and SiC for power electronics applications' from Yole Développement, in 2014 the silicon carbide (SiC) chip business was worth more than $133m, with power factor correction (PFC) and photovoltaics (PV) ...
Tags: SiC Market, power electronics
US based apparel marketer Columbia Sportswear Company said its net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 grew 17 per cent year over year and thereby created a record for second quarter sales. In a press release, Columbia Sportswear ...
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Test systems and position sensors suppliers MTS Systems Corporation and CATARC (China's Automotive Technology & Research Center) have consolidated their tie-up with the latter’s opening of a new test facility in China. Backed by the ...
Tags: position sensors, Test systems
NYSE listed Avery Dennison, a marketer of labeling, packaging materials and solutions reported a 6 per cent year over year slip in sales in the three months to June 30, 2015. An Avery Dennison press release informed that net sales ...
Tags: packaging materials, label
German petrochemicals producer BASF said July 24 that it expected the economic slowdown in China, margin volatility and growth uncertainty in Europe to be the biggest risks to growth for its chemicals division during the second half of the ...
Tags: Petrochemicals, oil
LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched the LUXEON 3535L Color Line (joining its existing 3535L White LEDs), giving makers of emergency vehicle lights, signs, color tunable bulbs and architectural lamps access to single-color ...
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Researchers in the USA have developed vertical Schottky and pn gallium nitride (GaN) diodes on silicon with performance comparable to devices grown on much more expensive substrates [Yuhao Zhang et al, IEEE Transactions On Electron Devices, ...
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Replacing synthetic sweeteners with Stevia based sweeteners in table-top applications is not new. However, the Bulgarian company D-A Ltd has managed to set themselves apart from the mainstream with the use of innovative ingredient ...
Tags: food production, synthetic sweeteners, sweeteners EUREBA
BASF will form a global business unit (GBU) combining all of its pigments activities effective January 2016. In the second half of 2016, BASF intends to carve out its pigments business and establish separate legal entities. With sales of ...
Tags: Pigments, azo pigments, dyes
Lightweight composite materials firm Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) has claimed that TCA Ultra Lite, currently in production for General Motors’ (GM) 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, has pared down 20lb (9kg) from the Stingray Coupe ...
The Cotton Textiles Exports Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) has welcomed the inclusion of exports of cotton fabrics - both woven and knitted - to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), according to a ...
Tags: Cotton Textiles, Textiles
Magna International has inked a pact to purchase automotive transmissions supplier Getrag Group of Companies (Getrag) in a deal valued at 1.75bn Eur. Likely to close by this year-end, the transaction for the 100% equity incorporates ...
Tags: automobile manufacture, company acquision, Getrag Group
Virginia Tech is set to launch a new $14m Dairy Science Complex located at Kentland Farm in Montgomery County, Virginia, US. The new facility has been designed to further Virginia Tech's dairy science program. Featuring latest ...