The consumer public has put out the call, and the hog industry is responding in a big way at the start of what's likely to be a year of major growth for the U.S. hog herd. New data show the breeding herd has climbed by 4%, with the number ...
Tags: hog industry, Agriculture
The Valspar Corporation has appointed Les H. Ireland as the company's new executive vice president and president of its global Consumer Paint businesses. He will be based in Chicago and report to Valspar chairman and CEO Gary Hendrickson. ...
Tags: sales, marketing, service operations roles, Construction
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the USA has developed nitride semiconductor solar cells with high quantum efficiency for short wavelengths (370-450nm) and concentrated photovoltaics at temperatures up to 400°C [Liang Zhao et al, ...
Tags: PV Performance, Electrical
Researchers in Germany have developed gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on silicon carbide (SiC) layers on silicon wafers [Wael Jatal et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 11 December 2014]. ...
Tags: Cubic Silicon Carbide, Electrical
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA and fellow RF component maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA have completed their merger to form Qorvo Inc, a provider of what is claimed to be the industry’s broadest ...
Tags: gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, bulk acoustic wave, Electrical
Most of the traditional January or Boxing Day sales now start online before Christmas, even before you've had a chance to pull a cracker. Retailers are not obliged to give you a refund or an exchange if you simply decide you don??t want ...
Tags: Boxing Day, Christmas
China’s Xidian University has been developing III-nitride double heterostructures (DHs) with indium gallium nitride (InGaN) channels with a view to high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [Yi Zhao et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol105, ...
Tags: HEMTs, InGaN channels
In late 2013, LEDinside team forecasted major company restructure market trends will continue throughout the year. The trend has been consistent in 2014, as more lighting manufacturers take necessary restructure measures to remain ...
Tags: LED component, LED light
For many LED makers, 2014 has been a challenging year, with performance in the first and second halves of the year very polarized for many, notes Roger Chu, research director of LEDinside (a research division of TrendForce). Lighting market ...
Tags: LED Makers, Entry Level, Electrical
Skoda has teased its Superb with two sketches which shows an expressively designed saloon. The sketch reveals similarity of the upcoming Superb with the company's other flagship Skoda Vision C'. It has dynamic proportions with a sloping ...
Tags: sculptural shapes, purist precision, elegant lines, Auto
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced a new addition for the more than 30,000 entertainment, content and creative professionals that attend the International CES®. New for the 2015 CES is C Space, a central ...
Tags: 2015 CES, Advertising, Content, Consumer Electronics
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced panelists for the second CES Unveiled Paris, an industry event that brings innovative technology companies, top press, industry analysts, buyers and key consumer technology ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced featured attractions at its new C Space at ARIA destination at the 2015 International CES®. Neal Mohan, vice president, display and video advertising at Google, and Scott ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that top executives from Condé Nast, Fox Networks Group, Google, McDonald’s, and The Walt Disney Co. will join the Brand Matters keynote at the 2015 International ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia Inc., will headline address with Ryan Seacrest at C Space at ARIA, a new show location at the 2015 International CES®. ...
Tags: 2015 CES, Headliner, Consumer Electronics