US-based First Solar delivered on expectations in 2013 to become the leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company in the global photovoltaic (PV) industry, even though it is likely to be surpassed in 2014 by China-based ...
In booth #7718 at the LightFair International 2014 event in Las Vegas (3-5 June), Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, is ...
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One year ago today, 17 ready-made garment (RMG) industry global brands and retailers and 2 global unions and their national RMG affiliates signed an unprecedented agreement to make RMG factories safe in Bangladesh. One year later, 172 ...
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Opel will develop new assistance systems to increase efficiency and safety in urban transport under its participation in the UR:BAN research project (user oriented assistance systems and network management). The goal of the partly German ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories, Vehicles
Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Tokyo have created electronic devices that become soft when implanted inside the body and can deploy to grip 3-D objects, such as large tissues, nerves and blood ...
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, Tsinghua University in China, and Case Western Reserve University in the USA claim to have developed a fiber supercapacitor that can be woven into clothing and power ...
Beer distributor economic activity is on the uptick across the state of Florida. Today, Goldring Gulf Distributing broke ground on a new facility in Milton, Florida. S.R. Perrott will open a new facility in Daytona in June and ...
Tags: Beer Industry, Cone Distributing
Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO, President and CEO Katsumoto Ishibashi) has been awarded a contract to build a large gas chemical complex for State Concern “Turkmengas”, in collaboration with Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd., ...
Sidel, a global provider of liquid packaging solutions, has announced that it was awarded a major project in Ikeja, Nigeria, by the Nigerian Bottling Company, a member of the Coca-Cola HBC, one of the world’s largest bottlers of ...
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German auto-parts maker Bosch Engineering has opened a second automotive technology manufacturing plant in Cluj, Romania with investment of more than €70m. The auto-parts maker's new facility will produce electronic components and ...
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According to Brazilian news reports Monday, Gerdau has joined the competition to acquire the assets of bankrupt, France-based engineering steel manufacturer Ascometal. Gerdau, which has reportedly offered 86 million euro (US$118 million), ...
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Based in Lancashire, UK, Reelvision purchased their first Edale FL-5 Carton printing machine in 2007. A few years on and their growth within the industry resulted in the installation of a second Edale FL-5 this time with an FDC included. ...
Zumtobel NOW! - Full-service package for switching to an advanced LED lighting solution With the new Zumtobel NOW! full-service package, Zumtobel offers its customers a straightforward exchange of their conventional lighting system for an ...
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An FDA news release has announced that the agency has given de novo approval to the Deka Arm System, the first prosthetic arm that can perform multiple, simultaneous powered movements controlled by electrical signals from electromyogram ...
Tags: Bionic Arm, medical device
Dubai International Capital (DIC) has signed a $1.7bn (£1bn) agreement for the sale of Germany-based packaging group Mauser to private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) Mauser, global producer of rigid industrial packaging ...