University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used photo-electro-chemical etch (PEC) to create 405nm-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) [C. ...
DB Schenker has opened its largest Australian supply chain and warehouse facility at the Redbank Motorway Estate in Ipswich, Queensland, which it says has created 70 new jobs. The German company will spend over $40 million over the next ...
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It’s late August, and joining Goodwood and the Notting Hill Carnival is the newest seasonal event on the calendar: speculation about new iPhones. One particular nugget lighting up fans’ eyes – and burning a hole in their ...
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University of Liverpool researchers propose replacing a toxic treatment step in cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell production with one that is benign, but apparently just as effective [J. D. Major et al, Nature, published online 25 June ...
Researchers from Ohio State University (OSU) and University of California–Irvine (UCI) have developed a band engineering technique to improve the results from photo-electro-chemical (PEC) etch of nitride semiconductors [Prashanth ...
Palladium climbed to a 13-year high in the longest run of gains in more than a month in New York on concern supply will lag demand and add to shortages. Gold fell. Palladium, mostly used in catalytic converters in cars alongside platinum, ...
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The new batch follows the “incredibly successful launch of Zomlings Series One” in March this year. Magic Box Int. is preparing to release its second swathe of Zomlings collectables this September. The new batch follows the ...
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Coca-Cola Amatil is not only one of the biggest beverage companies in this market, but its move into blowfill production now makes it a significant packaging player in the Australasian region, with the sustainability commitment to match. ...
Leo Luxe, a packaging design, printing and manufacturing supplier for the luxury product industry, will exhibit its setup and rigid box concepts and new paper finishing techniques at Packaging Innovations London 2014. The company will ...
Inside nearly every piece of technology that we rely on—from our laptops and tablets to cars and airplanes—are the minerals tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold. However, for nearly two decades, the mining of some of these ...
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Celebrating Vogue Tyre’s 100th anniversary are (left to right) Larry Marciniak, regional vice president, Greg Hathcock, president, Kevin Goyak, executive vice president and Greg Paul, regional vice president. To commemorate its ...
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The South American mining industry will reach an estimated compound yearly growth rate of about 6.2% from 2012 to 2017, which will take the industry to a total value of $184.3-billion. Some of the world’s largest copper, bauxite, ...
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Gearing up for its 125th anniversary in 2015, Baker Furniture recently co-hosted Craft + Design at the New York Design Center, where four master craftsmen from North Carolina demonstrated the processes and techniques that create the ...
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Global Import Value Trend of Jewelry (HS: 71) from 2010 to 2012 The total import value of global jewelry increased year by year from 2010 to 2012, and the import value of 2012 amounted to 576.73 billion US dollars, with an increase of ...
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Wandering into an American Eagle Outfitters store, a customer is more likely to wonder if a denim jacket will look good with a purple V-neck T-shirt than whether that jacket’s metal buttons contributed to the war chests of armed ...
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