The US Senate has stalled a bill which would have eliminated state by state laws requiring food manufacturers to label products made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), ahead of Vermont’s law coming into effect from July. ...
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REI reported sales reached a record $2.4 billion in 2015 after a second consecutive year of nearly double-digit growth. Sales increased 9.3 percent from $2.2 billion in 2014, or 11 percent when adjusting for an extra 53-week of sales ...
EFFECT Photonics b.v. – a spin off from the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) in The Netherlands that develops optical components using indium phosphide (InP)-based multi-channel photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for mobile ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has announced its support for advances in color science and the new TM-30 method released ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that its new TEN° binning provides the basis for what is claimed to be unprecedented color consistency for white LEDs, used for example as single-LED light sources in spotlights ...
LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has introduced the LUXEON 2835 line as an upgrade for an industry-standard LED package. LUXEON 2835 LEDs is available in five configurations of light output and string voltage and ESD protection for ...
New research analysing the alcohol consumption habits of more than 100,000 Australians over a decade has found that regular binge drinkers are up to 30 per cent more likely to commit drink-driving offences, vandalism or violence. ...
Tags: Regular drinkers, Drink-driving, NDSHS, Monash university
A complaint over a radio advertisement promoting Aldi Australia’s whisky brand has been dismissed by the Australian Advertising Standards Board. According to the Advertising Standards Board (‘Ad Standards’), the ...
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Dairy company Fonterra has begun manufacturing cheese from its new slice line at Eltham plant in Taranaki, New Zealand, after adding new production lines at the facility with $30m investment. The dairy company has completed the 10 ...
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New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra has launched infant nutrition brand Anmun, in the home country. The brand is currently available in Asia. The company's pediatric nutrition experts have developed the Anmun formula range at ...
Clover Stornetta Farms, a third-generation family owned and operated California dairy, is celebrating 100 years in the business of making delicious, nutritious, all-natural and organic dairy products. In celebration of its centennial ...
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India based global flexible packaging company Uflex, in partnership with foreign technology partner, has developed the Flexfresh equilibrium modified atmospheric packaging (EMAP) which can extend the shelf life of fresh produce. Uflex ...
Tags: Uflex, EMAP, CO2, Packaging, Shelf life, Fresh produce
The German carmaker announced that its all new A4 allroad quattro can be ordered, starting at €44,750. The new Audi A4 allroad quattro with 34 mm (1.3 in) more ground clearance compared with the A4 Avant, powerful engines and quattro ...
Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics Co Ltd has updated its range of top-view, white, low- to mid-power LEDs in 2835 form-factor (2.8mm x 3.5mm x 0.7mm) packages by adding versions operating at three voltages 3V, 6V, 9V at 0.5W and two ...
South China University of Technology has shown improved power and efficiency performance for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with 1.2% indium-content multiple-quantum-well (MQW) barriers [Zhiting Lin et al, J. ...