Kulicke & Soffa Industries has launched new FCC Hub Blades, extending the successful AccuPlus series. The new FCC Hub Blades offer a customizable solution for flip chip, wafer level packaging (WLP) and thick wafer dicing with improved ...
Google has laid out a proposal to bring self-driving cars to market in the United States sooner rather than later. In a letter to transport officials, Google has requested new rules enabling autonomous vehicles that pass federal safety ...
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Fresh food packaging manufacturer Linpac is planning to invest €8m in new extrusion and thermoforming capacity in Pravia, Spain, to meet growing demand for PET and rPET. In order to deliver a greater range of lighter, more ...
Tags: Fresh food packaging manufacture, Linpac, Investment, PET, rPET
Alcohol Justice and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are reporting that the first of two proposed bills to ban powdered alcohol in California has been passed by the powerful California Senate Governmental Organization (GO) ...
Tags: Powdered Alcohol, CAPA, GO, SB819
InterLumi Panama, the 1st international lighting & LED trade show in the region, will be a reality at the fairground ATLAPA Convention Center from the 6th to the 8th of July of 2016, under the efforts of the organizer America Expo Group. ...
Tags: LED trade show, lighting
A higher proportion of Australians living in rural and regional parts of the country are more likely to purchase cheese than consumers living in the bigger Australian cities says a new report from Roy Morgan Research. In the 12 months to ...
Tags: Cheese, Cheese-buying habits
Coca-Cola bottling firms Kandhari Beverages and Enrich Agro Food Products are planning to invest Rs5.1bn ($75.6m) to build manufacturing lines in Haryana state. A memoranda of understanding in this regards has been signed by the two ...
Tags: Coca-Cola Bottlers, Food Products
Meatless Pepperoni Pizza Pockets are the newest product from Gardein, the plant protein brand offering a variety of delicious, convenient and versatile foods. They are quick and easy to prepare and perfect for an on-the-go lifestyle. ...
Tags: Pepperoni Pizza Pockets, Pizza
South Africa has renewed imports of US chicken, beef and pork products, bringing an end to a 15-year trade dispute with the country. The South African government concluded months of discussions over 'the three meats' with the US, under ...
Tags: South Africa, AGOA, US Poultry Imports
The Australian Federal Government's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) is allowing China's Moon Lake Investments to acquire Australia's largest dairy producer, Van Diemen's Land Company (VDL). The purchase price is AUD$280 million for ...
Toyota Motors has announced safety recall for approximately 1.12 million vehicles over safety issues with seatbelt. The company is recalling these vehicles saying that metal seat frame part could damage the seatbelts in case of crash. ...
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A group of consumers is pledging never to buy Lilydale free-range chickens again after finding out the chickens are fed genetically modified (GM) feed. The issue arose by complaints on social media followed by a response by Lilydale on ...
Tags: Free-range chickens, non-GM food
Bosch Packaging Technology is reportedly planning to transfer tablet presses and coaters production from its Knowsley factory in the UK to Germany over competitive concerns. The move could result in the reduction of nearly 100 jobs at ...
US Foods Holding Corp plans to go for initial public offering of its shares to raise $100m, a move that comes after Sysco Corp failed to acquire it. In its filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, US Foods did not state the ...
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While there are concerns about overcapacity for metal-alloy chassis on the possibility that iPhone shipments in 2016 will slip on year, global demand, especially for aluminum-alloy chassis, will continue growing over the next 3-5 years, ...
Tags: aluminum-alloy, Alloy