Chemical firm BASF and SoloPower Systems of Portland, OR, USA, which designs, manufactures and deploys copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) flexible thin-film solar technology, have launched a seamless and multi-layered roofing system ...
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has announced that STIHL Inc. and Goodwill Industries International are the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Reusable Packaging award. Two award categories were established in 2017: one to ...
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ULMA Packaging has launched the patent-pending VTI640V vertical form fill and seal system (VFFS), a new packaging solution for herbs and leaf produce. The product will be pulled to the bottom of the bag, by the solution using a device, ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has released its annual sustainability report, ...
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Sexy Tesla sports cars aren’t the only vehicles that deserve the battery treatment – drayage vehicles, school buses, garbage trucks and cargo haulers are also going electric. And the ranks of those medium- and heavy-duty ...
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Oregon-based hand-crafted spirits company Eastside Distilling has acquired MotherLode Craft Distillery, a bottling services provider. Since its founding in 2014 by Allen Barteld, the mission of MotherLode has been to enable craft ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the XLamp XQ-E and XP-E High Efficiency (HE) Photo Red LEDs. With up to 21% higher output than previous generations of XQ-E and XP-E Photo Red LEDs, they ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its Essentia by Cree product portfolio with the new LED Surface Wrap, which delivers luminous efficacy of 115 lumens per watt (LPW). "The new Essentia by ...
Specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada says that it intends to consolidate its operations at Wellingborough, UK with other sites within the group. In addition, in the USA, it will ...
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At Solar Power International in Las Vegas (12-15 September), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar cell and panel maker MiaSolé of Santa Clara, CA, USA (which was founded in 2004 and acquired by ...
The BIG LUMEN Lighting Co., creator of the award-winning Foreverlamp™ LED Retrofit Lamp Series, announced that its HB™ Series High-Bay LED fixtures have been added to the DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) Qualified Products ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly finalized standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles that will improve fuel ...
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Bristol-based herb and spice manufacturer, Bart Ingredients has purchased an automatic sleeve wrapping machine from Adpak Machinery Systems. Bart Ingredients was founded in 1963 and now sources and supplies herbs and spices to many ...
Scania will start delivering 51 hybridised Scania Citywide buses to Madrid in June. These complete buses feature cost saving and emission educing hybrid technology that meets the EU suburban and short distance Class II regulations. "We ...
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With landfill space at a premium throughout the world, a Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies plant in Mexico is making an environmental difference every day by recycling nearly 100 percent of its industrial scrap and waste. ...