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Power Electronics Industry Collaborative Adds New Executive Board Member
Aug 14, 2017The Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) – a national, industry-focused member-based consortium consisting of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), material suppliers, researchers and government stakeholders in the US ...
Tags: Power electronics, GaN, SiC
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Metro to Acquire Majority Stake in Missfresh
Aug 4, 2017Metro has agreed to purchase a majority interest in MissFresh, a Montreal company which produces ready-to-cook meals. Ever-responsive to industry trends, METRO is thereby positioning itself in a growing market: the online sale of ...
Tags: ready-to-cook meals, Metro
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Avery Dennison Names Gregory Lovins as Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer
Mar 27, 2017Avery Dennison announced that its board of directors has elected Gregory S. Lovins as vice president and interim chief financial officer, effective immediately. As interim CFO, Mr. Lovins will lead the company’s finance function, ...
Tags: Avery Dennison, Packaging
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WIT Hires New Treasurer
Sep 21, 2016Alita Friedman is tasked with setting yearly budgets, monitoring financial goals and liaising with WIT chairs across various initiatives to maximise profits. Women in Toys, Licensing & Entertainment has appointed Alita Friedman as the new ...
Tags: Alita Friedman, WIT treasurer, Women in Toys, Licensing&Entertainment
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MillerCoors' Plan to Close North Carolina Brewery Faces State And Federal Antitrust Scrutiny
Apr 6, 2016North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper spoke at a Teamsters rally outside of the MillerCoors brewery in Eden, North Carolina. MillerCoors announced plans to close the Eden brewery in September 2015, just two days before merger talks ...
Tags: MillerCoors, Eden brewery, ABI, SAB, North Carolina Brewery
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Review To Bring Australian Consumer Law Up-To-Date
Mar 18, 2016The first ever review of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) will test whether consumer protections will suit the modern market place says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims. Speaking today at the ...
Tags: ACL, ACCC, Consumer protection
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Upper Hunter Has Its Hands Tied Behind Its Back
Mar 11, 2016Greg Cameron Call for an “Upper Hunter Economic Development Corporation” (Newcastle Herald Editorial, March 9) were also made 20 years ago when the region wanted to participate in the benefits of a container terminal after ...
Tags: Upper Hunter, Newcastle
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Concerns on Infant Formula Prices with Chinese Go-Ahead to Buy Australia's Largest Dairy
Feb 29, 2016The 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 ...
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Australia's Queensland State Forecast to Receive Higher Tax Revenue From Coal Output
Dec 16, 2015Tax revenue from coal production in the Australian state of Queensland is forecast to rise to A$1.93 billion ($1.4 billion) in fiscal year 2016-2017 (July-June), based on assumptions that hard coking coal prices will average $100/mt in the ...
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Business Optimism Wanes as Results Fail to Meet Expectations
Dec 3, 2015Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Business Expectations Survey indicates a fairly subdued outlook for the first quarter of 2016, as results continue to fall short of expectations. As the new year approaches, businesses are reporting lowered ...
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Canada's Sixth Largest City Scales up LED Streetlight Replacement Budget
Nov 24, 2015Several Canadian cities have announced plans to swap their old traditional streetlights for more energy efficient LED lights, but the country’s sixth largest capital Mississauga, located in Southern Ontario underestimated the finance ...
Tags: energy efficient LED lights, LED Streetlight, LED luminaires
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Washingon's City Teams up with Ameresco to Install Wireless-Controlled LED Street Lights
Nov 12, 2015Ameresco, a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today that it has completed an LED street lighting and control project for the City of West Richland, WA. The project team converted 1,097 high pressure sodium ...
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Chicago Mayor Announces Plans to Modernize City Lighting
Oct 14, 2015Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) today released a Request for Information (RFI) for the Chicago Smart Lighting Project, which seeks to update the City of Chicago’s electric lighting infrastructure. The ...
Tags: Chicago, smart LED streetlights, city lights
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Luxtera Assigns Senior Executives Brad Byk and Kelly Perez
Oct 14, 2015Luxtera, the global leader in Silicon Photonics solutions, today announces the hiring of Brad Byk as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Kelly Perez as Vice President of Finance. Luxtera will leverage their considerable experience and ...
Tags: OEM, Luxtera, Senior Executives
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Joe Hockey Last Night Handed Down The Government's 2015-2016 Budget
May 15, 2015Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey last night handed down the government’s 2015 – 2016 budget with some surprises and minor wins for some people in the food sector. The government has stepped away from the harsher politically ...
Tags: Federal Budget, food sector