Netherlands-based Weener Plastics has acquired Brazilian firm Orange Products Plasticos (OPB) for an undisclosed sum. Based in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz of Santa Catarina, the OPB manufactures Roll-on Balls for deodorants. The company ...
New York-based farming startup BrightFarms has raised $30.1m Series C funding to expand its presence in the US by introducing more commercial-scale fresh, healthy, local and sustainable produce. The funding is led by equity firm Catalyst ...
Tags: BrightFarms, greenhouses expasion
Barron Lighting Group, the originator of the LED exit sign and brands such as Exitronix, Trace*Lite, IGS and specialtyLED, is excited to launch the newest addition to the Exitronix VEX-WP series is the VEX-WPC. This wet location all-LED ...
Tags: Barron Lighting Group, All-LED, VEX-WPC
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), announced that Dr. Herbert Diess, chairman, board of management, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming CES ...
Tags: Volkswagen, CES 2016, Concept Car
Illumitex announced it has concluded its C1 round of funding, strengthening the company's cash position by US $16 million. The round was led by outside investor WP Global Partners, a strategic partner particularly interested in ...
Led by China, the solar industry will grow at a CAGR of 8.3% – from 37.5 GWp (gigawatt peak) in 2013 to 65.6 GWp in 2019 – but emerging trade disputes involving the Asian giant, as much as global policies, cast a shadow over ...
Tags: solar industry, Market, X-Si
In order to develop distributed PV generation (DG), China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) confirmed the feed-in tariff (FiT) prices for DG to be RMB $0.42/kW last year. Governments of several provinces also ...
Tags: PV Generation, DG System, Sloar Cell
Calyxo GmbH of Bitterfeld/Wolfen-Thalheim, Germany, the largest manufacturer of cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panels in Europe, has concluded an agreement for further financing from venture capital investor IBG ...
Tags: Calyxo CdTe, Electrical, Electronics
Radiant Orchid – a vibrant color that is suddenly everywhere – is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2014. “An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple, and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates ...
Tags: Pantone, Construction, Decoration
A future update to Windows 8.1 has leaked online revealing new features. The early build of the update has been doing the rounds on file sharing websites ahead of its expected release date on 11th March. Currently known as Update 1, ...
Tags: Windows 8.1, PC, new software, update
PetroFrontier Corp. ("PetroFrontier") is pleased to announce that the Joint Venture OperatingCommittee has approved the 2014 Work Plan and Budget (the "2014 WP&B"). The 2014 WP&B includes the drilling of up to five vertical test wells. All ...
2013 Australian New Car Sales Figures in Total 1 Toyota 214,630 2 Holden 112,059 3 Mazda 103,144 4 Hyundai 97,006 5 Ford 87,236 6 Nissan 76,733 7 Mitsubishi 71,528 8 Volkswagen 54,892 9 Subaru 40,200 10 Honda 39,258 11 Kia 29,778 12 ...
Tags: New Car Sales, Toyota, Mazda
The Volvo XC Coupe concept has been teased ahead of its world premiere at January’s Detroit auto show, hinting at the styling direction of the Swedish car maker’s next-generation of crossover vehicles, including the all-new XC90 ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, auto, car, Volvo XC
One mainstream farmer is returning to conventional seed-and he's not alone As an invulnerable tween, Chris Huegerich, the child of a prosperous farming family, wiped out on his motorcycle in tiny Breda, Iowa. Forty years on, folks ...
Tags: agriculture, GMO, farmer
Leading vacuum pump manufacturer Busch has supplied vacuum pump equipment to one of the UK’s top dairy and non-dairy ingredients specialists for a brand new cheese packaging facility. When Crewe based FayreField Foods decided to ...
Tags: Cheese Packaging, Busch