At a roll-out event for customers and partners in Zurich, Flisom AG of Niederhasli, Switzerland – which has the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) as a technology partner – showcased its ...
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Berlin Packaging, a supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, has appointed Kenneth Edwards as the executive vice president of supply chain. Bringing more than 30 years' experience in procurement and manufacturing ...
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Schweiter Technologies AG has come to an agreement with the Swiss Rieter Group on the sale of all shares in the SSM Textile Machinery division and has executed the transaction simultaneously. SSM Textile Machinery (www.ssm.ch) is a ...
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Belgian chocolate and cocoa products firm The Barry Callebaut Group has completed the acquisition of a chocolate production facility from Mondelēz International. The acquisition of the facility, which is located in Halle, Belgium, ...
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At the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin, Germany (20-23 September), ABB of Zurich, Switzerland is launching a next-generation battery charger based on silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors for use in all rail applications. Train ...
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ICT-STREAMS, a part of the European Union Horizon 2020 program, is a new three-year project launched on 1 February (followed by a kick-off meeting at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece on 24-25 February) with the goal of ...
Tags: III-Vs-on-Si, silicon photonics
US-based drinks can maker Ball and Rexam have agreed to sell $3.42bn of assets to Luxembourg-based packaging maker Ardagh in order to gain regulatory approval for the proposed £4.43bn merger. The merger, which is due to be completed ...
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eDriving has acquired Interactive Driving Systems, a global provider of fleet driver safety management solutions through its Virtual Risk Manager (VRM) platform and Mentor eData, a consumer-focused telematics app and analytics provider. ...
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Several companies have announced moves to support clean production and ban harmful chemicals such as plasticisers or perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals from their production processes. In particular, Aldi, Lidl, Rewe/Penny, ...
Tags: Chemical-Free Packaging, PVC, The Cantonal Laboratory of Zurich
Future radar imaging systems and 5G communication systems will generate improved resolution and provide higher data-transmission rates when operated at higher frequencies, but at the cost of increased power consumption. To reduce power ...
In booth 2223 (Hall C) at SPIE Photonics West 2016 in San Francisco (16-18 February), engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA is presenting a broad portfolio of products from several of its ...
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Researchers in France believe they have made preliminary steps towards establishing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) platform for quantum information processing. Quantum information processing ...
Chocolate manufacturer Hershey’s is introducing its Kisses candy in double-size in the US. Called Hershey's Kisses Deluxe, each piece of candy comes with a hazelnut center and has chocolate with crisped rice. The product is ...
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Indian lingerie and sleepwear brand Clovia has named a new leadership team that it said will lead the company into its next stage of growth. “Pankaj Vermani has joined Clovia as its chief executive officer, while Aditya Chaturvedi ...
The magic science and technology make these easier to be accepted a wheelchair - that can climb stairs (Scalevo), can let the disabled person go to the places where it is almost impossible to imagine before: From ten of the Swiss ...
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