Researchers in Russia claim “the first demonstration of an injection quantum well microdisk laser fabricated of III-V materials monolithically grown on silicon (001) substrate” [N. V. Kryzhanovskaya et al, Optics Express, vol. ...
Tags: silicon photonics, Lasers
UK's natural spring water company Montgomery Waters has invested in second PET bottling line from liquid packaging solutions provider Sidel. Sidel's complete line includes compact blow-fill-cap Combi solution featuring a Sidel Matrix ...
Recently, China International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition was held in Qingdao. Forland brought a series of new products on display, including compression garbage truck, barrier-removing vehicles, three-ton pull arm hook, concrete pump ...
After a slowdown in demand in the second half of last year in many parts of Europe, coatings companies in the region have become less confident about the short-term future. However, despite economic forecasts of relatively slow growth in ...
Before you start kicking up dust this spring as planting gets rolling, make sure you're not only doing everything right but also avoiding the things you shouldn't be doing, whether it be small-scale agronomic matters or farmwide management ...
Tags: Soil test, Segments of the production equation, Agriculture
WASHINGTON – The EPA today announced the 2014 winners of the coveted SmartWay Excellence Awards. The awards honor freight industry companies who model environmental leadership and innovation as they move goods across America. ...
Manufacturing is an integral part of a nation's fiscal stability and prosperity. Nurturing and growing the manufacturing infrastructure is a critical goal for building and maintaining an economically competitive edge, reducing unemployment, ...
Tags: Robots, Industrial Equipment
Consumer goods suppliers continue to report growing business challenges. Yes, money is tight and market conditions are changing. But a new report from Honeywell has found that millions of dollars can be saved by evaluating and improving ...
Tags: Suppliers, Challenges, Packaging
According to the report, Canadian manufacturing will go into a real recovery by cutting costs and improving efficiency of survival mode for 8 years. Canadian manufacturing recession has been in the doldrums since 2008, but now many aspects ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Canada's Manufacturing
Greek yogurt manufacturers in the US could cut their acid whey output by a collective 1 million tons a year simply by converting it into value-added dairy products, according to Arla Foods Ingredients (Basking Ridge, NJ). Arla Foods ...
Tags: Greek Yogurt, Acid Whey
Norway's Statoil on Friday postponed its 2020 output guidance of 2.5 million barrels/day of oil equivalent by up to four years, as it reported a fall in fourth quarter output and an 8% cut in planned investment to $20 billion/year for the ...
Tags: Norway's Statoil, Mineral
Cost control and the changing face of competition from natural gas emerged as major themes facing the coal industry as the CoalTrans USA conference wrapped up Friday in Miami. While long-term forecasts for US coal production split between ...
Tags: Cost Control, Natural Gas
Science, or rather advancements in science, allow for new or revised tools to aid in selection and management of beef cattle. It's not hard to think of examples; artificial insemination protocol and the accompanying products (CIDRs, MGA, ...
Tags: production environment and individual marketing goals, genomics
With Microsoft losing its controversial CEO, Apple launching new iPads and iPhones and the rise of wearable devices all making headlines, it's been another huge year for technology. That's before you look at the gobbling up of Nokia, ...
Tags: wearable devices, technology, tablet, tech prediction
Millions of people step aboard airplanes each day, complaining about the lack of legroom and overhead space but almost taking for granted that they can travel thousands of miles in just a few hours. Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary ...
Tags: aboard airplanes, future of flying