The diamond trade remains under pressure, and further contraction of the market is expected this year. Apart from being squeezed by high rough costs and declining polished prices, dealers lament there are too many players chasing the same ...
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Multivac is planning to showcase its efficient and economical packaging solutions at the Fruit Logistica 2018 event, which is scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany. At the event, the firm plans to display its G 700 high-output ...
Clariant is set to showcase new moisture-control solutions for pharmaceutical packaging at this year’s CPhI Worldwide event in Germany. At the event, Clariant Healthcare Polymer Solutions will exhibit new solutions for controlling ...
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China’s new energy policies are driving the country’s domestic market for lithium batteries used in plug-in vehicles (xEVs). The strong demand from the xEV application has put pressure on the supply lithium batteries used in IT ...
For second-quarter 2016, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $75.3m, down 8.6% on $78m last quarter and 42.7% on $131.4m a year ago, consistent with ...
Tags: Veeco, LED industry
Smart electric meter, an important basic device for acquiring smart grid data, undertakes the tasks of electricity data acquisition, metering and transmission, and plays a fundamental role in achieving information integration, analysis & ...
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Researchers based in China, Singapore and Turkey have used an extremely thin layer of silicon dioxide (SiO2) insulator as a charge inverter in indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs), improving light output power and ...
Kulicke & Soffa Industries has launched new FCC Hub Blades, extending the successful AccuPlus series. The new FCC Hub Blades offer a customizable solution for flip chip, wafer level packaging (WLP) and thick wafer dicing with improved ...
India based global flexible packaging company Uflex, in partnership with foreign technology partner, has developed the Flexfresh equilibrium modified atmospheric packaging (EMAP) which can extend the shelf life of fresh produce. Uflex ...
Tags: Uflex, EMAP, CO2, Packaging, Shelf life, Fresh produce
Investment bank Goldman Sachs late Wednesday lowered its iron ore price forecast for 2017 by $5/dmt to $35/dmt CFR China after a faster-than-expected softening in seaborne prices. "Iron ore prices have reached our $40/dmt forecast one ...
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Clariant is planning to set up a new healthcare packaging manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. To be built in Cuddalore, the proposed plant will see around CHF10m ($9.7m) in investment. It will cater to the growing ...
Americk Packaging has expanded its business with the acquisition of British labels and flexible printer Adare Advantage for an undisclosed amount. Adare Advantage, now branded Americk Advantage, employs 110 production, sales and office ...
Soaring demand from China, Japan and the U.S. ensures that the first-tier photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturers are booked in orders up to the first quarter of 2016. Currently, prices are rising for all multi-Si products from wafers to ...
Tags: Mono-Si Market, PV Sector, wafer
On the morning of Sept 8, a student in Anhui province was bicycling outside her college campus when she spotted an old lady down on the ground, screaming. She stopped to help. The "granny", as women in their senior years are often ...
Tags: Samaritan, Target for Extortion, students
China may submit Wolf Totem, a co-production between China and France, as its 2016 Academy Awards best foreign language film entry after it was announced that another contender lost the bid late Tuesday. The producers of Mountains May ...
Tags: Wolf Totem, film, Oscars