There was little surprise when Time magazine named Donald Trump its ‘Person of the Year.’ Love him or hate him, Trump left his mark more than any other individual on 2016. Notably, the choice says as much about the impact he ...
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South Korean automaker Kia Motors has showcased its Niro EV Concept at the CES Asia 2018 being held in Shanghai, China. Under its new ‘Boundless for all’ vision, Kia is working towards a future in which opportunities for ...
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DowDuPont Specialty Products Division business unit, DuPont Safety & Construction, is planning to invest more than $400m to expand the manufacture of Tyvek nonwoven materials at its Luxembourg facility. The production expansion, which ...
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Tyson Ventures, the venture capital unit of Tyson Foods, has co-lead a $2.2m seed investment in Future Meat Technologies. Based in Jerusalem, Future Meat Technologies is a food tech company that is engaged in non-GMO production of ...
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ExxonMobil said that it will make a final investment decision later this year on a potential polypropylene production expansion along the US Gulf Coast. The company started detailed engineering work on a potential US Gulf Coast project to ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical has started operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas, US. The unit will manufacture 1.5 million metric tons/3.3 billion lbs. a year at peak production. Last September, ...
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The North America Adhesives group of H.B. Fuller will increase the price for adhesives between 5% and 15%, based on the product sold, effective immediately or as contracts allow. These increases affect products sold for the following ...
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Beyond Meat has closed a new financing round led by Cleveland Avenue, a venture capital firm founded by Don Thompson, former CEO of McDonald’s Corporation. “We see Beyond Meat as a strategic and compelling consumer-focused ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has opened its Optoelectronics Customer Innovation Lab, with ...
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Mazda Motor started production of the new CX-5 crossover at its Hofu Plant No. 2 in Yamaguchi Prefecture to meet the growing global demand for crossovers. Until now the CX-5 has been produced at the company’s Hiroshima Plant and at ...
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ExxonMobil Chemical has started production on new polyethylene line at its Mont Belvieu plastics plant in Texas. The firm commenced production of the first of two new 650,000 tons-per-year high-performance polyethylene lines at the plant. ...
GlobalFoundries of Santa Clara, CA, USA (one of the world’s largest semiconductor foundries, with more than 250 customers and operations in Singapore, Germany and the USA) has announced its vision and roadmap for a range of technology ...
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RF gallium nitride (GaN) device revenue rose by slightly more than 23% in 2016, and will increase at a compound annual average growth rate (CAAGR) of 14.1% to $733m in 2021, forecasts the Strategy Analytics Strategic Component Applications ...
Secretary of State for the Department of International trade, Liam Fox made the announcement, outlining the government’s renewed ‘commitment to helping small business seize global demand for British exports.’ UK Export ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2017 (to end-June), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $900.8m, up 5.8% on $851.7m last quarter and up 20% on $751.7m a year ...
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