Packaging and specialty products provider Supremex has acquired folding cartons supplier Staurt Packaging for $17.5m on a cash-free and debt-free basis. Supremex will pay an additional amount of about $2.1m in two years based upon ...
Eastside Distilling has acquired a controlling stake in Big Bottom Distilling (BBD), a Hillsboro, Oregon-based distiller of super premium gins, whiskeys, brandies, rum, and vodka. BBD was founded by Ted Pappas, a past president of the ...
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Thirteen energy, transport and industry companies have launched a global initiative to voice a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to foster the energy transition. In the first global initiative of its kind, the ...
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Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor suppliers including Egis Technology (Egistec), Elan Microelectronics and FocalTech Systems are set to post brisk sales for the third quarter of 2016 buoyed by strong demand for smartphones, according to ...
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The worldwide wearable device market took a big step forward in the fourth quarter of 2015, fueled by the growing popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, vendors ...
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According to IDC, 3D printer shipments in the China market reached over 34,000 units in 2014, and are expected to have reached 77,000 units in 2015, exhibiting a growth rate over 120%. This growth rate is largely driven by sales of desktop ...
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According to ABI Research, the consumer robotics market is set to close out 2015 at 33 million shipments with total revenues of US$3.5 billion. By 2025, both shipments and revenues are expected to dramatically increase, with ABI Research ...
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AIXTRON, a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced that Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei has ordered an AIXTRON Close Coupled Showerhead system (CCS) for pilot production of ...
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Touch panel maker TPK has announced net loss of NT$19.4 billion (US$600 million), or loss per share of NT$55.15 for the third quarter of 2015. The operating loss was primarily attributable to one-off asset impairment charges on ...
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The value of annual sales in the global photonics market has been revised upwards to $182bn, according to new analysis by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics (and owner of optics.org). The new results were presented by ...
Operating income at US based apparel marketer J.Crew Group crashed to $2.6 million in the second fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2015, massively down from $36.0 million in the prior fiscal second quarter. “Operating income in the ...
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Stock Spirits total revenues declined to €108m during the six months ended 30 June 2015 from €137.7m over the same period last year. The spirits producer's performance is adversely affected by the ongoing market disruption in ...
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For the first fiscal quarter ended April 4, 2015, sales at NYSE listed VF Corporation dropped 2 per cent on reported basis, but was up 8 per cent on currency neutral basis, both comparisons made from a year ago quarter. Gross margin ...
As PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) makers have been expanding production capacities, PSS supply has significantly increased and therefore Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers have asked PSS makers to lower quotes for a 4-inch ...
Apparel brand Van Heusen plans to expand its exclusive brand outlet (EBO) count by 50 this year, which will take the store numbers to 300, a senior official of the company said. Vinay Bhopatkar, COO of Van Heusen told reporters, “We ...
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