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  • FSAI confirms that monk fruit decoctions are not novel

    The Monk Fruit Corp is celebrating a regulatory breakthrough as the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) confirmed that monk fruit decoctions, a naturally sweet low-calorie food, are not novel. The ruling green-lights the opportunity for monk fruit decoctions to be utilised as a naturally sweet, low-calorie ingredient in food and beverage products sold in…


  • Südpack adopts fact-based life cycle assessments for flexible packaging

    Südpack has adopted its EcoTrace LCA service to evaluate the environmental impact of its products throughout the value chain. By means of various scenarios and projections, EcoTrace makes it possible to compare different packaging concepts, make objective decisions regarding optimal packaging solutions, achieve ambitious environmental and sustainability goals, and expand and optimise product reporting based…


  • RTI Awarded .25M to Advance Generative AI Research for the United States Department of Air Force

    RTI Connext® is the only solution to enable a safe, secure, and reliable communication framework for AI-Enabled Air Force simulation and training systems Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the infrastructure software company for smart-world systems, today announced that it has been awarded a $1.25 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract. With this contract, RTI…


  • Baltic TSOs sign with Hitachi Energy for interconnector upgrade

    Image courtesy 123rf Litgrid and Svenska kraftnät, Lithuanian and Swedish transmission system operators, have signed a contract with Hitachi Energy to upgrade the control system of NordBalt HVDC interconnector. During the upgrade, control system logic will be installed, which will enhance grid stability of the Baltic countries. The NordBalt control system upgrade will expand the…


  • Austria Juice aims to source 100% of its products from sustainable suppliers by 2030

    Austria Juice has set the goal of purchasing 100 % of its products from sustainable sources by 2030. As a member of the Sustainable Juice Covenant (IDH), Austria Juice is part of a consortium of several large companies in the beverage industry working towards producing all their goods in a verifiably sustainable manner by 2030.…


  • Three million without power as hurricane Milton batters Florida

    Duke Energy’s restoration following Hurricane Helene. Image courtesy Duke Energy (October 8) On the heels of the devastation from Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida yesterday, bringing with it extremely dangerous weather and outages for more than 3 million people to date. According to the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC), Milton made landfall…


  • ROHM at electronica 2024: Empowering Growth, Inspiring Innovation

    ROHM Semiconductor Europe is looking forward to electronica 2024 – the world’s leading trade fair and conference for electronic components, systems, applications, and solutions. The event will take place between November 12th to 15th in Munich. At booth C3-520, ROHM will showcase its advanced power and analog technologies designed to enhance power density, efficiency, and…


  • PP Plus set to issue ‘commercialisation’ rallying call at Advanced Engineering

    A collective of specialists is heading to Advanced Engineering with the aim of helping more UK manufacturers commercialise emerging technologies. PP Plus, which brings together the best of manufacturing, business and academia, will deliver two keynote speeches during the show (Oct 30th and 31st) that will encourage domestic companies to work together to ensure IP…


  • Driving developments in embedded electronics

    ~ Custom ICs for compact, accurate sensing ~ Embedded systems are at the heart of many electronic devices we interact with day-to-day. But what’s next for the sector? Here, Ross Turnbull, Director of Business Development and Product Engineering at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, explains how custom ICs can help overcome embedded system…


  • New Generation of Photodiodes from X-FAB Enable Significant Increase in Sensitivity

    X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE, the leading analog/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, has introduced additional optoelectronic device options to strengthen its extensive portfolio. Leveraging the company’s 180nm XS018 CMOS semiconductor process, which is specifically optimized for the fabrication of sensors, four new high-performance photodiodes have now been made available. This new product offering consists of two enhanced-response photodiodes with…