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  • Princes Group announces worldwide decrease in food wastage

    International food and drink group, Princes, has published food waste data for its global operations, reporting an 18% fall from last year, and a 38% reduction against the group’s 2018/2019 baseline. The group said this marks half a decade of continued progress and puts the company firmly on track to meet its 2030 goal to…


  • Lewis Hamilton’s alcohol-free agave ‘Spirit’ launches in the UK

    The first expression of Lewis Hamilton’s foray into the alcohol-free market sees the launch in the UK of the sipping tipple, Almave Ambar Distilled Non-Alcoholic Blue Agave Spirit. The liquid itself captures the authentic aromas and flavours of its key ingredient, giving tasting notes of roasted blue agave, sweet caramel and toasted wood. While tequila…


  • China connects gravity storage and launches three new projects

    A second EVx system in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, started in Q2 2023 has completed foundation work and initial four floors of construction above ground (Photo: Business Wire) Swiss-based storage developer Energy Vault has confirmed China state grid interconnection and inverse power operation for the Rudong EVx system announced in 2023, alongside construction on three…


  • Listen: Ross Berntson, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Indium Corporation

    Kirsty Hazlewood from What’s New in Electronics speaks to Ross Berntson, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Indium Corporation. Ross Berntson believes the best driver of innovation is a shared vision and work environment where employee ingenuity and creativity can flourish. As president and chief operating officer for Indium Corporation, Ross oversees global sales,…


  • Green Circuits Enhances Capabilities with Acquisition of Ultra High Precision Conformal Coating Machine


    Green Circuits, a full-service Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) partner to leading OEMs, pleased to announce the expansion of its capabilities with the acquisition of the iCoat-5 JetSelect Ultra High Precision Conformal Coating Machine from Anda Technologies. The addition of conformal coating capability to its service portfolio further expands the company’s ability to meet the diverse…


  • OMRON awarded third EcoVadis Platinum Rating for outstanding sustainability performance

    OMRON Corporation (Headquarters: Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto; President and CEO: Junta Tsujinaga) has been recognized as the top 1% of all businesses assessed for sustainability performance, therefore being awarded the Platinum rating by EcoVadis. This is the third time OMRON is receiving this international Platinum recognition since fiscal year 2020. Leading to this Platinum recognition for 2023,…


  • Heraeus Printed Electronics and SUSS MicroTec Join Forces to Revolutionize High-Volume Semiconductor Manufacturing with Inkjet Technology

    Heraeus Printed Electronics GmbH and SUSS MicroTec have announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to pave the way for digital inkjet printing of metallic coatings for semiconductor manufacturing. The partnership combines the core competences of both companies to enable digital printing solutions for mass production in the electronics industry for the first…


  • Mouser Electronics Celebrates 60th Anniversary

     Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorised global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is proud to mark the company’s 60th year in business. Mouser began with a couple of employees working out of a garage in El Cajon, California, and today ranks as a top 10 global distributor and multi-billion-dollar corporation with…


  • 30 million smart meter milestone in Britain

    Image: DCC More than 30 million smart meters are now connected to Britain’s national smart meter network, the Data Communications Company (DCC) has reported. The 30 millionth meter was connected to the network at midday on March 1 by E.ON. With the average daily connection rate approaching 16,000, the number of connections is growing apace…


  • JBT’s Proseal launches case destacker

    JBT’s Proseal has launched a fully automated case de-stacker to compliment and maximise the efficiency of its case packing range of equipment.  The all-new CDS Case De-Stacker, significantly reduces the duty on operators loading cases into fully automated case packing machines and reduces the repetitive manual handling demand by automatically de-stacking cases and delivering them…