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2020.01.07

Arkema: Bostik completes the acquisition of LIP

01/06/2020 Bostik completed the acquisition of LIP Bygningsartikler AS (LIP), the Danish leader in tile adhesives, waterproofing systems and floor preparation solutions, on 3 January 2020.   This acquisition, like the Prochimir acquisition finalized in October 2019, is in line with Arkema’s strategy to continuously grow its Adhesives business through bolt-on acquisitions which comple...

2020.01.07

The HDR10+ Ecosystem Makes A Major Leap Forward with Expande

USA on January 7, 2020 HDR10+ Technologies, LLC, a joint venture of 20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics reported today that the total number of adopters has increased to 94. New partners, such as VIZIO and GooglePlay have added support of HDR10+ on their products. The organization also announced new advances to the HDR10+ Logo and Certification program, including speci...

2020.01.06

Finding Business Potential in Products and Technologies that

Sei Suma, senior adviser, Japan Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News (JARN) The Japanese air conditioning industry develops many new technologies every year and launches numerous new ...

2020.01.06

TICA Acquires Italian ORC Supplier

At the end of September 2019, TICA acquired Exergy, an Italian supplier of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems, with a buyout price of €16.05 million (US$ 17.8 million). This was TICA’s second cross-border acquisition in 2019 after its acquisition of Smardt. Acquiring two leading brands in the global segmented industry within one year has demonstrated TICA’s accelerated globalizat...

2020.01.06

Haier to Build a Home AI Innovation Center

On November 7, Haier Smart Home announced that it will lead the establishment of the Shandong Home Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center in Qingdao with the consent of the Shandong Provin...

2020.01.06

Chinese Home Appliances Manufacturers Focusing on Smart Home

On October 31, Midea, Gree, and Haier Smart Home, which was renamed this year from Qingdao Haier, released their financial reports for the third quarter of 2019. Midea showcased its smart home so...

2020.01.05

GCHV Collaborates with a Chinese University on Talent Develo

On October 18, Guangdong Chigo Heating and Ventilation Equipment (GCHV) held a grand unveiling ceremony in the R&D building of GCHV headquarters to open its postdoctoral innovation practice base w...

2020.01.04

Gree Invests RMB 100 Million in Setting up an E-commerce Com

On November 5, 2019, Gree established an e-commerce company with registered capital of RMB 100 million (US$ 14 million) with Dong Mingzhu as chairman. As part of its venture into e-commerce, Gree launched its e-commerce platform, Gree Shop- ping Mall, in December 2014. Gree Shopping Mall is a brand new e-commerce platform for the sale of household electrical appliances. In addition, Gree encour...

2019.12.31

Swegon Provides Comfort at Revolutionary BBVA Complex in Mad

Swegon has added Architectural La Vela in Nueva Sede BBVA in Madrid to its portfolio of case studies featuring interesting buildings, articles, and presentations about their indoor climate, monitoring...

2019.12.30

Samsung Electronics to Showcase Successful ‘C-Lab Inside’ Pr

Korea on December 29, 2019 Five cutting-edge projects from C-Lab Inside and four start-ups from C-Lab Outside to be showcased in Las Vegas   Samsung Electronics announced that it will be showcasing five innovative projects from its C-Lab Inside program as well as products from four start-ups participating in its C-Lab Outside program at CES 2020, the world’s largest consumer electron...