Consumer Goods
E-commerce major Amazon is reportedly planning to open 3,000 cashierless stores by 2021. As per reliable sources, the company’s expansion into retail would pose a huge challenge to convenience stores and fast-food chains across the U.S. Amazon presently has three Amazon Go stores at its …
Manufacturing & Construction
Siemens Mobility, a division of the renowned German conglomerate Siemens, has reportedly announced to have launched its first digital rail maintenance facility in Dortmund-Eving, Germany. Reports cite, the facility would be using 3D printing to manufacture different parts, reduce inventory, and improve the speed of …
Power & Energy
Sembcorp Industries, one of Singapore’s leading energy, water, marine and urban development groups recently inked a long-term solar energy contract with U.S. social media giant, Facebook to power the firm’s Singapore operations, including powering Facebook’s first ever data center in the Asia region. According to …
Life Sciences
Prescient Medicine Holdings, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based predictive health intelligence company has recently announced a collaboration with molecular diagnostics company, Metabiomics Corp., to form a joint venture dedicated to innovating a microbiome diagnostics platform. The platform, as per sources, detects precancerous colon polyps and other types …
Food & Beverages
Food Union (FUN), one of the largest dairy and ice-cream producers of Europe, has reportedly announced to have completed two greenfield plants in the Chinese cities of Hoh Hot and Dong Ying. Reports cite that the dairies began production in June this year and would …
Power & Energy
Leading oil and gas company, Royal Dutch Shell has recently announced plans to limit emission of methane, at its oil and gas operations as it tries to sharply restrict carbon emissions. As per sources, Shell aims to limit methane emissions below 0.2% of its total …
Life Sciences
Qiagen has reportedly inked a strategic partnership as well as a merger agreement with NeuMoDx to commercialize two fully integrated PCR-based molecular diagnostic testing systems. As per the deal, Qiagen would distribute the NeuMoDx 288 and NeuMoDx 96 systems across Europe and other markets outside …
Life Sciences
Finland based biotechnology company, Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has reportedly announced that it has filed a clinical trial application for its new precision cancer immunotherapy, Clevegen. Citing reliable sources, the application makes way for a Phase I/II study named as MATINS, that will investigate and evaluate …
Power & Energy
Packaging and food processing major Tetra Pak is reportedly positioning itself to be the first manufacturing company in Denton to operate on 100 percent renewable energy. Sources familiar with the development state that the ongoing work is aimed at installing 1,862 solar panels behind the …