Goleta’s DuPont Displays closes, lays off 41 employees
Latest newsDuPont Displays laid off 41 employees when the Goleta-based company permanently closed Feb. 29 after almost 26 years in business. DuPont Displays was a lighting subsidiary of DuPont USA and developed LED, LCD and organic light emitting diode technology. The company started as UC Santa Barbara startup Uniax in 1990 using technology developed by professor Read More →
Judge orders Plains to stop misleading oil spill claimants
Energy, Latest news, Law & GovermentA U.S. District Court ordered Plains All American Pipeline to stop misleading claimants seeking to recover interim damages from the Refugio oil spill and invalidate releases that preclude them from joining the class-action lawsuit and recouping further compensation. “The Court finds that Defendants are engaged in misleading conduct by using the OPA claims process — Read More →
SBA offers loans to businesses affected by Ventura Harbor closing
Latest newsThe Small Business Development Center at 1603 Anchors Way in Ventura will provide loan counseling to businesses affected by the recent closure of the Ventura Harbor through March 3. The U.S. Small Business Administration declared the closure a disaster, enabling it to provide assistance to businesses that experienced adverse financial impacts. Economic Injury Disaster Loans Read More →
Semtech adds Li to board of directors
Latest newsSemtech, a Camarillo-based supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced Feb. 29 that its board of directors has appointed Ye Jane Li as its newest director, effective Feb. 25. Li has been a strategic advisor to Diversis Capital, LLC, a private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies, since 2013. Li was the chief operating Read More →
Resonant names president, chief commercial officer
Latest newsResonant, a late-stage development company based in Goleta that creates innovative filter designs for radio frequency front-ends for the mobile device industry, announced Feb. 29 that it has named George B. Holmes to the newly created post of president and chief commercial officer and appointed him to its board of directors, effective immediately. Holmes brings Read More →
Minuteman 3 missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base
Latest newsThe U.S. Air Force conducted its second intercontinental ballistic missile test from Vandenberg Air Force Base in a week Feb. 25. An unarmed Minuteman 3 launched at 11:01 p.m. from Vandenberg on Feb. 25 only five days after the U.S. launched another Minuteman 3. The missile traveled about 4,200 miles and hit a target near Read More →
Central Coast Innovation Award honorees announced
Latest newsThis year the Business Times introduced its newest venture, the Central Coast Innovation Awards. The inaugural awards featured a series of tri-county companies, both startups and established, who are revolutionizing the way business is done in the region. The Innovation Awards will be culminated with a ceremony on March 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Read More →
