The Europe solar photovoltaic (PV) market is poised to recover during the fourth quarter of 2013, after an 18-month downturn that redefined the role of Europe within the global solar PV industry. Quarterly PV demand from Europe is now set ...
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Neo Solar Power on November 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.3 billion (US$78.0 million) for October, a 31-month high, with growth of 1.31% on month and 179.56% on year, and those of ...
Tags: crystalline silicon, solar cell
US-based crystal growth solution and equipment provider GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has announced that Apple will pre-pay US$578 million to secure sapphire supply. GTAT will be able to use the funds to set up additional sapphire ...
Tags: Apple Funding, iPhone Screen
Semiconductor materials distributor Wah Lee Industrial has reported revenues of NT$2.89 billion (US$97.95 million) for October 2013, down 5.5% sequentially but up 9.9% on year. Cumulative sales through October reached NT$28.38 billion, ...
Tags: Semiconductor, materials
US-based TransCelerate BioPharma is launching three new global initiatives to further advance efficiency in clinical trials and accelerate the development of new medicines: creation of common clinical trial protocol templates, development ...
Tags: TransCelerate, clinical trial, Global Initiative, Cubist Pharmaceuticals
BIOQuébec and Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) have joined forces in order to improve networking opportunities and develop partnerships that will lead to the discovery of the next generation of life-saving ...
Tags: Bioquebec, Rx&D, networking opportunity, life-saving therapy
Taiwan-based IC design houses will target the smartphone, tablet and LED lighting sectors in order to ramp up their sales and earnings in 2014, according to industry observers. The performance of most IC vendors has been better than ...
Tags: Smartphone, Tablet
China plans to raise its whole-year target of installed solar capacity to 12 gigawatts in 2014, up by 20 percent from the original target, becoming the latest stimulus for the country's sluggish solar industry. The new installation target ...
Tags: Solar Power, Solar Capacity
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) (formerly known as NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), under the direction of president and CEO Dr Jeffrey Borenstein, has announced the latest ...
Tags: Narsad, BBRF, investigator, award
Guerbet announced that Novation has awarded a new agreement for Dotarem (gadoterate meglumine) injection. Dotarem injection is a gadolinium-based contrast agent indicated for intravenous use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in brain ...
Tags: Novation, Dotarem injection, Guerbet
Paper manufacturer Mayr-Melnhof Group's (MM Group) MM Packaging has signed an agreement to acquire three sites of the Pan-European cardboard packaging company A&R Carton in Russia for €100m. The move is expected to expand the ...
Tags: MM Group, packaging, Pan-European, carton board
Packaging equipment manufacturer Pro Mach will open a new facility for its bottling systems production subsidiary Federal in Pewaukee, Wisconsin in the US. Located at the RidgeView Corporate Park in Pewaukee, the new 78,000ft2 building is ...
Tags: packaging, Pro Mach, facility, bottling systems
British specialty plastics supplier Essentra has completely acquired the Ireland-based folding cartons manufacturer Dakota Packaging for an undisclosed amount. Dakota, which supplies printed, folding and litho-laminate cartons to the ...
Arkema exhibited its Rilsan fine powders jointly with Viking Johnson (stand 305, Hall 1) at Aquatech 2013, in Amsterdam. Aquatech is one of the world's leading trade exhibition on process, drinking and waste water technology. Rilsan fine ...
Tags: Powders Coatings, Arkema
Eastern Europe used to be regarded by Western European coatings producers as the buoyant market on their doorstep – in which demand could be depended upon to boost their sales especially at times of sluggish domestic growth. Now, ...
Tags: Eastern Europe, Coatings