The main Taiwan-based solar cell makers saw capacity utilization rise to 80-100% in the second quarter of 2013 mainly due to strong demand in Japan, according to industry sources. In Japan, Japan-based Sharp and Kyocera have respective ...
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LEDtronics®, Inc., the pioneers of solid-state, LED lighting design and manufacturing in the United States, announced that their new, LED lamps at the Santa Monica Pier and Carousel Building are helping the 97-year-old landmark ...
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European Union investigators have raided the offices of three of the bloc's biggest telecommunications providers as part of an antitrust probe examining if they're limiting their customers' access to third-party applications including ...
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The number of electrical engineers in the workforce has declined over the last decade. It's not a steady decline, and it moves up and down, but the overall trend is not positive. In 2002 the U.S. had 385,000 employed electrical engineers; ...
LG Display said Thursday it has developed the world's thinnest full HD LCD display for smartphones, measuring just 2.2 millimeters thick. The company said its new 5.2-inch (132 mm) display panel has a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and ...
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Computerworld - Nokia launched its Lumia 1020 on Thursday with a raft of high-end camera features, including a 41-megapixel optical sensor. Nokia's Lumia 1020 smartphone. With that megapixel count, the Lumia 1020 sensor is ...
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Kardemir, the largest steel long products manufacturer in Turkey announced to raise its domestic prices for steel bars from July 10th, driven by higher prices of imported scraps and stronger demand. After announcement, its new sales ...
Beijing-based state-owned China Metallurgical Corporation (MCC) announced that steelmaker Shougang Jingtang has started cold load tests at its cold rolling (CR) plant No. 3 on July 8th. It’s known that the CR plant No. 3 was ...
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The world’s steel giant ArcelorMittal’s production and stockholding capacity at its Willenhall service center in the UK was enhanced after the company poured £2.6 million to replace outdated equipment. Once a new ...
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It’s been variously belittled as a Boxster with a roof, or the Porsche that tells people you can’t afford a 911 … but the Porsche Cayman emerged in 2005 to quickly establish itself as one of the great driver’s cars. ...
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A new Fiat 500 Abarth Cabrio has been built out of people for a new ad from the brand’s North American division. More than a dozen female artists, models and contortionists have been painted, posed and photographed as a Fiat 500 ...
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The price of the Ford Focus EV car has been cut US$4000 ($4400) – 10 per cent of its former price – in response to sluggish sales. The compact electric vehicle, now listed at US$35,995 ($39,300), struggled to meet initial ...
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The 2014 Mazda 3 is entering a segment that has never been so globally competitive. With a worldwide trend of consumer downsizing, the third-generation Mazda 3 aims to offer the cutting-edge technology and refined driving dynamics ...
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The BMW i3 has been almost completely revealed in a series of new official images. Only the grille and headlights, a thin strip below the window sills, and the tailgate and rear bumper BMW’s first mass-produced electric vehicle ...
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Engineers behind the new 2014 Mazda 3 have tuned the steering setup of the third-generation 3 to the point that it mimics the best parts of a manual steering system for better response and feedback. The company’s head of vehicle ...
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