The profitability of Chinese baijiu makers recovered last year, according to a report published by the World Alcoholic Beverage Alliance on Monday. The gross margin of baijiu, or "white liquor," producers' main business grew to 33.1 ...
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Despite annual equipment maintenance restraining production volumes, prices on China's polysilicon have tumbled on weak demand, signaling across-the-board price drop in the PV supply chain. The price decline reverses the long-term higher ...
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While Chinese ferrosilicon offers remained high from rising Chinese semi-coke prices, offers heard have moved lower in Japan on thin trade, sources said. The Chinese 75% Si ferrosilicon price assessment was unchanged week on week at ...
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Slowdown-scarred, growth-seeking Chinese television manufacturers are shifting their focus to intelligent TVs and overseas markets. Five key reasons characterize the trend: falling sales, the rise of smartphones and personal computers as ...
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Design Shanghai, one of Asia’s leading international design events, is going to make its presence felt at the 100% Design event. Design Shanghai will present 14 of China’s most exciting young designers at the upcoming show. ...
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The Natuzzi brand has been well-known over the years for their expertise in mastering Italian craftsmanship: the ability to shape products with hands, and the manual know-how to transform ideas into reality. Aldo Mati, Natuzzi’s ...
The president of the United Nations General Assembly's office has received a makeover from Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen. Currently occupied by Mogens Lykketoft who also comes from Denmark, the office is located at the ...
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Researchers in China have achieved continuous wave (cw) lasing at room temperature for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) grown directly on silicon (Si) [Yi Sun et al, Nature Photonics, 10, p595, 2016]. The team from Suzhou ...
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Researchers in Russia have developed an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum well laser diode on (001) germanium-on-silicon 'virtual substrate' without offcut angle [V. Ya. Aleshkin et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol109, p061111, 2016]. ...
Tags: InGaAs, Laser diodes, III-Vs-on-Si
A team of researchers at the USA's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has developed a new solar photovoltaic 'step cell' that combines two ...
The British Pump Manufacturers’ Association is offering a one day course which focuses on pump system design as part of its programme of ‘Pump Fundamentals’ training courses. The next course will be held on 11 October, ...
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PV market demand plunged rapidly as expected as it entered in the third quarter, driving significant price decline across the PV supply chain. Prices of solar cells and wafer have reached new low for consecutive weeks. Consequently, ...
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Shipments of handsets, mostly smartphone models, by Taiwan-based handset makers are expected to peak at 14.49 million units in the third quarter of 2016 before sliding to 13.47 million units in the fourth quarter, according to an estimate ...
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During the recently concluded Northmodern design fair, a biannual showcase of Nordic and international design in Copenhagen, Danish designer Ida Elke debuted her latest series of table top mirrors. Named as the ‘Woven Mirror’ ...
At the MAISON&OBJET PARIS show this September, Tom Dixon has launched two new scents: Alloy and Stone, as part of their Materialism Scent range. ALLOY The Alloy family is made of precious wax, a contemporary fusion of amber and metal ...