The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for LED lighting for plant factories is estimated at 27% from 2011-2018, according to Taiwan's Photonic Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA). In 2013, this market segment is expected ...
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China-based solar firm Suntech Power Holdings has announced that it has agreed on a new forbearance agreement with the majority of the holders of the firm's 3% convertible notes, for which a principal payment of US$541 million was due on ...
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) manufacturing company ACH Foam Technologies has gone in for a redesign in a bid to offer added packaging options and increased protection of bottles during transit. The 2-, 6-, and 12-pack EPS foam units are ...
US-based solar firm SunPower has provided financial guidance for second-quarter and fiscal year 2013. The firm stated that second-quarter 2013 revenues are likely to be between US$550-600 million, gross margin between 14-16 %, and megawatts ...
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Germany-based PV inverter firm SMA has revealed its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. In the first quarter of 2013, SMA Solar Technology AG sold PV inverters with an output of 1.2GW, lower compared to 1.9GW reported in the ...
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Market rumors that the new generation of Apple's iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for the home button have been circulating and Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal has reportedly sent samples to Apple for verification. ...
Davis / Muller Lighting, a leading provider of lighting solutions for hospitality, commercial and design markets, is pleased to announce the launch of a newly designed website – www.davismuller.com. As part of their continued growth ...
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Researchers based in China and Sweden have proposed fast chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of graphene as a route to more cost-effective transparent conducting layers (TCLs) for nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Xu Kun et ...
Mellanox Technologies Ltd of Sunnyvale, CA, USA and Yokneam, Israel, a supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions for servers and storage systems, has agreed to acquire privately held Kotura Inc of Monterey Park, ...
Many firms could be saving themselves a lot of money - and slashing their carbon emissions - if they paid a little more attention to the way they light their premises, according to a new survey. The research carried out by Ex-Or - a ...
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Minneapolis-based Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life) has posted operating profit of $134m for the first quarter of 2013 compared to $217m in 2012. Decrease in the year-over-year quarterly profit and the ...
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LASER 2013: photonics to employ 165,000 in Germany by 2020 15 May 2013 Study by the Photonik Forschung Deutschland organization calls the growing sector a "job engine". Panel talk The German photonics sector will employ 165,000 ...
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The planned sale of stake in Future Generali India Life Insurance Company to Industrial Investment Trust Ltd (IITL) has received approval from fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI). The approval was granted after a ...
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The first teaser images of the BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe have been released ahead of the concept's unveiling at next week's 2013 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este in Como, Itay. Described by BMW as the "embodiment of sheer ...
HSV has released an official launch video highlighting just what goes into bringing the new Gen-F range of Australian performance cars to life. Showing the HSV Gen-F’s progression from the early stages of sketches and clay ...