Solar firms in Greater China hoped to increase quotes before the Lunar New Year holidays, but a delay in China announcing its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe results has deterred the industry from raising prices for fear of losing ...
Tags: Solar firms, China, solar cells
Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA says that the first implementation of its new-generation dual-junction solar cell technology (augmenting its single-junction technology) has set an energy conversion efficiency record of 30.8% for ...
Tags: dual junction solar cell, energy conversion, solar cell technology
The ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour concept has been unveiled in Geneva in one of the surprises of this year’s motor show. Taking advantage of its links to Lamborghini under the Volkswagen Group umbrella, the ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour ...
Video encoders will be the fastest growing segment in the market, with a growth rate of 10% per year. The worldwide video hardware infrastructure market is expected to rise from 2.8bn in 2012 to $3.8bn in 2017, according to a new report ...
When it comes to Mini’s high-performance John Cooper Works (JCW) editions, Australia has the highest ‘take rate’ in the world – triple that of the US, and more surprisingly, the UK. Of the 2394 cars Mini sold ...
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2013 Spring Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting taking place in Doha on March 3-5, Juma Al Mansouri from Emirates Steel said that the UAE is seeking to transform its oil-dependent economy by spending billions of ...
Tags: oil, Oil Dependent, Oil Economy
The next-generation Suzuki SX4 has materialised as the production version of the Japanese brand’s 2012 S-Cross concept. The new SX4 is being displayed at the 2013 Geneva motor show ahead of its roll-out to showrooms later this year. ...
Tags: Suzuki, SX4, 2012 S-Cross concept
Del Monte has introduced a new product range, Del Monte Occasions, in combifitMidi 1,000-mL carton packs with combiSwift screw cap from SIG Combibloc. The new line-up of fruit-based juice drinks comes in the varieties of Pineapple Mojito, ...
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The Mitsubishi GR-HEV concept has been revealed ahead of its unveiling at Geneva motor show later today. The GR-HEV concept (the name means ‘Grand Runner Hybrid Electric Vehicle’) gives us our first look at Mitsubishi’s ...
Turkey's leading steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann Boru has announced its financial results for the full year 2012. In 2012, the company's net profit declined by 24.8 percent to TRY 39.5 million ($22 million), compared to the ...
Turkey's leading steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann Boru has announced its financial results for the full year 2012. In 2012, the company's net profit declined by 24.8 percent to TRY 39.5 million ($22 million), compared to the ...
The all-new Volkswagen Golf Mk7 has claimed the title of European Car of the Year for 2013. The new seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf took top spot in the European awards, with the 58-member COTY jury awarding it a total of 414 points, ...
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In the last session of the SteelOrbis Spring 2013 Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting held on March 3-5 in Doha, suppliers and producers of long steel products and billet, as well as traders and raw material suppliers shared the conclusions ...
Tags: rebar, wire, raw material
Speaking at the SteelOrbis Spring 2013 Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting held on March 3-5 in Doha, Yusuf Guven from Helveco Intertrade, the chairman of the raw materials committee, said that China has started destocking steel products, ...
Tags: raw materials, Scrap, Steel
A 10th-consecutive monthly sales record has seen Nissan bump Holden off Australia’s new car sales podium for the first time in modern history. The burgeoning Japanese manufacturer sold 8212 new vehicles across the country in ...