In the optical communications markets, demand for 40G transceivers is now “ramping up hard” as data centers deploy 40GbE (Ethernet), particularly as a high-density 10G interface via breakout cables. Also, 40G QSFP (quad small ...
Tags: optical communications markets, transceiver, single-mode fiber
Market research firm IHS Infonetics has published new vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its second quarter 2015 IHS Infonetics Optical Network Hardware report. According to the report, global optical network hardware ...
Tags: optical network hardware, WDM
Flat-panel computer monitors capable of producing an unprecedented range of colors are going on sale in Europe next month, thanks to quantum dot technology that appears on the verge of making a major impact on the displays industry. ...
Platts EU 45 sugar FOB containers assessment for November shipment was assessed at a premium of $36/mt above the December (Z) White Sugar Futures (London 5) contract Friday, unchanged week on week. Last week Platts heard the first ...
Tags: Platts, Sugar Containers, Algerian Tender
The US deficit, down from the $1 trillion-plus levels of Obama's first four years and a $483 billion gap in fiscal 2014, will stay largely flat in 2016, then begin to march upward due to rising costs for debt and caring for fast-retiring ...
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While Ford has made inroads into increased usage of aluminum sheet in its vehicles, it is still "too early" to expect additional steel-to-aluminum announcements from other major automakers such as Toyota and General Motors, Sean Stack, CEO ...
Tags: Ford, aluminum sheet, Steel
Rebar prices kept unchanged in Mexico through October, although producers continue to be assertive about hiking prices, sources in the domestic market said. Reported offers, bids and deals led Platts to maintain its Mexican domestic rebar ...
Tags: Rebar prices, Stay Flat, sluggish demand
ExxonMobil Chemical has delayed a 5 cents/lb November polyethylene increase for buyers in the US and Canada, multiple market sources said Monday. A buyer source said ExxonMobil would attempt to implement the 5 cents/lb increase in ...
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Xcel Energy is confident it can cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2030 from 2005 levels at a negligible cost to customers, mainly by building two new natural gas plants, adding more than 2,000 MW of renewables and keeping its nuclear plants ...
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With only a limited time to draw attention to your trade show display, say it bolder and brighter with the use of trade show technology! Today’s exhibitors are continually looking for ways to enhance the visitor experience to their ...
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Beijing International Art Biennale opens on Thursday, drawing artists from China and abroad. The exhibition Memory and Dream will highlight the sixth Beijing International Art Biennale that begins on Thursday. Among the country's top ...
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Craftsmen Li Shuanglu (left) and Wu Laishun (right) try to beat a piece of steel bar flat with a hammer in making crewel needles in Dayang township of Zezhou county, North China's Shanxi province, Sept 24, 2015. Pei Xiangnan, 66, is the ...
ColaLife and Amcor Flexibles have developed a pouch which effectively delivers diarrhoea medicine to children in remote parts of Zambia. The lightweight Flexi-pack offers a measure for the water required to make up each of the four 200ml ...
Tags: Life-Saving Kit, Flexi-pack
While the exhibits at Nanchang Porcelain Painting Museum in suburban Nanchang in East China's Jiangxi province may impress each visitor with their elegance, they are also likely to evoke childhood memories among many visitors, ...
The discovery of 47 human teeth in a cave in Hunan province by Chinese scientists has unearthed new evidence that the earliest modern humans lived in East Asia. The teeth and a number of animal fossils were excavated from Fuyan Cave in ...
Tags: 47 human teeth, Homo sapiens, East Asia