As the recipient of the APPA’s 2015 Sustainability Award recognizing and advancing sustainability excellence in educational facilities, San Diego Community College District uses a Cree® LED lighting upgrade with SmartCast® ...
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For third-quarter 2015, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $68.7m, down on $114.4m a year ago, negatively impacted by continuing erosion in relevant underlying ...
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The world's largest wind turbine maker, Denmark-based Vestas', third- quarter results on Thursday were boosted by strong orders for its turbines as analysts reported the group was obtaining higher prices for its products. Vestas CEO ...
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Financial results posted by leading chip manufacturer Intel and key lithography system supplier ASML suggest that demand in the microelectronics industry – a key sector for laser companies – is to remain strong. Following ...
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For third-quarter 2015, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $140.7m, up 51% on $93.3m a year ago although up only 7% on $131.4m last quarter (which was the ...
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For third-quarter 2015, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €54.6m, up 35% on €40.4m last quarter and up 19.7% on €45.6m a year ago due to increased scheduled ...
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For full-year fiscal 2015 (ended 28 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.63bn, down just 1% on fiscal 2014's record $1.65bn. Specifically, revenue for Lighting Products (mainly LED lighting systems and bulbs) grew ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (to end-March), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA (which provides compound semiconductor-based components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics market) has reported revenue of ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2015 (ended 28 March), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $83m, down 13% on $95.4m a year ago and down 4% on ...
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There is neither doubt nor dispute that the last financial year tested the grit and resourcefulness of the packaging industry. Tetra Pak achieved a 1.7% in sales nonetheless. Tetra Pak’s ‘challenging year’, the ...
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Egg producer Bird Bros has succeeded in overcoming downtime, increasing efficiency and eliminating wastage by upgrading to a fully automatic Endoline case sealing system. Based in Bedfordshire, the company supplies high quality eggs to ...
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For full-year 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $508.2m, up 10.7% on $459m for 2013. 5N Plus provides purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2014 of $392.9m, up 18% on $331.7m in 2013. Fourth-quarter 2014 revenue was $113.6m, up 22% on $93.3m last ...
For the first fiscal quarter ended December 27, 2014, net loss climbed to $4.2 million or $0.53 per diluted share from a net loss for the prior year quarter of $1.6 million or $0.20 per share at Delta Apparel. “While lower sales ...
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Chairman Jimmy Chu of the Fair Friend Ent. Group (FFG) announced that his company will enter into alliance with Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) to develop and manufacture composite materials for aircrafts. FFG, Taiwan's ...
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