For first-quarter 2016, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks) has reported ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics, PICs
AGV is the most automated modern logistics equipment. Driven by industrial automation, global new demands for AGV were roughly 16,000 units in 2015, up 35% against the previous year. 4,280 units, or 27% of the global total, were added in ...
Tags: AGV, Reasearchinchina, Industry report
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that UK-based Plessey Semiconductors Ltd has ordered an AIX G5+ C cluster system (for delivery in third-quarter 2016) to expand its production capacity for ...
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) and Pabst Brewing Company (PBC) have signed a brewing agreement whereby the two companies aim to achieve growth objectives jointly. The agreement entails that PBC subsidiary Rainier Brewing Company will brew ...
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Coatings and chemicals producer AkzoNobel has commissioned a new production facility for packaging inks in Songjiang, China. The new facility, located at the firm's biggest site used for developing packaging coatings worldwide, will ...
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Shell Chemical is exploring a project to expand its olefins plant in Deer Park, Texas, and increase its ethylene production, the company said Wednesday. "Shell is evaluating a proposed expansion of ethylene production at the existing ...
US methanol imports in October were nearly 50% lower than the year-ago month as expanded domestic capacity has impacted import demand, according to data released by a trade group on Thursday. October US methanol imports reached 249,000 ...
Spurred by major and emerging markets, global photovoltaic (PV) demand has grown substantially this year. According to the latest Gold Member Report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, installed capacity worldwide for 2015 is ...
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Due to oversupply and price competition between the suppliers of lighting LEDs, the total Chinese market for packaged LEDs will grow at a single-digit annual rate, forecasts market research firm IHS. The total Chinese market for packaged ...
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Royal DSM is expanding Akulon XS production capacity at its facility in Emmen, the Netherlands in a bid to cater to the increasing demand. Akulon XS is a new polyamide that has been developed specifically for blown films used in flexible ...
Air freight volumes were up slightly in September according to the IATA, with freight tonne kilometres (FTK) 1.0% higher compared to a year ago. This was a small improvement on August, when volumes were broadly stable year to year, however, ...
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With feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in the key markets of Germany and Italy about to be reduced, and financial problems spreading around the Mediterranean, there has been speculation of an accompanying decline in demand for solar cells used to ...
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Escalating demand for photovoltaic (PV) products drove record-breaking additions of cell manufacturing capacity during the third quarter of 2010, while subsequent announcements suggest that the PV boom is set to continue. US-based ...
Tags: Solar, photovoltaic, First Solar
Plessey announced today that it will be exhibiting at the LuxLive event from 18-19 November at London's ExCeL arena. LuxLive is Europe's biggest annual lighting event. Plessey will be showcasing its latest GaN on silicon LED solutions. ...
Tags: Plessey, LuxLive, GaN on Silicon LED
The global average price of 40W replacement LED light bulbs fell 1.5% in August to US$10.9, while the 60W replacement LED light bulbs fell 2.3% to US$14.9, based on the latest report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The U.S. was ...