Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported a solid first quarter with positive developments in all three Business Areas despite a challenging market environment. First quarter operating income increased 42 percent to €306 million, reflecting the ...
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Net loss widened steeply by 63.15 per cent at US apparel marketer Perry Ellis International for the 2015 fiscal ended January 31, 2015. On a GAAP basis, net loss for fiscal 2015 was $37.2 million, or $2.50 per diluted share compared to ...
Tags: GAAP basis, sportswear collection, Apparel
To provide an easy-to-use way for power systems designers to evaluate the performance of gallium nitride transistors and get their products into volume production quickly, Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which ...
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Seren Photonics Ltd of Pencoed Technology Park, UK (which was spun off from the University of Sheffield in February 2010) has launched its next generation of semi-polar gallium nitide (GaN) on sapphire templates. This latest generation of ...
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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 ...
Toyota has introduced the refreshed version of Toyota Avalon along with special edition of Camry and Corolla at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show. The 2016 version of the Toyota Avalon is a mid-size premium car that features new styling and ...
Halfords Group plc reported same-store sales by its Cycling and Travel Solutions stores increased 7.6 percent and 5.7 percent respectively in the 15 weeks and fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 9. The UK’s leading retailer of ...
Tags: Same-Store Gains, Sporting Goods
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has announced the availability of the UltraCMOS PE42020, which is ...
Tags: mechanical relays, micro-electro-mechanical systems, Electrical
Halfords boss Matt Davies will take up role in June, while Tesco plans for 43 store closures and consolidation of head office locations. Retail giant Tesco has seen an improved performance over Christmas, with UK like-for-like sales ...
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Researchers in Germany have developed gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on silicon carbide (SiC) layers on silicon wafers [Wael Jatal et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 11 December 2014]. ...
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Ohio State University and University of Illinois at Chicago have developed deep ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on III-nitride semiconductor nanowires [Thomas F Kent et al, Nanotechnology, vol25, p455201, 2014]. The ...
Funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and coordinated by Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany, the Hi-Q-LED project has made advances with green LEDs, diminishing the ‘green ...
The new Cayenne GTS resounds an outstanding sporting character in its very name. The resonant letters GTS go back to the famous 904 Carrera GTS of 1963. In 2007, the Cayenne GTS became the first Porsche of the modern era to revive the ...
PAC Machinery will be launching a new Clamco Dem 2 combo shrink system that will help in boosting productivity. The equipment has undergone various changes over the preceding models, providing it a high production environment. The Dem 2 ...
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Allnex has introduced the new performances of its 2 component (2K) MACRYNAL VSM 2521w and VSM 6299w waterborne dispersions from its acrylic resin range. These waterborne dispersions show improved performance that is as good as 2K acrylic ...
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