With the unchanging trend of falling LED prices, chip manufacturers are constantly improving LED chip production process and technologies to lower costs. Semiconductor equipment company GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has developed Hydride ...
Work on construction of a US$ 4.5 billion petrochemical complex in Vietnam, a joint venture of Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) and Thailand-based Siam Cement Group (SCG) and its Vietnamese partners - PetroVietnam (PVN) and Vinachem, is ...
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The premium of ultra low sulfur diesel barges over 50 ppm gasoil barges has moved to its widest point since May 1, with ULSD trading at a $9.75/mt premium to 50 ppm, Platts data showed Monday. Rising ULSD premiums in Northwest Europe have ...
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CAS Medical Systems (CASMed), a medical technology company, has announced the initial sales of its next-generation Fore-Sight Elite cerebral oximetry products. The Fore-Sight Elite is lighter and more portable than the earlier model, with ...
The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
Tags: Construction, Coatings
Kodak has launched Prinergy Workflow Version 6 software which represents a completely new vision for prepress production. The software is a solution for commercial, packaging and publication printers seeking to centralize--and ...
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Affected by the higher scrap prices and lower production capacity, the Korean major steel mills have planned to hike bar price and the price rise is expected to become effective in this month. However, it’s said that the price rise ...
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Technical fit form manufacturer Alvanon Inc., New York City, has introduced an Intimate/Swim Form that is made using memory foam, making it 15-percent softer than the company's standard soft mannequin and thus enabling more realistic ...
Tags: Textile, compression fabrics
Egypt s Suez Cement has reported a 7% increase in sales for the first half of 2012 despite a difficult trading environment which saw frequent energy shortages and major price increases. The company said that the uncertainty of energy ...
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Global yarn production jumped in Q1/2013 in comparison to the previous quarter as a result of higher output in Asia, North and South America and despite a decrease in Europe. Also on an annual basis global yarn output rose resulting from ...
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The Australian share market has again nudged above the 5,000 point mark but fell away in afternoon trade to end only slightly higher. Financial and energy stocks were the best performers, with other sectors mixed. Energy giant Woodside ...
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At 2013 LED Lighting Taiwan, Russia-based upstream sapphire crystal maker Monocrystal showcased 12-inch substrates. The firm aims to produce crystal of over 150kg in 2014 for manufacturing 6-inch sapphire ingots. Digitimes Research noted ...
Global thermal coal prices are unlikely to recover this year unless Australian coal producers lower production or an unexpected event rattles the seaborne market and sends prices north, industry experts attending the Coaltrans Asia ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
More smartphones will ship worldwide in 2013 than other so-called mobile "feature" phones as the average price of smartphones drops, IDC said Tuesday. The average price of smartphone declined by 8% globally in 2012 and is projected to ...
Tags: Smartphone, Prices
In 2012, world stainless crude steel output stood at 35.4 million mt, up 5.2 percent year on year, hitting a new record for a single year, according to the preliminary report released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). ...
Tags: raw mat, stainless, China, Europe, production, steelmaking, Istanbul