Growth in the industrial electronics semiconductor market is set to fall short of previous expectations in 2012 as the business is buffeted by weakening global economic conditions, with the LED market the sole bright spot, says IHS iSuppli ...
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Sparton Onyx, a subsidiary of Sparton, has acquired Onyx EMS, a manufacturer of medical devices for OEM and emerging technology companies, for $43.25m in cash. Onyx's commercial products include cardiovascular diagnostics, hearing ...
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BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, announces that PRUF LED has installed a PYRAMAX™ 125A at its new cutting-edge, ...
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Siemens has decided to reorganize its activities in the water business. The company intends to focus in the future on automation and drive solutions for the control of water applications for municipalities and industry. The Business Unit ...
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The name Foxconn has become shorthand for the human costs of building the iPhone in China, linking Apple to bad publicity about worker suicides, deaths from a plant explosion and rioting factory workers. But many other companies besides ...
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Computerworld-WASHINGTON--There's a new television show,"Revolution,"which looks at what happens to society after every piece of complex technology,including power generation,stops working.The reasons for this outage aren't explained. ...
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NTL awarded the first prize at a glittering ceremony NTL Electronics India Limited, the Rs. 557 Cr (US$ 110 million) Lighting Electronics major from India and one of the nation’s largest player in the lighting electronics, has ...
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A labor rights group has accused Samsung of"illegal and inhumane violations"at its factories in China,reporting cases of excessive overtime and exhausting working conditions,with employees being made to stand for up to 12 hours for a single ...
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Looking at Taiwan LED makers' operation results, it turns out that the debt crisis will impact them to different degrees in the second half. Unity Opto Technology, had revenue of NT$785 million (US$26.2 million) in July, a 10% ...
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IDG News Service-Working conditions at some electronics manufacturing factories in China continue to be terrible,with some employees beaten by guards,some docked pay for missing production targets and many working hours beyond legal ...
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Backlog at Electro Scientific Industries swells to a six-year high on new design wins,prompting 20%stock bounce. ESI stock:up 20%on positive outlook Electro Scientific Industries(ESI),the provider of laser systems used in a variety ...
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Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc. announces today that it has finalized a partnership agreement whereby Leader Electronics will immediately begin global production of Sunovia's proprietary line of EvoLucia Aimed Optics™ LED Lighting ...
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Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc.has completed a$20 million investment agreement with Taiwan-based Leader Electronics to start global production of Sunovia's LED lighting products. The agreement with Leader Electronics includes a ...
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Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC, a subsidiary of Pentair, Inc has launched its new electronic water purification system for the North American water industry. The technology is built around a hybrid deionisation (hybrid DI) process, ...
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American and European plastics firms are stepping up their investments in medical manufacturing in China, as that country undertakes a major expansion of its health-care system. The investments are driven both by global medical-device ...
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