UK-based aerospace, defense and security technology provider QinetiQ Group plc has acquired Redfern Integrated Optics Inc (RIO) of Santa Clara, CA, USA. Founded in 2000 in Australia before moving to San Francisco, CA, USA in 2003, RIO is ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
PC unit sales declined 10% in 2013 for the second straight year of contraction, as the computer market contracts and swaps PCs for tablets and smartphones. Bishop tracks 11 companies in the computer market sector and 10 companies in the ...
Tags: PC, Computer, Tablets, Smartphones
GoPro Inc expects to raise up to $427.2 million in its initial public offering, according to an updated filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The company said it plans to offer 17.8 million Class A shares priced between $21 and ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Economy
US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented the Port of Everett with the President’s “E” Award for Export Service at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The “E” Awards are the highest recognition ...
China's Minmetals Resources Copper Co is expected to start construction of its 100,000 mt/year core copper cathode project at Hengyang city in Hunan province by July this year, according to a report by the Hunan government posted on its ...
Tags: Minmetals, Copper Project
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (ended 29 March), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported revenue of $256m, down 11.3% on $288.5m last quarter and 8.8% on $280.6m a year ago. Fiscal Q4/2013 Q1/2014 Q2/2014 Q3/2014 ...
Tags: RFMD, Electrical, Electronics
Crocs, Inc. reported earnings tumbled 78.0 percent in the first quarter, to $6.4 million, or 6 cents a share, from $29.0 million, or 33 cents, a year ago. Revenues inched up 0.2 percent to $312.4 million as strong gains in the Asia-Pacific ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The Philippines' Nickel Asia said Monday it shipped out a record high 14 million wet mt of nickel ore in 2013, up 19% from 2012. Of the total volume, 3.59 million wmt was saprolite ore, down 15.3% year on year, while 10.41 million wmt was ...
Tags: Nickel Ore, Nickel, nickel price
Cintas Corporation reported results for its third quarter ended February 28, 2014. Revenue for the third quarter was $1.13 billion, representing a 5.1% increase compared to last year’s third quarter. Adjusting for one more workday in ...
Tags: Cintas, Uniform Direct Sales, EPS
New research from the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) has found that Australian SME exporters' confidence is on the up, with 36 per cent of active SME exporters expecting overseas sales to increase in the next 12 months. ...
Global Digital Solutions, Inc., a little-known technology company based in Palm Beach, FL, has reportedly made an unsolicited offer to purchase Freedom Group, Inc., also known as Remington Outdoor Company, Inc., for $1.082 billion in cash ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The world's top 40 medical device companies overall have enjoyed a slight gain in stock price so far this year. But there are exceptions to the rule as well, with reasons ranging from Getinge AB's quality control issues to Terumo Corp.'s ...
Tags: Medical Device, Health, Medicine
For full-year 2013, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported a 20% drop in revenue from 2012’s €227.8m to €182.9m. However, although down 34% on €77.5m a year ago, fourth-quarter revenue was ...
A manufacturer of seats and interiors for commercial trucks is moving its U.S. headquarters and opening a new factory that is expected to create hundreds of jobs, the Associated Press reported. German auto parts maker Grammer AG said it ...
Tags: Truck Seat, governments support
Ssangyong Motor (CEO Lee Yoo-il;www.smotor.com), part of the Mahindra Group, today announced that the company achieved its highest revenue last year since its establishment, driven by global sales growth despite the overall sluggish demand ...
Tags: Ssangyong Motor, Auto Parts