Global demand for countertops is forecast to rise 4.2 percent per year to 503 million square meters in 2018, according to The Freedonia Group. Demand for countertops will benefit from improved building construction activity throughout ...
Tags: Countertops, countertopsc Demand
The total laser market will grow at a rate of 5.5% from 2013 through to 2019, bolstered by a double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in display and lightshow laser revenue, according to market research firm Strategies Unlimited's ...
As LED light quality improves and prices continue to drop, more consumers are choosing to replace incandescent, halogen and compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs in their homes with efficient and environmentally friendly LED bulbs. Hence, by ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market, LED, Lamp, Light Bulb
After two tough years of stagnation, in 2014 the power semiconductor device market returned to growth, rising by 8.4% to $11.5bn, according to the report 'Status of the Power Electronics Industry (February 2015 edition)' from Yole ...
Apple has taken three years to regain the crown as the world's top smartphone maker. The latest market data show that the iPhone maker beat Samsung for the first time since 2011. Leading market research firm Gartner has released a ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, Smartphone Market
Global smartphone revenue grew 20% year-on-year to a record $115bn in fourth-quarter 2014 as unit sales rose 19% to almost 346 million (totalling over 1.2bn in full-year 2014), according to market research firm GfK. In Q4/2014, all ...
Tags: Smartphone shipments, Smartphone
Whereas 2014 was a challenging year for lighting products (with most traditional technology suppliers reporting declining quarterly revenues for lamps and luminaires), many LED-only manufacturers saw their revenues rise, says market ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Traditional Lighting
Valentine's Day brings bonanza for boxed bouquets of blossoms Florists recorded a surge in sales of roses in the week leading up to Valentine's Day, with more people ordering luxurious bouquets of roses packed in boxes. Flower retailers ...
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According to Bloomberg.com, Apple's latest "bigger than bigger" slogan for the iPhone is turning out more and more apt as the company sets the record as the first US company to be worth more than $700 billion. This is the first time a US ...
Unit shipments of LED lamps and luminaires are expected to total 10.7 billion from 2014 through 2023, according to the report 'Energy Efficient Lighting for Commercial Markets' from Navigant Research. As new LED products have reached the ...
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Due to their compactness and low cost of ownership, UV LEDs continue to penetrate the booming UV curing business, through replacement of incumbent technologies such as mercury lamps, according to 'UV LED - Technology, Manufacturing and ...
US demand for construction chemicals used in on-site applications is projected to grow 8.2 percent per year through 2018 to $12.1 billion. Gains will be primarily driven by double-digit increases in building construction expenditures, ...
The market for chip-on-board (COB) LEDs and multi-chip array COBs will grow significantly from $1.5bn in 2014 to $4.4bn in 2020, including 40% growth from 2014 to 2015, according to the report 'The World Market for COB LEDs in General ...
The Nevro Senza, as shown in a video on the company's website. Nevro’s stock is now up more than 20% from where it was late last week, after the Menlo Park, CA–based company said that the FDA has deemed the PMA for its spinal ...
Tags: spinal pain-killing device, Health
Samsung and Apple continue to lead as top global semiconductor customers in 2014. The two companies consumed – together – 17 percent of the total semiconductor demand. Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top ...
Tags: semiconductor demand, pricing implications, Electrical