According to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, in January this year the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 77.4 percent, falling 1.9 percentage points ...
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that US raw steel production rose 0.3 percent in the week ending January 19, following a 3.6 percent increase the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States ...
According to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD), in 2012 motor vehicle sales in Turkey totaled 817,620 units, falling by 10.2 percent as compared to 2011. The contraction of the ...
ASPs in the LED market fell 20-30% in 2012. LED makers believe the price fall for LED lighting products will be relatively significant compared to the price fall of backlighting products in 2013. In addition, the price for 60W retrofit LED ...
Tags: LED, Lighting Chips, Prices, 2013
Various countries have banned the use of incandescent light bulbs, paving the way for LED lighting to shine. However, due to numerous newcomers in China taking up massive capacity expansion, the LED market has been in severe oversupply, ...
Tags: 2013, Opportunities, Risks, LED Lighting
Tung Ho Steel, one of the major electric furnace mills and steel long products suppliers in Northern Taiwan announced that its sales revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012 totaled NT$8.631 billion, up slightly from a quarter ago. The ...
Tags: Steel, steel products, rebar
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production rose 3.6 percent in the week ending January 12, following a 3.9 percent drop the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States ...
Tags: US, raw steel, exports, steel market
In 2012, demand for TV-use LED backlight products was high, helping LED firms to maintain high to full capacity utilization rate. As many governments are beginning to ban the use of incandescent bulbs, the LED lighting market is expected to ...
Tags: LED backlight products, LED firms, LED lighting market, LED
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production fell 3.9 percent in the week ending January 5, following a 0.7 percent decrease the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that US raw steel production fell 0.7 percent in the week ending December 29, reversing a 0.7 percent increase the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United ...
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The Mexican Iron and Steel Institute Canacero urged the government to control steel products imports to protect local steel industry. According to data released by Canacero, Mexico imported 550 tons of rolled steel products in this ...
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According to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association, in November this year Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 104,014 units increasing by 3% YoY and up 11.4% compared to October this year. ...
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Weather conditions and holidays in Europe and the US are likely to cause Taiwan-based solar firms to report falling December revenues. Some firms have been seeing orders returning for January and expect relatively good performance despite ...
Tags: solar firms, December revenues, Solar cell, Solar cell prices
Members of the Taiwan LED Street Lighting Alliance, in view of large growth potential for indoor LED lighting demand, on December 24 announced its transformation as the Taiwan LED Lighting Alliance to boost application of LED lighting. ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Lighting, LED lighting industry
The top three foundries are in the world top ten semiconductor companies ranked by first half sales, says IC Insights. TSMC's capacity utilization rate in 2Q12 was 102% (exceeding 100% because of the way the company defines its ...
Tags: first half sales, semiconductor, IC Insights