The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 22 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...
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At the European Conference on Optical Communications and Exposition (ECOC 2016) in Dusseldorf, Germany (19-21 September), NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic ...
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John Lewis delivered gross sales of £2.02b for the HY ended 30th July – up 4.5%, with LFL sales growth of 3.1%, ahead of its more critical sales and profit-driving second half. Despite growing sales, operating profit fell by ...
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At Solar Power International in Las Vegas (12-15 September), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar cell and panel maker MiaSolé of Santa Clara, CA, USA (which was founded in 2004 and acquired by ...
Boeing released its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO) in Beijing, estimating the total value of those new aircraft at $1.025 trillion. China becomes the first trillion-dollar aviation market in Boeing’s forecast. “As ...
China's fiscal revenue rose 1.7 percent year on year to 989.4 billion yuan (US$224 billion) in August, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Tuesday. Revenue growth was down from the 3.3-percent gain posted for July. The ministry ...
Researchers in China have achieved continuous wave (cw) lasing at room temperature for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) grown directly on silicon (Si) [Yi Sun et al, Nature Photonics, 10, p595, 2016]. The team from Suzhou ...
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Global supply chain risk Q2 2016. Global supply chain risk climbed in the second quarter of 2016, reaching the highest levels since records began in 1995, according to the CIPS Risk Index, powered by Dun & Bradstreet. The Index, ...
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The most efficient heavy-duty counterbalance forklift for warehouse and manufacturing applications to come from Crown Equipment has been launched in the Australian market. Helping the company deliver a more extensive counterbalance ...
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NoCoast Beer has launched a initial product lineup with eight offbeat, attention-grabbing can designs. NoCoast doesn't brew typical beer, and that beer doesn't come in typical cans. While the NoCoast brand itself is simple and iconic, ...
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QuadTech is set to exhibit its two new color technologies at Labelexpo Americas 2016, which will be held from 13 to 15 September. The company will showcase ColorTrack and Color Measurement with DeltaCam technologies at the event, which ...
Global tablet shipments will bounce back 16.3% sequentially to reach nearly 47 million units in the third quarter, but the volume will still be down over 10% compared to the same quarter a year ago, showing the market is still in no ...
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Fonterra has announced that it will invest $6.2m to expand the coolroom of its Cobden Spreads plant in Australia. The expansion will increase storage capacity of butters and spreads after production, allowing the storage of more products ...
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Zebra’s hands-free solutions are said to address need for faster picking as e-fulfilment booms. Zebra Technologies Corporation has responded to the industry’s need to increase operational visibility to ramp up efficiency and ...
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According to the latest NPD results, year on year sales of gaming accessories and toys-to-life products have dropped three per cent to $117.1 million for the year ending July 2016. LEGO Dimensions continues to outpace toys-to-life rivals ...
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