The demand for acrylic resins in European Union (EU) follows the down-grade trend. In 2010 the demand amounted to 471,800 tons. Within 2006-2010 periods the alkyd resins consumption decreased by 30%. The decline is reasoned partly by ...
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Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, Semiconductor, and Optical industries, today marks the first anniversary of the company’s next-generation sapphire ...
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Imports of seamless stainless steel pipe and tube are up substantially in 2011 over the same period in 2010. Total imports of small diameter seamless pipe and tubing are up by nearly 40 percent through August, 2011, lead by substantial ...
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Germany’s economy is expanding “noticeably slower” in the final quarter as demand for exports, the mainspring for growth, tapers off in the euro region and globally, the Finance Ministry said. After notching up growth of ...
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Confusion still remains over what exactly nanomaterials are being defined as. The European Commission, the European Union's Brussels-based executive, has at last published a definition of nanomaterials. But both environmentalists and ...
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Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize the ...
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On Nov. 16, 2011, in respond to the application by Malaysian manufacturer Andfast Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, the European Union launched a mid-term anticircumvention investigation on the steel/iron fasteners originating from China. The involved ...
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Pushed by the record-high yen and economic problems at home, Japan’s large plastic machinery manufacturing industry is accelerating its investment in lower-cost countries, expanding both in China and elsewhere in Asia. Japan Steel ...
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Just a decade ago, incandescent bulbs were just about the only game in town, despite their inefficient use of electricity to generate light and their primitive technology that had not changed since being invented some 125 years ago. But now ...
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Just a decade ago, incandescent bulbs were just about the only game in town, despite their inefficient use of electricity to generate light and their primitive technology that had not changed since being invented some 125 years ago. But now ...
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Greece will use future revenue from the country’s ‘Helios’ solar energy project to cut debt by as much as 15 billion euros ($21 billion), euro-area leaders said. "Greece commits future cash flows from project Helios, or ...
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Greece will use future revenue from the country’s ‘Helios’ solar energy project to cut debt by as much as 15 billion euros ($21 billion), euro-area leaders said. "Greece commits future cash flows from project Helios, ...
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Renewable energy is generating a lot of political heat. The bankruptcy of solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, after a half billion dollar loan from the Federal government, has set off a hot debate on Capitol Hill. And a group of ...
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Renewable energy is generating a lot of political heat. The bankruptcy of solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, after a half billion dollar loan from the Federal government, has set off a hot debate on Capitol Hill. And a group of ...
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As Mainland China starts to implement a plan to phase out incandescent lamps in four to five years since October, Taiwan’s LED makers have taken actions to seize this opportunities. Epistar and Everlight have entered into ...
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