China makers of film capacitors are boosting production for emerging applications while bolstering competitiveness in traditional bases in consumer electronics, power supplies and communication devices. Companies are complementing these ...
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China’s LED chip manufacturer HC Semitek Corp. Suzhou branch has received a US$ 150 million loan to be paid back in six years for its LED business, according to a Chinese-language Reuters report. China Development Bank’s ...
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Inditex posted net sales of 7.7 billion euros in the first half of FY13 (from 1 February to 31 July), year-on-year growth of 6%; this figure rises to 8% in local currency terms. Like-for-like sales growth was 2%, on top of a 7% in 1H12. The ...
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Later this month, IC Insights’ August Update to the 2013 McClean Report will show a ranking of the top 25 semiconductor suppliers in 1H13. A preview of the top 20 companies is listed in Figure 1. The top 20 worldwide semiconductor ...
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Braskem announces results for the second quarter. Net Revenue In 2Q13, Braskem’s consolidated net revenue was US$4.6 billion, similar to the previous quarter. In Brazilian real, net revenue amounted to R$9.5 billion, increasing 2% ...
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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. Photo courtesy of the ABC. The Qantas Group has announced statutory profit after tax of $111 million and underlying profit before tax of $223 million for the six months ended 31 December 2012. This includes $125 ...
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According to a report on the global lighting industry made by the LEDinside, a subsidiary of TrendForce, an international research institute, the LED market value for LED lighting application market in 2012 is 2.66 billion US dollars, which ...
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According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, major lighting markets in the world have been affected by the European debt crisis in varying degrees. Certain Chinese LED firms whose businesses rely heavily on overseas ...
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According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, despite the rush orders during 2Q12 which kept LED chip and package makers’ utilization rates high, the 3Q12 outlook for LED backlight market turns murky due to the ...
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Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) recorded a SAR207m (US$55.2m) net profit for the first half of 2012, up from SAR184m a year ago, an increase of 12.5% YoY. The company attributed the increase to a rise in sales as a result of rising ...
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Equipment maker Scientech noted that the firm's share in high-end LED wet bench processes has exceeded 50%. The firm expects the LED market to continue expanding. Scientech's new single wafer wet processor tool for front-end semiconductor ...
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STMicroelectronics is the third largest spender on R&D in the semiconductor industry and has the second highest ratio of R&D spend to sales revenue among the major players,reports IC Insights. ST came third after Intel and Samsung in ...
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Ledlink Optics,a Taiwan-based firm that specializes in producing secondary optical lenses for LED lighting,has reported financial results of first-half 2012 with consolidated revenues of NT$400 million(US$13.35 million)and net profits of ...
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UK frozen food manufacturer Iglo Group has booked an increase in first-half profits but warned it expects markets in the second half of the year to remain "challenging". EBITDA in the six-month period climbed 12.8% to GBP180.3m ...
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Sapphire substrate maker Sino Sapphire has posted a net loss of just NT$1.89 million(US$63,000)or NT$0.05 per share for the first half of 2012,according to a filing by parent company Sino-American Silicon(SAS).Total revenues for first-half ...
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