A slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told BBC in a curious interview in late September. "The [Chinese] economy is slowing down much more than the official figures show." As the ...
Tags: Chinese economy, global economy
"The inclusion of the renminbi in the SDR is the biggest structural event in currency markets since the creation of the euro66." This was the title of a recent article published on the Euromoney website. This neatly sums up the view of ...
Ghent University/IMEC in Belgium and X-Celeprint in Ireland/USA claim "the first III-V optoelectronic components transfer printed on and coupled to a silicon photonic integrated circuit" [Andreas De Groote et al, Optics Express, vol24, ...
University of Cyprus, Cyprus University of Technology, and University of Crete have been exploring the potential of Frster resonant energy transfer (FRET) from an indium gallium nitride (InGaN) single quantum well (SQW) to a light-emitting ...
Tags: InGaN, InGaN quantum well, FRET
The Indian governments promotion of “Made in India” LED bulbs, and the introduction of mandatory registration of electronic products in August 2015 will spur LED bulb sales, said Philips Lighting Solutions South Asia, CEO, Harsh ...
Tags: LED Bulb, CFL, incandescent lamps
It is time for the Government of India to liberalise policies and remove the ‘uncalled-for protection’ from the textile industry in the form of anti-dumping duties and certification requirements, which will eventually help in ...
In mid-December, the EU Commission notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it intends to restrict four additional substances under the RoHS2 directive. The update will bring the number of hazardous substances listed in Annex II of ...
Researchers based in Singapore and Turkey have been developing a hole accelerator structure with a view to improving the performance of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Zi-Hui Zhang et al, Appl. ...
Tags: Nitride LEDs, InGaN
Last month the EU proposed a tough set of waste recycling targets that have been met with much resistance by the packaging industry. The new proposals revolve around the aim for 80% of packaging waste materials to be recycled by 2030. ...
The BIS has launched a public consultation regarding proposed amendments to schedule 5 - the match test and schedule 4 - the cigarette test, which affect both the upholstery and bed industry supply chains. The deadline for the ...
Tags: BIS, Furniture, Furnishing
As already introduced introduced ROHS certified, ROHS certification and ROSH test the scope of the process, which far is not enough, we choose to do so when ROSH certification body, the most important thing is to consider the cost of ROHS ...
Tags: RoHS certification, certification, RoHS
Nature: Mandatory (Mandatory) Required standard: safety and EMC Voltage: 230Vac Frequency: 50Hz CB system members: Yes Safety certification (S logo) is a system of electronic products for third-party certification system, ...
Tags: BIS Certification, certification, BIS
Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Valin LY Steel Co. (LY Steel) has announced that it achieved sales revenues of RMB 28.33 billion ($4.6 billion) in 2013, with a net profit of RMB 272 million ($44.6 million) following the losses it ...
Tags: Steel, Steel News, LY Steel
Bucher Emhart Glass, the leading global supplier of machinery and equipment to the glass manufacturing industry, unveiled its first BIS machine at an open house event hosted by Nampak in South Africa on 22–23 October 2013. BIS is ...
Tags: Bucher Emhart Glass, BIS Machine
The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, has prepared a draft notification for mandating use of four Fire Retardant (FR) textiles standards under Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act, 1986, and has invited public opinion on the same ...
Tags: FR Textiles, Apparel