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NeoPhotonics Restructuring as It Reports Below Expected Preliminary Q3 Results After Uncertain Demand From China

Oct 10, 2017

As part of its continuing actions to improve profitability and cash flow, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for ...

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First Solar Beats Its Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Reduction Target, While Reducing Manufacturing Energy Intensity

Aug 9, 2017

First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has released its annual sustainability report, ...

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Margin of PV Cells Squeezed Due to Price Trend

Jan 8, 2017

For the whole January, orders for solar products across the supply chain has mostly been dealt due to the upcoming Lunar New Year, and EnergyTrend found that the spot prices did not, and will not, significantly fluctuate in the recent. ...

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Mayr-Melnhof Karton's Q3 Sales Rise 5.9%

Nov 22, 2016

Austria based paper and packaging company Mayr-Melnhof Karton has reported 5.9% rise in Q3 results. The Mayr-Melnhof Group was able to increase sales as well as profit in the first three quarters of 2016 compared to the reference period ...

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Cascades Announces Results for Third Quarter of 2016

Nov 15, 2016

Cascades reports its unaudited financial results for the three month period ended 30 September 2016. Q3 2016 Highlights Sales of $1,021 million (compared to $998 million in Q2 2016 (+2%) and $1,026 million in Q3 2015 (stable))Adjusted ...

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SIG Combibloc's Filling Machine Installed at Vigor's New Dairy Plant in Brazil

Oct 28, 2016

Brazilian company Vigor, a unit of JBS Group, has selected SIG Combibloc’s CFA 812 filling machine for its new dairy plant in Barra do Piraí. Commissioned in June 2016, the $40.5m plant can process one million liters of milk ...

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PV Supply Chain Prices Spiked Further This Week

Oct 24, 2016

Following the step last week, spot prices in the PV supply chain spiked further this week, not only in the up- and midstream sector but also for China's domestic PV modules, a trend expected to continue into first half of November. ...

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Price Drop of PV Modules Spreads to Upstream

Sep 25, 2016

Despite an upturn in demand, PV module prices have plunged further in September, as suppliers scrambled for orders during trade fairs in India and the U.S. Indian buyers have demanded further cut into quotes, already at low level, driving ...

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China Solar Poly-Si Wafer Makers Lower Capacity

Sep 15, 2016

Some China-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer makers, in view of high inventory levels due to weak demand, have decreased the utilization of production capacities from 80-100% originally to 50-60%, according to industry ...

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Collapsing PV Demand Leads to Sale Decrease

Sep 9, 2016

PV market demand plunged rapidly as expected as it entered in the third quarter, driving significant price decline across the PV supply chain. Prices of solar cells and wafer have reached new low for consecutive weeks. Consequently, ...

Tags: PV market, PV industry

Mercedes-Benz Launches Vito Mid-Size Van in China

Sep 7, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Vans has launched its new mid-size van, the Vito, at the Chengdu Motor Show in China. This marks another important stage of Mercedes-Benz Vans expanding its business in China, the world's largest automobile market. In March ...

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China Makes Headway in Steel Capacity Cut

Aug 11, 2016

Efforts to reduce China's steel production overcapacity are forging ahead according to plan, the top economic planner said Wednesday. In a medium-term roundup of the drive, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said, in an ...

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PV Utilization Rate to Drop Further in August

Aug 7, 2016

Due to rapid decline in cell prices, the mono and multi-Si wafer market witnessed weaker prices. Taiwanese manufacturers couldn’t tolerate prices above US$ 0.72/pc, which put pressures on wafer manufacturers. The average trading price ...

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LED Makers Saw Increasing Capacity Utilization

May 5, 2016

Demand of LED has resumed in the second quarter. Leading Taiwanese LED chip maker Epistar reached full production capacity in AlGaInP LEDs. Meanwhile, Unity Opto is expected to see two-digit growth in the second quarter as its order ...

Tags: LED industry, LED chip

PV Cell Prices Are Falling Faster Than Expected

Mar 15, 2016

EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global PV market is seeing slowing demand after the Chinese New Year holidays. Peak installation seasons in the U.S. and Japan have passed, and the demand related to China’s ...

Tags: PV Cell, PV market

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