The Financial Times reports a state initiative to reduce intermediaries in China's pharmaceutical market is expected to more than halve the number of companies in the sector, but experts say the government will struggle to achieve its aim ...
Despite annual equipment maintenance restraining production volumes, prices on China's polysilicon have tumbled on weak demand, signaling across-the-board price drop in the PV supply chain. The price decline reverses the long-term higher ...
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The global average price of 40W replacement LED light bulbs fell 1.5% in August to US$10.9, while the 60W replacement LED light bulbs fell 2.3% to US$14.9, based on the latest report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The U.S. was ...
LCD driver IC design specialists including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Sitronix Technology, Fitipower Integrated Technology, Raydium Semiconductor and FocalTech Systems have internally revised downward their business ...
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South Korean automotive giant Hyundai Motor has slashed two SUV variants’ prices in China by 11.8%, while Japanese automobile major Toyota has voiced against being optimistic about profitability, against the backdrop of sales slump in ...
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Falling product ASPs and gross margins are set to erode Taiwan's fabless IC firms' profitability in 2015, according to industry sources. Foundry chipmakers have seen their production capacities stay loose thus far in 2015, said the ...
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Global demand for fine-pitch LED display panels grew on year by 70% in 2014 and is estimated to hike at a CAGR of 110% during 2014-2018, but prices are expected to drop in 2015 due to possible oversupply arising from an increase in ...
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UK retail sales declined by 0.4%, on a like-for-like basis from December 2013, when they had increased 0.4% on the preceding year, finds the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a total basis, sales were up 1%, against a 1.8% rise in ...
Tags: home categories, Furniture
General Motors has reportedly planning to cut prices for the 2015 CTS sedan in the US due to lack of demand for the vehicle. A spokesman confirmed the reports and saying that the company has informed Cadillac dealers about the price cuts ...
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Taiwan's 2015 machinery exports to see rough going. In Jan.-Nov.2014, Taiwan shipped US$19 billion of machinery, up only 6.4% year on year, with the island's machine-tool industry having exported US$3.43 billion of equipment, growing at ...
Tags: machine-tool industry, high-performance machines, Manufacturing
Prices of both imported and domestically-produced LPG fell another 9-12% in China this week after sliding 10-13% last week amid lower Asian LPG values and weaker demand from the petrochemical sector, trade sources said Friday, December 12. ...
LED lighting vendors and players in the retail channel in the Greater China market, due to high inventory levels, are expected to reduce prices to promote sale before the 2015 Lunar New Year in late February, according to Taiwan-based ...
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Taiwan's machine-tool makers show guarded optimism about their 2015 outlook, with over NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) of combined orders booked and yet jittery about several potentially risky factors. According to the Taiwan ...
China-based LED makers' production capacity expansion in the first half of 2014 has since resulted in oversupply, forcing them to reduce quotes to compete for orders in the fourth quarter. Taiwan-based competitors will follow suit in ...
In the fiscal year ending August 31, 2014, UK online fashion retailer – ASOS reported a 14 percent year-on-year drop in pre-tax profits to £47 million. ASOS said profits were impacted from the huge fire at its Barnsley depot ...
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