Many Taiwanese fastener manufacturers pointed out that orders for July and August shrink since late May due to the European debt crisis. Considering the slow recovery of the demand in the second quarter and the decreasing orders, fastener ...
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Staples said that during the first quarter of 2012 the company recorded US$28 million of pre-tax expenses primarily related to head count reductions in North America, Europe and Australia, as well as the settlement of a contractual dispute ...
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At this week's Power Control and Intelligent Motion(PCIM 2012)event in Nuremberg,Germany(8-10 May),Transphorm Inc of Goleta,near Santa Barbara,CA,USA(which designs and delivers power conversion devices and modules)has revealed its latest ...
Tags: Transphorm, 600v Gan-on-Si, power conversion, easy-to-embed
The US plastics industry has an “extremely good chance” to recover to production levels from before the global recession by the end of this year, barring a Eurozone meltdown or other unforeseen economic shocks, a senior official ...
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Taiwan fastener exports slowed down in the second half of 2011 while the export volume and average price of the full year both hit record high. Some experts pointed out that the high record should be attributed to the high anti-dumping ...
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The January 2012 Residential Remodeling Index (RRI) shows that overall remodeling activity declined 4% in 2011 compared with 2010. The revised data series, which is completely refreshed each quarter, reveals a slightly lower than ...
The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe taken up by the US government directed at China-based solar firms has been causing a stir in China, and according to local media, may end up hurting the US more than it hurts China. According to China ...
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The US International Trade Commission (USITC) decided Thursday to maintain the existing antidumping duty orders on carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from China and some other markets. Revoking the current antidumping duty orders on these ...
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