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Taiwan's 2015 Machinery Exports to See Rough Going

Dec 30, 2014

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

Taiwan-based LED Firms're Targeting DoB Market

Dec 30, 2014

Taiwan-based LED firms are targeting DoB (driver on board) orders from 6,000-7,000 small- to medium-size regional lighting vendors mostly in the US and Europe, according to industry sources. DoB integrates high-voltage chips and driver ...

Tags: LED Makers, LED Lamps, driver on board, LED

United Textile Laid The Foundation Stone for a $100 Million Apparel Factory

Dec 30, 2014

United Textile Co. Ltd from Taiwan laid the foundation stone for a $100 million apparel factory in An Giang province. The plant located in Xuan To Industrial Park in Tinh Bien District is to be set up in two phases. The first phase of ...

Tags: foundation stone, apparel factory, Apparel

Foreign Automakers Struggle to Dictate Sales Goals

Dec 29, 2014

Foreign automakers in China may struggle to dictate sales goals in the future after dealers complained to the government that inflexible targets set during a market boom obliged them to buy too much stock and bear the brunt of a drop in ...

Tags: auto market, carmakers

People Felt a Strong and Happy Festive Atmosphere in Beijing on DEC 24

Dec 29, 2014

People felt a strong and happy festive atmosphere in Beijing on Dec 24, and the Christmas Eve turned out to be another carnival for youths and kids just like the Halloween not long ago. While the Western festivals are becoming ...

Tags: Chinese Traditional Festivals, Christmas

China LPG Prices Rebound 11-22% on Stronger Demand

Dec 29, 2014

The prices of both imported and domestically produced LPG rebounded in East and South China this week, after falling 21-34% over the previous five weeks, supported by increasing demand and improving sentiment, trade sources said Friday, ...

Tags: LPG, LNG, Mineral

Beijing Jing Cheng Is Investing in The Construction of Module Production Line

Dec 29, 2014

Hong Kong-based Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd says that its subsidiary Beijing Jing Cheng is investing in the construction of a 300MW flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production line in ...

Tags: PV Module, Production Line, Electrical

About 30% of The Country's PV Power-Generation Systems Show Various Problems Three Years

Dec 29, 2014

A China government-sponsored certification organization has found that about 30% of the country's PV power-generation systems show various problems three years or more after installation, especially in module quality, according to PV ...

Tags: PV Systems, media reports, Lights

PV Module Firms Have Plans to Set up Overseas Production Lines

Dec 29, 2014

First-tier China-based PV module firms have plans to set up overseas production lines to avoid US antitrust taxation, for which the US Department of Commerce is set to review a proposed increase, according to industry sources in Taiwan. ...

Tags: PV Makers, Production Lines, Lights

BYD Has Announced That Its Chairman Wang Chuanfu Has Bought Additional Shares

Dec 29, 2014

Chinese carmaker BYD has announced that its chairman Wang Chuanfu has bought additional shares, raising his stake in the company to 23.1%. In a statement posted on the Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock exchanges, BYD said: "Wang Chuanfu, a ...

Tags: additional shares, Auto

China Encourages Airlines to Use Domestically Produced Jets

Dec 28, 2014

China's airlines are encouraged to use Chinese aircraft, including the regional jet model ARJ21, an official with China's civil aviation authority said Thursday. The country should accelerate the development of routes in central and ...

Tags: Jets

Non-Fossil Fuel to Take Larger Share in China

Dec 28, 2014

Non-fossil fuel will supply 11.1 percent of China's total primary energy consumption this year, up from 9.8 percent in 2013, an official said Thursday. The share of coal may drop to 64.2 percent from 65.7 percent last year, Wu Xinxiong, ...

Tags: Non-Fossil Fuel, Fuel, Energy

HTC to Expand Its Smartphone Line-up with a Selection of New Entry-Level Handsets in 2015

Dec 27, 2014

HTC has revealed it has plans to expand its smartphone line-up with a selection of new entry-level handsets. Jack Tong, the firm’s President of North Asia, revealed that next year will see more low-spec 4G smartphones hit store ...

Tags: HTC, Smartphone, CES

China's Nov Russian Crude Imports Hit Record High

Dec 27, 2014

China's crude imports from its major suppliers rose significantly in November versus a year ago, with Russian cargoes hitting a record high, although shipments from top exporter Saudi Arabia fell 5.9% to 3.99 million mt, detailed data from ...

Tags: Crude Imports, pipeline oil

Global Market Demand for LED Lighting in 2015 Is Valued at Us$29.90 Billion

Dec 26, 2014

Global market demand for LED lighting in 2015 is valued at US$29.90 billion, consisting of US$5.750 billion for Europe, US$5.624 billion for the US, US$5.078 billion for Japan, US$4.568 billion for China, US$1.237 billion for Russia and ...

Tags: LED Lighting, Lights