U.S.solar start-up SoloPower opened the doors of its first factory on Thursday,a key milestone toward allowing the company to collect on a$197 million government loan guarantee. The 225,000-square-foot facility in Portland,Oregon will one ...
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(China Glass Network)Exportation of Chinese solar PV products in the first half year of 2012 drooped the first time after six years of continuous rapid growth.Total export is 12.894 billion USD,dropping 31.49%compared with the same time of ...
Tags: Pv Exports of China, Decline, solar PV products, Europe
Alpen High Performance Products will return to selling its energy efficient fiberglass window and architectural glass products under the Aspen brand name after buying back the assets of its Colorado-based operation from Serious ...
Tags: Energy, Fiberglass window, Fiberglass framed, market
Producers of green materials including glass are encouraged to invest in Viet Nam where they will be prioritised,said Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi at the 36th ASEAN Federation of Glass Manufacturers(AFGM)conference held ...
Tags: Green Glass, materials, ASEAN Federation of Glass Manufacturers(AFGM)
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA reports that the Hart Senate Office Building, the third and largest office building serving the U.S. Senate, now features energy-efficient LED lighting. More than 150 ...
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AkzoNobel of Amsterdam,The Netherlands is to boost capacity at one of its US sites in order to meet increasing demand from the semiconductor industry,particularly for the production of light-emitting diodes. The investment-at its ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, TMAL, LED industry, production of light-emitting diode
On a three-month average basis,North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.12 billion in orders worldwide and a book-to-bill(B/B)ratio of 0.84 in August 2012,the new low so far this year. SEMI(Semiconductor ...
Tags: NA B/B ratio hits, low, SEMI, the semiconductor capital equipment
Auralisation - designing with sound will be the theme of this year's Reproduced Sound conference, which takes place on 14-16 November at the Thistle Hotel, Brighton. Paul Malpas, event chairman, said, "Having explored the role of the ...
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According to operation report of building materials industry issued by Development and Reform Commission,cement inventory of key building material enterprises is 13.46 million tons,increasing 6.4%compared with last year,sheet glass ...
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The overall of glass industry Upstream price trend:the soda ash market is still in depression.The international crude oil price dropped recently and it may have an impact on fuel price. The downstream demand trend: The real estate:the ...
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Bruker Nano Surfaces Division(Santa Barbara,CA)has shipped a Dimension Icon®Atomic Force Microscope(AFM)to the European Technical Centre(Lathom,UK)of the global glass manufacturer NSG Group.The Dimension Icon system is equipped with ...
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Nick Gittins of Techna Glass in Clearfield,Utah,third-place winner in the Pilkington Clear Advantage Auto Glass Technician Olympics(AGTO),was the first-ever recipient of the newly-renamed Ray Asbery Innovation Award,known in past AGTO ...
Tags: Innovation Award, change name, Asbery, construction
The U.S.Census Bureau reported that total construction spending fell 0.9 percent in July to$834.4 billion after rising 0.4 percent in June,ending three months of consecutive increases.On a positive note, year-to-date,construction spending ...
Tags: construction spending, America, nonresidential building construction
Nearly 300 delegates from 20 countries are attending the 36th ASEAN Federation of Glass Manufacturers conference,"Glass for a Safer and Greener Life",in Hanoi,Vietnam At the opening ceremony,Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Construction ...
Tags: glass manufacturers, Vietnam, 36th ASEAN Federation, sustainable growth
Universal Display Corporation and Duksan Hi-Metal Company Limited,have entered into a master services agreement to enhance Universal Display's local presence and expansion in Korea. As the first initiative under the agreement,Duksan will ...
Tags: OLED, South Korea, Universal Display, Duksan Hi-Metal