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GaAs Reduced Demand for Semi-Insulating GaAs Bulk Substrates by 4% in 2011

Aug 29, 2012

Slow growth in the gallium arsenide (GaAs) device market, coupled with a shift away from GaAs technology for handset switches, reduced demand for semi-insulating GaAs bulk substrates by 4% in 2011, according to the recently released report ...

Tags: GaAs bulk substrates, Raw material

Street Lights in Swansea Are to Be Turned Back on

Aug 29, 2012

Hundreds of street lights in Swansea are to be turned back on as part of a three-year plan to roll out more efficient lighting across the county. Under the plan, the council said the 'vast majority' of columns that were taken out of action ...

Tags: Street Light

Less High-End LED Light Bulb Releases, Companies Aim to Increase Price-Performance Ratio

Aug 29, 2012

According to the latest price survey by LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, global LED light bulb ASP saw a mild decline in July 2012. 40W equivalent LED light bulb ASP dropped by merely 1.3% in July, while 60W equivalent ...

Tags: LED light bulb

Mayor Thomas M. Menino Has Branded as The Innovation District

Aug 29, 2012

Digital Lumens, the developer of an intelligent LED lighting system, said Wednesday that it has relocated its headquarters to 374 Congress St. in a part of the South Boston Waterfront that Mayor Thomas M. Menino has branded as the ...

Tags: LED lighting

China Liansu Group Holdings Plans a Significant Expansion to Meet Growing Domestic Demand

Aug 29, 2012

China Liansu Group Holdings Ltd., the country’s largest plastic pipe maker, plans a significant expansion to meet growing domestic demand, with new factories slated for Hainan, Yunnan, Shandong and Guangdong provinces. Liansu ...

Tags: market view, plastics machinery, Pipe extruder

Cisco Would Help The City Connect to The Firm's National Virtual Incubator

Aug 29, 2012

Networking firm Cisco has given £300,000 in funding to Sunderland City Council to help the city connect to the firm's National Virtual Incubator. The National Virtual Incubator (NVI) is Cisco's public technology network designed to ...

Tags: Cisco, NVI, ICT, Phil Smith

MasterCard Would Develop Mobile and Digital Payment Solutions

Aug 29, 2012

MasterCard will work with mobile operator Everything Everywhere to develop mobile and digital payment solutions. The five-year partnership will see the two firms compete with the likes of O2, US-based Google Wallet, PayPal and Barclays ...

Tags: MasterCard, mobile operator, Everything Everywhere, digital payment

Western Forest Products Inc. Are Leading Canadian Lumber Producers

Aug 29, 2012

West Fraser Timber Co. And Western Forest Products Inc. Are leading Canadian lumber producers to the biggest combined profit since 2006 as mills run at five-year highs to feed a U. S. Housing rebound and near-record Chinese demand. Lumber ...

Tags: market view, lumber

Wood and Wood Products Exports Are Expected to Reach $20 Million in 2012

Aug 29, 2012

According to Nicaraguan authorities, wood and wood products exports are expected to reach US$20 million in 2012, a 14 percent increase compared to 2011 figures. The country exported US$17.5 million in wood and wood products in 2011, mainly ...

Tags: market view, wood, furniture, export

The Transparent Paper Made by Resin, etc to Paper Will Be Applied to OLED Substrates

Aug 29, 2012

According Tech-On.com, Kyoto University's professor Hiroyuki Yano, has added resin, etc to paper or its material (pulp) to make transparent paper. This breakthrough was announced at the New Technology Presentation Meetings, which the ...

Tags: OLED Substrate

The Competitiveness of Finnish Sawmills Has Weakened Continuously

Aug 29, 2012

The competitiveness of Finnish sawmills has weakened continuously since the beginning of this year and their market share has decreased. Further production losses are also feared. In the view of CEO Kai Merivuori of the Finnish Sawmills ...

Tags: market view, timber, economic trends

Peterborough Agreed a £2mn Contract to Replace Street Lights with LED Lamps

Aug 29, 2012

Peterborough City Council has agreed a £2 million contract to replace street lights with LED lamps. The contract will see more than 4,500 bulbs replaced with LED lamps by Birse Civils. In addition, the firm will also replace ...

Tags: LED Streetlight

Donnation From Tawai to Tuvalu to Become a Low-Carbon Country

Aug 29, 2012

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has announced that the island will step up efforts to assist Tuvalu to become a low-carbon country. Ma says this latest commitment, which is in addition to the nearly four thousand solar LED lights Taiwan has ...

Tags: Solar LED Light

Light Planet Is Offering Businesses LED Lighting Solutions Worth up to £50,000

Aug 29, 2012

From lighting up the Olympic opening ceremony to decorating Tower Bridge (and saving 40% on its energy bills in the process), LEDs have certainly made their mark this summer. Now LED specialists Light Planet are raising the bar even further ...

Tags: LED Light

FSA Is Inviting Applications for Three New Research Projects to Ensure Food Safety

Aug 29, 2012

The UK Food Standards Agency(FSA)is inviting applications for three new research projects,as a part of its efforts to ensure food safety. The projects will determine the scope of developing a consumer'willingness to pay'figure,measure ...

Tags: FSA, food safety, microbiological contamination