South Korea- and Japan-based LED firms reported first-half 2012 financial results. Samsung Electronics, having consolidated its LED supply chain and resources, predicts 2012 total revenues of the LED businesses to be KRW2.5 trillion (US$2.2 ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has been selected by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects ...
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LED lighting manufacturer Cree has released its financial results for 2012. The results show that the US company increased its revenues from $243m to $306.8m in the fourth quarter of 2012, an improvement of 26 per cent. For the full ...
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The Cabinet Office claims that a "ruthless approach" to "eradicating wasteful spending" across central government has helped generate £104m in savings in IT spending out of more than £5.5bn in total efficiency savings it claims ...
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HP warned investors of a colossal quarterly loss in its third fiscal quarter after writing down $8bn (£5.1bn) on its services arm, of which the majority lies with its $13.9bn (£8.8bn) purchase of IT equipment and services ...
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The Abu Dhabi market measure ADXGI slipped by a quarter percentage point to 2, 504.76 points. Ras al-Khaima-based Union Cement Co. Or UCC jumped 9.41% to hit Dhs093. Earlier in the day, UCC said its net profit attributable to owners of the ...
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Turnover of the Swiss plastics industry declined by 1.8% to CHF 15.5bn (€12.9bn) in 2011, alongside a 1.6% reduction in the number of employees in the industry to 34,530, it was announced on 28 June by the industry’s trade ...
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Through an exclusive partnership with Sweden-based Parans Solar Lighting, Wasco Skylight Products is proud to announce that the revolutionary system that brings full spectrum sunlight into areas of a building never before touched by the ...
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Investment activity in the Russian sawmill industry has increased significantly since last year, after prior years had mainly seen isolated new and expansion investments. Production capacity in the Russian sawmill industry is expected to ...
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According to Yengst Associates and as indicated in the table below, growth in sales for tractors was about 2 percent in 2011 and it is expected to gain another 2 percent in 2012, with total tractor sales reaching just under 200,000 units ...
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Ken's Foods,a privately held food company based in Massachusetts,US,plans to initiate a project to boost the production of its products. The expansion project will create 20 jobs over the next five years,and will enable the company to ...
Calavo Growers has completed the expansion of its fresh avocado packing operations at its facility in Uruapan,Michoacán,Mexico,positioning the company to address the strong consumer demand in that produce category. Calavo Growers ...
Invisible Sentinel has launched a suite of monoclonal antibodies specific for bacterial foodborne pathogens.The antibodies are capable of detecting E.coli O157,Listeria monocytogenes,Salmonella enterica,and Campylobacter jejuni. Invisible ...
Italian foodservice operator Cremonini has acquired Bagel Factory–a leading bagel baker in UK and Ireland,operating more than 50 stores and franchise units. Bagel Factory has outlets in several major transport hubs in the UK,such as ...
Menno Beachy,an establishment based in Iowa,US,is recalling one pint containers of Certified Organic Grape Tomatoes because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella,according to the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA). ...
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