LED driver IC vendor Macroblock has reported net profits of NT$34.44 million (US$1.14 million) for the first quarter of 2014, increasing 10.6% sequentially and 79% on year. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$1.05 for the first ...
Sharp Solar returned to the top of the solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipment rankings during the first quarter of 2014, after a five year absence, according to Solarbuzz. Sharp was the solar PV industry market leader for 45 years ...
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Indian handloom sector has been experiencing negative growth which is a cause of serious concern, said Textiles Secretary Zohra Chatterji, during the recently held Buyer-Seller Meet for handloom products in Mumbai, reports the Hindu ...
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Mafatlal Industries Limited (MIL), the flagship company of the Arvind Mafatlal Group, is planning to increase its denim production capacity to 30 million metres by 2015, Rajiv Dayal, MIL’s managing director said in a statement. ...
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The high speeds in warp knitting frequently require technical modifications to be made along the entire production chain – especially in warp preparation. Lace production is one example of this. KARL MAYER’s modern lace raschel ...
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British Retail Consortium releases online retail sales monitor figures for April 2014. BRC-KPMG Non-Food Retail Sales Year-on-Year Growth: Clothing In contrast with March, the fashion categories growth were negatively affected by ...
Tags: Online Garment, Online sales
Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the first half ended March 31 of the financial year 2013-14, stating that it has achieved all operating and strategic targets for the first quarter. In the ...
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According to Brazilian news reports Monday, Gerdau has joined the competition to acquire the assets of bankrupt, France-based engineering steel manufacturer Ascometal. Gerdau, which has reportedly offered 86 million euro (US$118 million), ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in April this year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were down 1.3 percent compared to April 2013, following the 1.7 percent year-on-year price ...
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In April this year, Indian motor vehicle production increased by 10.35 percent year on year to 1,861,849 units, due to the growth in two wheelers production, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). In April, ...
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In March this year, India's industrial production decreased by 0.5 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the financial year 2013-14 ended March 31 decreased by 0.1 year on year. Production in India's ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced that it is seeking a strategic partner for its Marampa iron ore project located in Sierra Leone. In view of ongoing pricing volatility and the ...
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Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and delivers power conversion devices and modules) has obtained a sole worldwide license to Furukawa Electric Co Ltd's extensive gallium nitride (GaN) power device ...
Tags: Transphorm GaN-on-Si GaN HEMT, power conversion devices, power modules
Based in Lancashire, UK, Reelvision purchased their first Edale FL-5 Carton printing machine in 2007. A few years on and their growth within the industry resulted in the installation of a second Edale FL-5 this time with an FDC included. ...
This cocoa paper is an innovation which has already won over the chocolate and chocolate packaging industries! Cocoa bean husks are usually waste products in chocolate production but James Cropper has used them to make paper. The husks ...
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