U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 5.4 percent year on year to $2.72 billion in February, according to government calculations. The sales decline was much more severe than preliminary totals for jewelry and watch sales across all ...
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The target installation capacity for PV rooftop systems and power-generating stations and that for wind power-generating turbines set by the China government for 2017 will entail financing of CNY1.58 trillion (US$255 billion) over ...
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China-based LED lighting makers recorded total export value of more than US$5 million for LED lamps used for growing plants during January-February 2015, according to China-based research organization GGII. LED lamps can emit light of ...
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Philips originally planned to spin off its wholly-owned subsidiary Lumileds and automobile lighting business to make them an independent company by the end of the first half 2015. But on March 31, Philips announced a deal to sell a 80.1% ...
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GaN-on-GaN technology can be used to grow blue-light laser as a source of lighting with luminous efficiency of 220lm/W, said 2014 Nobel laureate in physics Shuji Nakamura in a speech given inTaipei recently. Nakamura, currently a ...
Scientech has reported March consolidated revenues increased 69.3% sequentially to NT$313 million (US$10 million). Scientech's cumulative 2015 revenues through March reached NT$671 million, rising 22.5% from a year ago. Sales of ...
SemiLEDs, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, announced its revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 were US$4.6 million, a 56% increase compared to US$2.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. GAAP ...
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LED chip maker Tyntek has reported gross margin of 21.8% for the first quarter of 2015, the highest quarterly level in the past 10 years. Tyntek posted consolidated revenues of NT$861 million (US$27.3 million), pre-tax profit of NT$99 ...
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Corning has announced a collaborative agreement with OLEDWorks to develop flexible and conformable OLED lighting solutions using Corning Willow Glass as an integrated substrate. These lighting panels will be used in architectural lighting ...
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The Radiation Curing Program (RCP) has announced that John J. Stancampiano is the first to earn an Advance Certificate in Radiation Curingfrom the State University of New York (SUNY). This certificate is a graduate-level online program ...
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BASF is expanding its range of the melamine resin foam Basotect with a version which has been developed specifically for use in visible applications. The new Basotect B is white and meets the highest demands when it is used as a sound ...
Making a case against plain cigarette packaging in the Commercial Court, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Ireland, a distributor of well-known tobacco brands, has argued that being a member of the European Union (EU), Ireland can not ...
Craft brewery New Belgium Brewing and American dairy company Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream have partnered for a new ice cream-inspired beer. Both companies are big on going green and plan to raise environment awareness through this ...
Lubrizol Corporation's performance coatings business has expanded capacity and increased manufacturing efficiencies at its solvent acrylics production facility in Sant Cugat (Barcelona), Spain. Solvent acrylic resin technology for ...
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Chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis said eight more new textile mills would come up in the Vidarbha region, which has seen a spate of suicides by cotton farmers in recent years. According to media reports, the chief ...
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