Australia’s only remaining solar PV panel manufacturer, the Adelaide-based Tindo Solar, has called on the federal government to enforce anti-dumping legislation to stop the flood of cut-price panels from China. The Tindo Solar ...
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Solar material makers have stated that China has been expanding domestic demand and some tier-one solar firms have been seeing capacity utilization rate rebound to 50% in October from 20-30% in September. China's government has been ...
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Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has launched a range of 50V gallium nitride(GaN)high-electron-mobility transistor(HEMT)devices that,it is claimed,enable a significant reduction in the energy needed to power cellular networks. The world's ...
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Orders of LED backlight products will likely be strong throughout October-November. Although growth of LED lighting has been slowing down, LED firms are optimistic that the LED lighting market will see significant growth in 2013. LED ...
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IMS Research projects that 2013 will be a big year for the emergence of Radio Frequency (RF)-embedded light bulbs, with several large manufacturers planning to release new products using a range of wireless technologies. According to IMS ...
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Technip in a JV with Odebrecht and ICA Fluor awarded large EPC contract by Braskem Idesa for the Ethylene XXI project Braskem Idesa S.A.P.I. awarded to a joint venture formed by Odebrecht (40%), Technip (40%) and ICA Fluor ...
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For small petrol engines,Freescale has introduced an analogue mop-up chip to fire the ignition,pump the fuel injection,and read sensors in engine management systems. "Small engine makers are increasingly deploying electronic engine ...
The LED chip market continues to experience oversupply problems.However,in first-half 2012,most tier-one LED firms in Taiwan were operating with full capacity,which has led to the possibility of expanding capacities.LED chipmaker Epistar ...
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SMEs say they are concerned over the delay in the accreditation process for G-Cloud services. The pan-government accreditation process on G-Cloud services for information deemed sensitive is being carried out by IT security arm CESG. No ...
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A major fabless semiconductor company is emerging from the UK's high tech start-up community. Toumaz,a developer of specialist medical sensors and low power wireless chips is to acquire Frontier Silicon,the digital radio chipset developer ...
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Solar shake-up to spawn technology roadmap 16 Jul 2012 Current cycle of consolidation is playing an essential role in filtering out uncompetitive technologies,says analyst. PECVD equipment supplier trends A new report from the ...
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The in-vehicle navigation systems sales are expected to quadruple by 2019, according to a new report. According to the Strategy Analytics report, 'Automotive and Portable Navigation: Market Drivers and Forecasts 2011 -2019' the technology ...
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Toumaz is to acquire Frontier Silicon,for up to 32.3m pound,and is raising cash with new shares. Both are UK fabless chip companies,with Frontier servicing a large share of the global DAB chip market and Toumaz concentrating on wireless ...
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In booth 1507 at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Montreal, Canada (19–21 June), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has ...
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China firms plan to acquire Europe-based solar peers As solar firms in Europe suffer financial losses due to lack of competitiveness against China-based solar firms,according to a June 3 article by The Financial Times,China-based energy ...
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