Honda has announced Honda SENSING, a new driver-assistive system which is expected to be used in the company’s flagship Legend. The technology features two types of sensors which include a monocular camera mounted on top, inside ...
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Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (NAIST) has claimed the highest breakdown voltage to date for a diamond metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MESFET) [Hitoshi Umezawa et al, IEEE ...
Japan's government and central bank are counting on export growth to help the economy overcome April’s domestic-demand-dampening consumption tax hike. The latest figures show that despite a weak yen, overall shipments remain sluggish, ...
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Growth in China's auto market, the world's biggest, will halve to 7 percent this year weighed down by a slowing economy, the head of an industry body said. "Personally, I think growth this year can reach 7 percent," Dong Yang, ...
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Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Gigastorage will begin to set up a PV module factory in Thailand to mainly meet local demand in the second quarter of 2015, according to company chairman Jimmy Chen. The factory's annual ...
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Morito Co., Ltd, a marketer of apparel fasteners said it has acquired Scovill Fasteners, which too is a producer of a diverse range of high-performance fasteners for various apparel and industrial markets. Founded in 1908, Morito is based ...
The diamond and jewelry market, like the global economy, is sending mixed messages ahead of the holiday shopping season. The prevalent claim that the economy is showing its strongest prospects since the 2008 crash is being disputed by ...
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BASF has launched the first designfabrik outside Europe in Tokyo, Japan. The second designfabrik worldwide will strengthen BASF’s capabilities as a provider for comprehensive solutions supporting customers from various industries not ...
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OSAKA — Japan’s major electronic components producers, such as Murata Manufacturing and TDK, have been handling record-high order volumes, propelled by Apple’s new iPhone. Orders at six major Japanese manufacturers ...
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Japanese consumer electronics giants may be struggling, but many of the country’s parts makers are thriving. While some of them have long-standing relationships with Apple Inc.AAPL+2.64% and other well-known names, they are also ...
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In the January-September period of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 894.76 million mt, rising by 2.07 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for ...
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Samsung Electronics will reportedly withdraw from the global LED lighting market due to low-price pressure from China-based makers, while Taiwan-based TSMC Solid State Lighting will reportedly cease operations, according to industry ...
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Both Taiwan's machinery export and machine-tool export in September missed growths expected by industry executives probably due to lagging shipments, according to president of the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), J.C. Wang. ...
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To keep up with brisk growth, Rechi Precision Co., Ltd., world's fourth-biggest supplier of compressors for air conditioners by shipment, has stepped up output expansion across Taiwan and China. Recently its board approved an ...
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LED bulb prices over the past quarter, with price declines most markedly in the German market for both 40W and 60W equiv. LED bulbs last month.Prices for 60W equiv. LED bulb have dropped more than 40W equiv. LED bulbs in September. Bulb ...
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