Whereas 2014 was a challenging year for lighting products (with most traditional technology suppliers reporting declining quarterly revenues for lamps and luminaires), many LED-only manufacturers saw their revenues rise, says market ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Traditional Lighting
Vermont-based GW Plastics is breaking into high-speed medical molding with the addition of two 240-ton injection molding machines, the company announced at the 30th annual MD&M West conference and trade show Feb. 10 in Anaheim. The twin ...
Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries will form a strategic partnership with Jiangsu Aide Solar Energy Technology, a China-based subsidiary of Taiwan-based diode maker Pan Jit International, through a stock swap to take ...
Tags: Solar Cell, Solar Energy
As the China government has set minimum energy conversion rates for technologically leading crystalline silicon solar cell makers to obtain financial support, first-tier China-based solar cell makers including Trina Solar, JA Solar ...
Tags: Solar Cell, PV modules
According to a new report from Tractica, the global wearable devices market will grow from 17.0 million device shipments in 2013 to 187.2 million units annually by 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34 percent. The ...
Tags: Wearable Device, Sporting Goods
Flavors producer McCormick has agreed to acquire 100% of Italy-based spice producer Drogheria & Alimentari (D&A) for around €85m (($97m). The company has signed an agreement to this effect which is expected to be closed in May ...
Fresh produce firm Produce World Group is planning to shut down its plants in Butterwick and Swinderby, in the UK. The move forms a part of the company's strategy to restructure the business in order to face market challenges. The ...
Tags: Produce World, root vegetables
Australian drinks company Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd’s underlying profit declined by a quarter (25.3%) to AUD375.5m ($292.8m) in the 12 months ending December due to drop in volumes of soft drinks. The firm's core brands saw dip in sales ...
In its 2015 economic forecast, the National Retail Federation (NRF) projected retail industry sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants will increase 4.1 per cent*, up from the 3.5 per in 2014. The 4.1 per cent growth ...
Tags: automobiles, gas stations, Textile
It's the dead of winter. Delivery man Liu Jia and his colleagues start the day when most of people are still asleep. Working at a distribution point of a shopping website in Shanghai, they promise to deliver products within three hours of ...
Tags: Online Shopping, snacks
A six-meter-high industrial gas flow was discovered at a shale gas well in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, marking a breakthrough in shale gas development in north China, local authorities said Sunday. The well, based in coal-rich Ordos ...
Tags: Industrial Gas, Natural Gas
Worldwide demand for camera lens shipments, including kit and standalone (aftermarket) lenses reached 22.2 million units in 2014, which represented an annual drop of 13%, according to Futuresource Consulting. The value performance was ...
Tags: Camera Lens, Camera
Despite smaller plantings, U.S. farmers will harvest the second-largest soybean crop and third-largest corn crops this fall, the Agriculture Department projected, with high demand whittling down the corn stockpile by 8 percent but soybean ...
Tags: Agriculture, Soybean
MWC 2015: What to expect from Samsung, Sony , HTC, Huawei and the rest of the smartphone-making bunch The 2015 Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona on March 2, and runs right through to March 5. It's the biggest annual mobile ...
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China will focus on improving economic quality in 2015 and adapt itself to slower growth against global economic headwinds, top policy makers agreed on Thursday. Economic growth should remain within the desired range and restructuring of ...
Tags: Economic Quality, economic policy