Carroll Tire Co. has hired John Kairys as executive vice president and general manager. He joins the TBC Corp. subsidiary after 15 years with Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. At Cooper, Kairys oversaw the development of key accounts and the ...
Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is set to grow 50% on year in 2014. Between 2014-2018, annual PV demand will nearly triple as the MEA region becomes a key market for the global industry, according ...
Rumors had it that Apple requested two battery suppliers, Taiwan based Simplo Technology and Shenzhen Desay, to challenge the limit for flexible thin battery in order to respond to iPhone 6’s larger screen size and one-third of iPhone ...
Tags: iPhone6, Lighter Battery, Lithium Battery
China's Shandong Chiping Xinfa Group has raised the aluminum production capacity at its Xinjiang smelter by 550,000 mt/year, or 69%, to 1.35 million mt/year as planned in early April, a company source said Tuesday. The prevailing weak ...
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Laser Encoders Enable High-Accuracy Machining of Composite Parts Flow International Corp.'s Composites Machining Center (CMC) hits the mark for single-setup processing of 40-meter-long composite wing skins, and one of the keys to holding ...
Amer Sports reported net sales reached €501.5 million in the quarter ended March 30, an increase of 6 percent in local currency, or currency-neutral, terms. The owner of Acr'teryx, Salomon, Suunto and other outdoor sporting goods ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Against the backdrop of unusually severe winter weather, the Remodeling Market Index (RMI) declined to 53 in the first quarter of 2014, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). This reading is down from the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Remodeling Market
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) and silicon-on-insulator (SOI), has introduced its next-generation UltraCMOS PE4312 ...
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Accell Group N.V. told its shareholders Thursday that sales and profits improved in the first months of 2014 compared with the same period of 2013 as favorable weather in Europe stimulated sales of its bicycles. "We have seen a positive ...
Tags: sports bikes, bike, Sporting Goods, Recreation
Brazil-based car parts manufacturer Torcomp is planning to start construction of a new parts manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania, US by the end of 2014. The new factory will be located in the Cumberland Valley Business Park, near ...
In 2014, Picanol will participate in a number of international trade fairs, where it will profile itself as the technological market leader in rapier and airjet weaving machines. On these occasions, Picanol will focus mainly on its new ...
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The National Pronto Association has selected Philips Automotive North America, a division of Royal Philips of the Netherlands, as its preferred supplier of automotive lighting products throughout North America. "Philips was chosen by ...
Tags: Philips, Auto Parts, automotive lighting, lighting
Continuing its global mission to change how people perceive and experience fitness, Reebok India announced the launch of its new, fully-integrated marketing campaign – "Live with Fire". Featuring the most iconic fitness trio – ...
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For the 2014 German Design Award, BASF has been honored with a Special Mention in the category communication tools. The company received the international design award for its global trend book "Making Headway", in which BASF designers ...
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Intuitive Surgical stock fell 11.5% in value on Wednesday after a disappointing quarterly earnings report and the FDA raising cancer concerns over how robotic hysterectomies are performed. The Sunnyvale, CA–based maker of da Vinci ...