Mercedes-Benz has broken ground at its passenger cars plant in Brazil, which is a part of the company’s global production network expansion plan. The plant is located at Iracemápolis near Sao Paulo and the German car maker ...
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Due to increases in both shipments and conversion efficiency, Taiwanese PV cell makers experienced a record shipment growth in 2014, according to the latest report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. This growth was in spite of being ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 27 December 2014), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $86.8m, down 15.6% on $102.9m a year ago and ...
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Philippines abaca fibre market is expected to register a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of around 5.7 per cent from 2014 to 2019, according to a recently published TechSci Research report titled “Philippines Abaca Fibre Market ...
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Revenue for gallium nitride (GaN) RF devices in both military and commercial applications will grow at a compound average annual growth rate (CAAGR) of more than 20% to nearly $560m in 2019, according to the Strategy Analytics Advanced ...
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that the global semiconductor industry posted record sales totaling $335.8 billion in 2014, an increase of ...
The Government of Ireland, along with industry partners, will invest €35m in the construction of a new dairy facility in the University of Limerick and the expansion of Teagasc’s Moorepark Technology in Fermoy, Cork. This is ...
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Mexican baking company Grupo Bimbo's subsidiary Canada Bread has completed the acquisition of Saputo Bakery in a C$120m ($103.27m) deal. Earlier in December 2014, Canada Bread has entered into an agreement to this effect. Saputo ...
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Food distributor Sysco has agreed to divest 11 US Foods distribution centers to Performance Food Group. The move is in line with Sysco's plans to win FTC approval for its proposed merger with US Foods announced in December 2013. The ...
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Polycrystalline silicon solar cell maker Tainergy Tech will expand its total annual production capacity from 700MWp currently to 1GWp in 2015, according to the company. Tainergy Tech has annual production capacity of 5MWp for solar cells ...
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Solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects utilization of its polycrystalline ingot growing capacity to rise from 70% currently to 100% in first-quarter 2015, according to company president Doris Hsu. The utilization ...
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 could feature a new, curved design, newly issued invites to the company’s MWC 2015 press conference have teased. With the heavily rumoured Galaxy S6 widely expected to be heading for an MWC unveiling next ...
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Huawei is set to expand its tablet line in the coming weeks, with the Chinese manufacturer to introduce a new series of iPad rivalling devices at MWC 2015. Despite preparing to increase its presence in the slate race, smartphone ...
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IRL has launched a new edition of its regional title A Profile of the Eastern European Paint Industry. This fully updated report provides market data for 2013 and forecasts for 2018, and gives an overview of the paint industry trends across ...
"By adding Family Dollar to our portfolio of brands, Dollar Tree will soon operate more than 13,000 stores in 48 states and five Canadian provinces with annual sales exceeding $18 billion,” a top Dollar Tree official said. Bob ...
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