Pakistan Cement export posted an increase of some 12 percent, month-on-month, during the first month of current fiscal year 2013-14. According to July 2013 figures released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), ...
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Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in July 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-08-09 15:54:20 In July 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,851.3 billion yuan, up by 13.2 percent year-on-year (nominal ...
ETH-Zurich has reported increased maximum oscillation frequency for its indium phosphide/gallium arsenide antimonide (InP/GaAsSb) double-heterostructure bipolar transistors (DHBTs) [Rickard L?vblom et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, ...
Researchers in China and Turkey have been using varying-thickness gallium nitride (GaN) barriers between indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) to improve hole distributions and thus to reduce efficiency droop effects ...
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The latest update of global freight data collected by the International Transport Forum at the OECD through April 2013 indicates that the overall picture for global freight continues to be uncertain. The overall picture for global freight ...
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Researchers in China have used laser micromachining to boost light extraction efficiencies of nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 46% [Bo Sun et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol113, p243104, 2013]. The team was based at ...
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Manufacturing and production has created a buzz in the current market scenario. These are one of the two important aspects of the marketing due to which the other different aspects are able to take off. Their use as well as their need is ...
Apple last week filed for a European patent (via Patently Apple) on methods for fusing glass pieces together to create various types of glass enclosures for a number of products. While the patent application specifically addresses the ...
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New multi-chip-LEDs with a broad bright blue color range Colors are playing an increasingly important role in the automotive sector. Now it's not only the exterior color of the vehicle that you can choose, you can also tailor the interior ...
The Holden Commodore has outsold traditional rival Ford Falcon by almost five to one, with the VF generation tallying 2827 units in July and boosting year-on-year performance by 17.8 per cent. Conversely, with a new record low of 594 ...
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Oil prices surged on Thursday as economic data around the globe added optimism to economic growth. In the week ending July 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless benefits claims decreased 19,000 to 326, 000, the ...
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Editor's note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, Executive Director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on bikedealerblog. Amazon recently announced it will add 5,000 jobs at ...
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Eight months after the launch of Microsoft's Surface line, the company has yet to turn a profit on its first foray into tablet manufacturing and sales, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing. Microsoft's annual report, filed yesterday ...
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Samsung is positioning itself to be one of the first handset vendors to tap into China's upcoming market for 4G services by introducing new Galaxy S4 phones capable of operating on both FDD and TDD LTE networks. The South Korean company ...
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Industrial laser specialist says that there is still growth in the market for high-power CO2 lasers. Sales at Rofin-Sinar in the quarter ended June 30 have exceeded expectations, thanks mainly to machine tool and electronics applications ...
Tags: CO2 lasers, high-power lasers