Evonik Industries has announced an expansion of its specialty silica capacities in Ako, Japan through a holding in DSL Japan Co. Ltd. (DSL). Evonik holds 51 percent of shares in DSL, a joint venture with the Japanese Shionogi & Co. Ltd. The ...
Tags: Specialty Silica, Chemicals, Construction
China-based solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafer maker Comtec Solar Systems has revealed it started trial production at its factory in Malaysia in June 2014 and will expand the factory's annual production capacity from 300MWp currently ...
Tags: Comtec Solar, PV
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments from the leading China companies increased 26% on quarter in the second quarter of 2014, compared to the previous quarter when they shipped 5.2GW of solar modules. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of all ...
Tags: PV Module, Solar Module
Japanese car maker Mazda has unveiled its fourth generation two-seater convertible MX-5 simultaneously in US, Japan and Spain. The car features SKYACTIV technology which is aimed at developing fuel efficient engine with increased engine ...
Researchers in Japan and USA have claimed the first experimental demonstration of higher breakdown voltage for slant field-plate (FP) gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) over convention field-plate designs ...
Tags: GaN, HEMTs, Electronics
The research group of professor Jairo Sinova of the Institute of Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, in collaboration with researchers from the UK, Prague, and Japan, has realised for the first time a new, efficient spin-charge ...
Tags: Spin-Charge Converter, GaAs, Electronics
Foton Motor overseas strategy are blossoming in Africa. And their KD plant in Kenya has finished and the assembly line are over 10,000 square meters with full refitting and test ability. And the new plant is rather important for Foton ...
Tags: Foton Motors, KD plant, truck
A ‘Research and Education’ zone will feature the world’s first liquid ammonia processing technology for knitted fabrics at Interstoff Asia Essential – Autumn 2014, set to return to the Hong Kong Convention and ...
Tags: Liquid Ammonia Fabric, Interstoff
AU Optronics (AUO) expects the development of TV panels to have a strong focus on Ultra HD and curved applications equipped with wide color gamut (WCG) technology in 2015, according to company president Paul Peng. Innolux meanwhile has ...
Tags: UHD TV, WQHD Handset, Electronics
According to the data provided by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in July this year Japanese automobile production (including passenger cars, trucks and buses) totaled 894,742 units, decreasing by 15,504 units or 1.7 ...
Tags: Auto Output, passenger cars, trucks
LED bulb prices stabilized in July 2014, according to a latest report from LEDinside, a research subdivision of TrendForce. The research organization noted, in general the global market underwent small price fluctuations. Only a few markets ...
Tags: LED bulbs, LED Lighting
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that Mitsubishi Electric Corp (MELCO) of Tokyo, Japan has begun operations with an AIX 2800G4 HT Planetary Reactor system. The 11x4”-wafer configuration metal-organic ...
Tags: Mitsubishi, GaN-on-Si, power amplifiers
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has qualified Migdal Haemek ...
Tags: TowerJazz, RF Front-End Modules, Electrical
TOKYO — The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is asking for 5 billion yen ($47.6 million) in the fiscal 2015 budget to create an environment more encouraging to entrepreneurs. Japan aims to double the annual business startup ...
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Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that the US imported a total of 3,833,000 net tons (NT) of steel in July, including 3,058,000 net tons (NT) of finished steel (up 6.1 ...
Tags: US Steel, Import Market, Metallurgy