In January of the current year, Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $2.36 billion, down 6.7 percent compared to December and decreasing by 4.5 percent compared to January 2013, according to Taiwan's ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Mineral
GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Nashua, NH, USA (a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystal growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and electronics markets) has acquired exclusive rights ...
Tags: LED Wafer Production, epiwafers
(Phys.org) —To say that the Joris Laarman Lab is an innovative type of group is putting it mildly. The Amsterdam place is described as "an experimental playground set up to study and shape the future. It tinkers with craftsmen, ...
Tags: 3D Printing, Printing
Recycling campaigns are not without their detractors as their results are often met with more than a little scepticism and their long-term value often questioned. However, a number of communication programmes, developed by the Aluminium ...
Tags: Packaging Recycling, Packaging
Robert Bosch LLC has added 215 part numbers to its QuietCast brake rotors line. The company estimates the new part numbers will increase coverage to 95% of all vehicles in operation and includes many late-model applications. “Our ...
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The Bartow County College and Career Academy (BCCCA) addressed lighting uniformity issues in parking lots and driveways with a lighting retrofit from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI). Twenty-eight American Electric Lighting™ Autobahn ...
Tags: LED Luminaires, LED Lighting
Essential shapes brought to life with Gucci’s uncompromisingly rigorous codes of luxury. The Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Collection takes its cue from the House’s heritage while marking a turning point. “I felt the ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2013 of $331.7m, down 36% on 2012's $516m, with all of the firm's businesses experiencing down cycles. LED & ...
Tags: Veeco MOCVD MBE ALD, Epitaxial deposition, process equipment, Electrical
Researchers associated with Taiwan National Central University and Epistar Corp are developing a method to transfer indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to ceramic aluminium nitride (AlN) substrates for high-voltage ...
Tags: InGaN LED, Ceramic Substrate
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has launched what it claims are the first high correlated color temperature ...
Tags: MR16 LED Lamps, LEDs
The 2014 benchmark zinc treatment charge is likely to be at least $10 above last year's benchmark TC, sources said Tuesday at the International Zinc Association conference Tuesday in Dana Point, California. Sources put the likely 2014 TC ...
Steel rebar galvanizing is a promising but largely overlooked niche for zinc that has the potential to be a 400,000 mt market in the near term, and also has significant technological and cost advantages, a zinc industry official said late ...
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In January this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - increased by 1.2 percent year on year to 96.3 million mt, according to the State ...
Tags: Ferrous Metal, Mineral
Finnish mining and metal manufacturing equipment provider Outotec has issued its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2013. Accordingly, in the fourth quarter the operating profit of Outotec decreased to €25.4 ...
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In December last year, India's industrial production decreased by 0.6 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April-December period of the current financial year declined by 0.1 percent year on year. ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Mineral