According to IHS, approximately 880,000 connected LED smart bulbs were shipped globally in 2013. With new lighting products entering the market seemingly every week, sales are forecast to ramp up very quickly in the next few years, with ...
Tags: LED Bulb, Smart Bulb
GT Advanced Technologies' (GTAT) move to seek bankruptcy protection on October 6 came as a surprise to the IT industry especially because the maker was a major supplier of Apple for sapphire screens. The related supply chain in general, ...
Tags: GTAT, Sapphire Industry
The opening of the Ghaghoo diamond mine, located in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), that took place this week was not only a significant milestone for the mine’s owner Gem Diamonds, but also for the country ...
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Chip suppliers are expected to begin to pull in orders for wafers in order to produce chips for non-Apple device vendors, a move which is likely to start a new round of competition for wafer capacity, according to industry sources. Most ...
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United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reported revenues of NT$11.42 billion (US$381.82 million) for August, down 1.1% sequentially but up 3.8% on year. For the first eight months of 2014, revenues totaled NT$90.52 billion, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Order visibility for Taiwan-based PC and notebook related IC vendors for the third quarter of 2014 is better than expected due to a rebound in demand for notebooks and other PC products, according to industry sources. However, suppliers ...
German fashion retailer Zalando says it had a very successful first half of 2014. Sales surged 29.5 percent to EUR 1,047 million in the first six months of 2014 against EUR 809 million in the corresponding period of 2013, according to a ...
IC packaging material and tool distributor Niching Industrial looks to ramp up its shipments of EMC-based (epoxy molding compound) LED leadframes and FC CSP substrates to drive revenue growth in 2015. Niching's LED products lines are ...
Tags: IC packaging, packaging material
Chinese building materials and glass manufacturer CNBM (China National Building Materials Group Corp) has completed its acquisition (announced on 22 April) of Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany, which manufactures copper indium gallium ...
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Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron Limited has announced its financial results for the financial year 2013-14 ended on June 30. According to the results, in the given period Atlas recorded a net profit of A$17 million, compared to a net ...
Josh Feldman will focus on adapting the company’s toy properties into live action and animated films. Hasbro has embarked on its plans to expand its film and TV division with the appointment of a new head of development at Hasbro ...
Tags: Hasbro, Film and TV Division, Toys
This September Scotland will vote on whether to leave the UK or not. But how might the outcome affect the country's retailers? By the end of this summer, a question will be asked of Scotland with the potential to change the UK as it is ...
Tags: Toy Industry, Independence
Passive component supplier Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial will complete construction of its new plant in Guangzhou, China in the fourth quarter of 2014 with volume production slated to begin one quarter later, according to company ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced its financial results for the first half of 2014, posting a net loss of $12.6 million, growing from a net loss of $5 million in the corresponding ...
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Beyond all of the hype and tumult, market drivers and technological developments are converging to ensure a bright future for silicon photonics, according to the ‘Silicon Photonics 2014’ report from Yole Développement. ...
Tags: Silicon Photonics