Transparency Market Research (TMR) has released a report on acrylic acid. Acrylic acid is a colorless organic compound derived by the oxidation of propylene. It is the simplest carboxylic acid that exists in a polymerized form and has a ...
Tags: Acrylic Acid, Acid
The global market for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters is forecast to decrease by 5% to US$6.7 billion in 2013, according to research firm IMS Research. Despite PV inverter shipments rising to 34.2 gigawatts in 2013, average global ...
Tags: solar photovoltaic, Solar Power
The market for residential photovoltaic (PV) energy storage systems is expected to boom in the coming years, with cumulative installations amounting to 2.5 gigawatts by 2017, equivalent to the solar power that could be generated by more ...
Total Next Brand sales in the first half were up 2.3%, around the mid point of the +1% to +4% guidance range we issued in March. Full price sales were somewhat better than the headline figure as a result of a much smaller End of Season ...
Tags: Fashion Group, Apparel
With the efficiency and total lumen output for LEDs on the rise, lighting in 2013 will surpass handsets as the biggest application for LED driver ICs, with revenue rising by more than 50% annually, and then more than doubling by 2018, ...
Tags: LED Driver, IC Segment
Analysts argued today over the significance of Apple's falling market share, reflecting the uncertainties the Cupertino, Calif. company faces in a transition to lower profits. "The current iPhone portfolio is under-performing and Apple is ...
Tags: iPhone Share, Low-Price Model
Tech earnings this week highlighted the importance of mobile communications to IT, as companies including Apple, Samsung, Facebook, AT&T and Texas Instruments reported mixed results for the quarter ending in June. Apple and Samsung ...
Tags: Tech earnings, Samsung
For the first time, SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems will be exhibiting at Interphex Japan as an expert on high-quality pharmaceutical tubing. With around 1,000 exhibitors, Interphex is one of the biggest trade shows worldwide for the ...
Tags: Schott, Interphex Japan
Natural rubber surpluses and poor demand, especially from China, will weigh on spot prices for the commodity, Germany's Commerzbank said in a report issued Tuesday. "Several years of supply surpluses on the global rubber market have ...
Tags: Natural rubber, Chemicals
Canadian distributor Market Solutions International, which services the oil sands region of Canada, recently purchased 100% recycled STRUXURE® Construction Mats from AXION. The 16 ft long mats are to be used in Northern Alberta as a ...
Construction expenditures in China are expected to rise 8.5 percent per annum in real terms through 2017. Ongoing urbanization and industrialization, rising income levels, further population and household growth, and the government’s ...
Australia's third-biggest iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Fortescue) has announced its operating results for the second quarter of the current year. Fortescue CEO Nev Power pointed out that the company cut costs by 18 percent ...
Tags: Fortescue, Iron Ore Demand
Apple reported a drop in profits on roughly flat revenue for the April to June quarter, though the results were ahead of analysts’ expectations, providing something of a silver lining for the company. Revenue was $35.3 billion, up 1 ...
It’s reported that Quintain Steel, one of the major wire rod producers in Taiwan announced to remain its list prices unchanged for August. Also, the company has remained wire rod list prices unchanged for consecutive two months. ...
Tags: Quintain Steel, Wire Rod List
OPEC would need to cut production sometime in the second half of 2013 or early 2014 to stave off "a large drop in prices," Kuwait's leading bank said in a report over the weekend. In its latest economic bulletin, released late Sunday, the ...
Tags: Crude Output, Kuwait Bank