Despite a cumulative silicon carbide (SiC) raw wafer and epiwafer market that will not exceed $80m in 2012, the body of related patents comprises more than 1772 patent families and over 350 companies since 1928, according to the report ...
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The Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market is expected to reach $12.6m by the end of 2012, and the phenomenal growth rate of 60-80% year-on-year is expected to continue in subsequent years, according to the report ‘Gallium ...
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Soitec and Silian enter joint development agreement on GaN template wafers Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga ...
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Does the export of raw logs to China hurt or help British Columbia's economy? NDP leader Adrian Dix is rallying for export tariffs on logs, which would put a hard stop on the export of raw logs from B. C. That are being shipped and ...
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A limited availability of logs, high log purchase prices, and negative effects on sales of softwood lumber by the general economic and financial crisis have been hampering the business activity of softwood lumber producers in the European ...
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Kronospan is awaiting final approval of a massive euro bank loan to build an MDF and laminate flooring plant in Belarus. Kronospan Belarus wants to build the €102m facility beside an existing chipboard mill on a former tractor site as ...
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Industrial gas provider Praxair Inc of Danbury,CT,USA says that its Asian operating unit Praxair Asia Inc of Shanghai,China has notified its electronic gases customers of a price increase of 10-20%on select electronic process ...
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Japanese convenience store operator Lawson said today (3 July) its continued focus on fresh food in its stores allowed it to grow its customer base during the first quarter of the year. Lawson said operating profit increased 8.4% on the ...
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China's PMI Decreased in June National Bureau of Statistics of China 2012-07-03 14:00:33 Department of Service Statistics of NBS China Federation of Logistics and Purchases (CFLP) In June, China's manufacturing ...
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Following what had already been a mainly weak trend in 2011, lumber activities among Scandinavian concerns have shown virtually no recovery in the first quarter of 2012. Growth in turnover and results in classic lumber business from January ...
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University of Notre Dame (UND) and IQE RF LLC of Somerset, NJ, USA have achieved record cut-off frequencies of 370GHz for InAlN/AlN/GaN/SiC high-electron-mobility transistors. The use of indium aluminum nitride (InAlN) barrier layers ...
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In their annual results for 2011, coatings producers in Europe have been predicting that 2012 will be much the same overall as last year in terms of growth in sales and profits. There would, nonetheless, be one major difference between the ...
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In what would be its maiden overseas venture, Birla Corp plans to set up a cement plant in Ethiopia. The MP Birla group company has recently formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Birla Corp Cement Manufacturing Plc, in the sub-Saharan African ...
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Department of Service Statistics of NBS China Federation of Logistics and Purchases (CFLP) In May, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.4 percent, down by 2.9 percentage points month-on-month. In view of the ...
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Malaysia's LED companies including Osram Opto Semiconductors(M)Sdn Bhd,Globetronics Technology Bhd,Elsoft Research Bhd,and MMS Ventures Bhd have paved the way for expanding LED production to meet global demand. Osram Opto ...
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