Chinese solar-equipment makers said tariffs sought by U.S. competitors would make it harder to expand the use of renewable energy. China, the U.S. and other countries are all encouraging use of alternative energy sources, driving costs down ...
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The United States and China are gearing up for a trade war that could catch American users of solar energy in the crossfire. The Commerce Department in Washington on Wednesday opened an investigation sought by American manufacturers who ...
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The United States and China are gearing up for a trade war that could catch American users of solar energy in the crossfire. The Commerce Department in Washington on Wednesday opened an investigation sought by American manufacturers ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a U.S. maker of solar manufacturing equipment with more than a year of backlogged sales, fell the most in a year after cutting its revenue and earnings forecast, GT Advanced fell 10 percent to $8.00 in New ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a U.S. maker of solar manufacturing equipment with more than a year of backlogged sales, fell the most in a year after cutting its revenue and earnings forecast, GT Advanced fell 10 percent to $8.00 in ...
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SunPower Corp. and First Solar Inc., the two largest U.S. solar manufacturers, will reorganize as increased competition from China drives down prices and pushes weaker companies into bankruptcy. SunPower is seeking to cut operating ...
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Solar power may be on the rise, but solar cells are only as efficient as the amount of sunlight they collect. Under the direction of a new McCormick professor, researchers have developed a new material that absorbs a wide range of ...
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JCIM LLC, the molding unit of auto interior supplier Johnson Controls Inc., has sold its blow molding operations in a move that will allow it to concentrate on its core production in injection molding. Engineered Plastic Components Inc. of ...
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Engineered Plastic Components Inc. has completed its fourth acquisition of the past 12 months and expects to close a fifth by the end of the year. The newly added companies and individual plants have added diversity in both processing ...
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Following more than a year of hard work since his inauguration last September, Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers’ Association (THTMA) chairman Mark Lin is well on the way to building sustainable development for the industry. In an ...
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Sunpreme, a closely held solar-cell manufacturer, received $50 million in financing that will be used to build a factory in Jiaxing, China. The investment was led by International Finance Corp., a unit of the World Bank Group, and also ...
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Sunpreme, a closely held solar-cell manufacturer, received $50 million in financing that will be used to build a factory in Jiaxing, China. The investment was led by International Finance Corp., a unit of the World Bank Group, and also ...
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Yesterday saw the lighting industry converge at the Classic Car Club in Shoreditch to attend LoveLight 2011. Now in its third year,the event brought together a diverse range of speakers to give presentations on topics such as daylight ...
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American and European plastics firms are stepping up their investments in medical manufacturing in China, as that country undertakes a major expansion of its health-care system. The investments are driven both by global medical-device ...
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KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH has doubled its sales of new injection molding machinery in Brazil to 18 million euros ($25.9 million) this year, a senior official says. “We’ve had our best year in Brazil, ” the official, ...