Market for fiber optics sensors to hit $4bn by 2017 13 Jun 2013 Continuous distributed and point fiber optics sensors increasingly deployed to replace conventional gauges. Sales of fiber optic sensors will grow at an annual rate of 20.3% ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, fiber optics sensors
Europe solar installations are forecast to fall by more than 6GW in 2013, with 1.3 GW of this decline attributed to incoming EU anti-dumping duties on China-made modules, according to IHS. IHS has cut its forecast for the second half of ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping Duties, Energy
SEMI, the global industry association for companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials to the world's chip makers, today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$ 7.31 billion in the ...
Tags: chip, Electrical, Electronics
Global packaging machinery production value stood at around US$48 billion in 2012, following robust growth of 10 percent that year. Over 2006-2012, production growth averaged 7percent annually in spite of more than a 5 percent year-on-year ...
Global MOCVD equipment capacity is still in oversupply while prices of LED light bulbs continue to fall. Among all global operational MOCVD tools, Taiwan-based makers account for 28.1% and China-based firms 22.3%, according Digitimes ...
Tags: LED, light bulbs
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) has reiterated what it claims ...
Tags: GigOptix, Electrical, Electronics
Though Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Ace 3 is a fairly basic smartphone, it nevertheless includes LTE, highlighting how the technology is making its way to simpler and cheaper devices. Users generally have to pay a high price to get an LTE ...
Tags: Samsung, Galaxy, Simpler Phones
The Australian dollar slumped to a near three-year low during Asia trade after local economic data disappointed and Goldman Sachs warned the resource-rich country was at risk of a steep economic downturn. New government figures today ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, Service
The Australian dollar has closed firmer following an upbeat consumer sentiment reading and renewed pressure on the greenback. At 5pm today, the currency touched 94.63 US cents, up from 94.02 cents yesterday. Twenty minutes after ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, US Dollar
Bottoming out in 2010, the nonresidential fenestration market has seen slow but steady increases since then, according to a new report from the American Architectural Manufacturers Association and the Window & Door Manufacturers ...
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.1 percent in June over the same month last year, reflecting modest growth expectations as retailers head toward the back-to-school and holiday ...
Tags: Merchandise Imports, Textile
Flavored milk consumption will grow at more than double the rate of white milk globally between 2012 and 2015, according to new research from Tetra Pak. Health conscious consumers turning to nutrient-rich milk products, particularly in ...
Few advanced economies can measure up to the potential of emerging markets, which have been forecast to exhibit the fastest growth rates for food and non-alcoholic beverages over the next five years, according to a new report from global ...
Tags: Markets, Agriculture&Food, Drink
LEDinside, a subsidiary of TrendForce, is ready to hold a grand and perfect LEDforum 2013 Guangzhou on June 11 th , to provide valuable advice that can help LED industry players to face challenges in the future. This time, LEDforum 2013 ...
The Cotlook A Index fell to around 90 cents per pound towards the end of May 2013, and the China Cotton Index (Type 328) fell to 19,350 Yuan per ton, or 142 cents per pound, during the same period. Assuming the current Chinese reserve ...