Axalta Coating Systems, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has opened a latest-generation manufacturing facility in Shanghai to produce waterborne coatings for China’s growing automobile market. The newest and one of ...
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BorgWarner has announced plan to increase its production capacity at Ningbo facility in China by adding a production line for its exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves. ERG is engineered to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions for ...
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ROHM of Kyoto, Japan says that its SCT2080KE silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET has been adopted in the new SiC-Pulser Series of ultra-high-voltage pulse generators launched by Japan's Fukushima SiC Applied Engineering Inc. Picture: ...
Tags: Pulse Generators, Generators
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which provides assembly and test services for niche ICs and produces ceramic substrates for the manufacture of LEDs, expects its capex for 2015 to exceed NT$1.5 billion (US$47.8 million). The capex will be ...
Tirupur Exporters’ Association has welcomed today’s decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to reduce the Policy Repo Rate by 25 basis points (bps) from 7.75 per cent to 7.50 per cent, and urged banks to pass on the benefit ...
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Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) is ramping up production of its 100G LR4 CFP4 client-side transceivers. Oclaro says that, having previously delivered CFP and ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that Taiwanese group Episil Semiconductor Wafer Inc has put into operation an AIX G5 WW (Warm-Wall) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor for silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxy. ...
Tags: silicon components, Electronics
Packaging technology supplier Bosch Packaging Technology has expanded its after-sales services support in Latin America with a regional service hub in Sao Paulo, Brazil. With a base of around 3,000 machines in the Latin American market, ...
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For full-year 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $508.2m, up 10.7% on $459m for 2013. 5N Plus provides purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, ...
Tags: 5N Plus, Commodity Pricing
Australia based Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) has agreed to acquire the everyday cheese business (EDC Business) of Lion-Dairy & Drinks (LDD), in a A$137.5m ($107.3m) deal. With this transaction, WCB will boost its ...
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Toyota has commenced production of its first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV) dubbed Mirai at the company’s Motomachi Plant in Toyota City, Japan. The car is a four-door mid-size sedan capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in 9.0 ...
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Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited (KCI), leading manufacturer of chemical intermediates in India, has opened Kanoria African Textiles Plc, a subsidiary and a denim fabric production unit in Ethiopia’s Bishoftu town of Oromiya ...
US-based folding carton supplier Walter G Anderson will invest in its third KBA Rapida 145 57-inch seven-color press with coater at its facility located in Newton, Iowa. The company had already installed two other presses at its ...
Ford’s Oakville Assembly plant has commenced production of 2015 Ford Edge, which will be exported to more than 100 countries. The Oakville Assembly plant has also added 400 new employees in addition to the 1,000 employees who will ...
Tags: diesel engine, Ford Edge
Spain-based Derprosa, which specialises in the development, manufacture and commercialisation of Biaxially oriented Polypropylene film (BOOP) for the graphic arts’ sector, is set to double its production capacity for 2015 with a new ...
Tags: BOOP Production, Derprosa