In the first four months of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments increased by 2.66 percent on year-on-year basis to 2.18 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 55 percent of ...
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US exports of ethanol in April totaled 251 million liters (66 million gallons), down 21% from March, but 62% above those of April 2013, according to US Census Bureau data released Wednesday. The data includes all ethanol types except for ...
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In booth #1515 at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2014), API Technologies Corp of Orlando, FL, USA, a designer and manufacturer of systems, subsystems, modules and components for RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, ...
Due to new components, power electronic converters for power engineering applications are becoming even more efficient. In particular, silicon carbide (SiC) devices enable the construction of extremely efficient and compact power electronic ...
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At the LIGHTFAIR International (LFI2014) trade show in Las Vegas (3-5 June), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has introduced the M-series of LED modules for use in flat LED lighting applications, such as troffers and linear luminaires. The ...
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US demand for solvents is expected to increase at a 1.5 percent annual pace through 2018 to 11 billion pounds, driven by a robust recovery in construction spending along with a continued rebound in manufacturing output. Strength in both ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics will showcase its latest products at the 2014 Quangzhou International Lighting Exhibition in Guangzhou, southern China, during June 9-12, according to ...
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U.S. productivity fell even more than previously thought in the January-March period while labor costs rose at a faster pace. The Labor Department says productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, declined at an annual rate of 3.2 ...
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In the January-May period of the current year, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 2.480 million mt, down 4.1 percent year on year, as announced by the ...
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Global specialty products supplier AMG Aluminum is curtailing its annual aluminum alloys capacity by 5,000 mt, or around 10% of its global demand, due to current market conditions, the company said Tuesday. AMG said in a statement its ...
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Seoul Semiconductor a global leader in LED technology on May 26th has announced the release of a new generation of Acrich MJT 5050 LEDs, with high lumen output, reliability, and cost performance optimized for the outdoor lighting market. ...
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd says that it has improved the light quality of its LED packages and modules based on a 90 CRI (color rendering index) for use in advanced lighting applications. The firm is showcasing the LED ...
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Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA is now delivering what it claims is the highest flux and most efficient LED arrays in higher lumen packages. Its new LUXEON CoB 1211 is suitable for industrial and outdoor applications and is a ...
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In booth #7718 at the LightFair International 2014 event in Las Vegas (3-5 June), Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has launched its modular AC Power Block solar power ...
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