ABB says that it is receiving $2.1m of the $70m grant over five years from the Advanced Manufacturing Office within the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) that is funding the new Next ...
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At the SPIE Photonics West 2014 conference in San Francisco (3-6 February), epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK is presenting a series of invited papers on recent developments in photonic technologies: ...
PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials posted consolidated revenues of NT$750 million (US$24.8 million) for January, hitting a record for the seventh consecutive month and increasing 28.69% on month and 93.59% on year, according to ...
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Hiwin Technologies Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eric Chuo announced at the company's Jan. 17 yearend banquet that the manufacturer of ballscrews will see sales of intelligent robots more than double this year over 2013 ...
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Commercial Vehicle Group reported a fourth-quarter profit compared with a net loss a year ago, the truck and auto components maker said. CVG's net income was $1.1 million, or 4 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $5.6 million, or ...
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Investors are second-guessing the underlying strength of the world’s two biggest economies as each faces homegrown challenges. China is still expected to maintain steady growth this year, albeit without the vim it once had. But its ...
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Capacitor maker Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial is expected to ramp up its capacitor shipments to the industrial sector to 15% by year-end 2014 compared to 10% currently, according to industry sources. Chinsan, which produces ...
German autoparts maker Continental has entered into an agreement with The Carlyle Group to acquire US-based Veyance Technologies, which operates in operates rubber and plastics technology business, for EUR1.4bn. Veyance Technologies, ...
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold a record 8,266,098 vehicles in 2013, propelled by record sales in the car group’s two largest markets, China and the United States. Renault-Nissan's 2013 calendar-year sales, which include sales of ...
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LED chip,lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has demonstrated what it claims is the first 200 lumen-per-watt(LPW)LED concept luminaire(more than twice the efficiency of the best linear fluorescent luminaires). The latest US ...
Motorola Mobility CEO Dennis Woodside will leave the company at the end of March following the recent announcement that Motorola owner Google is selling the business to computer maker Lenovo. Woodside will become COO of Dropbox. "To ...
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Hospital equipment maker Hill-Rom(Batesville,IN)plans on cutting approximately 350 workers,or 5%of its global workforce,to save roughly$30 million annually.The restructuring efforts include a downsizing of the firm's European manufacturing ...
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Freezeez is the first ice cream maker featuring popular licensed characters on the market Worlds Apart is venturing into new product areas this year with the launch of the new Freezeez-a licensed ice cream maker-this Spring. Fans can ...
British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is set to produce its XJ saloon brand at Tata Motors manufacturing plant in Pune, India. The new model follows the introduction of Land Rover Freelander 2 and Jaguar XF models in 2011 and ...
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Carhartt, a US-based work wear brand, has partnered with New Holland Brewing, a US-based maker of craft beer and spirits, to produce a new collaboration beer. According to the clothing brand, the new beer is crafted to celebrate its ...
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