According to Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM)’s president, Nobumasa Kemori, the company has decided to set up a mass-produce 6-inch diameter sapphire substrates line within its fully-owned subsidiary Okuchi Electronics based in Isa City, ...
Tags: Market View, led
Japanese based company NGK Insulators has released new wafer products for electronic device applications in ultra high brightness (UHB) LEDs. It has showcased at SEMICON Japan 2011 held between December 7 through 9 at Makuhari Messe in ...
Tags: Market View, led
IMS Research has updated its LED lamp price report, Frost & Sullivan has released a report on LED lighting industry, Osram has met with the China minister, and Rubicon has celebrated the anniversary of its Batavia sapphire production ...
Tags: Market View
Yanbu Cement has posted an impressive increase in net profits for the latter half of 2011 as demand for raw materials increases in Saudi Arabia. Yanbu Cement Company, based in the Red Sea port town that gives the company its name, produces ...
Tags: market view, cement, price
The German Association of the Sawmilling & Timber Industry (BSHD) says current production cutbacks at German sawmills will be followed by an extended Christmas shutdown period, with further curtailments likely in 2012. BSHD expects to see ...
Tags: market view, sawmilling
Cooper Lighting has supplied indoor and outdoor LED lighting for City Furniture's new 94,000-square-foot superstore delivering an energy reduction of 60% and LEED Silver compliance. Retailer City Furniture has opened a new 94,000-ft2 ...
Tags: Market View, led light
UK corporation Revend Recycling Ltd, has launched an innovative reverse vending recycling machine for the collection and recycling of domestic light bulbs and domestic batteries. The machine is the “FIRST” domestic light bulb ...
Tags: Market View, cfl, led light
EUROPEAN softwood imports are continuing to stream into Australia, placing pressure on domestic producers as housing starts struggle. Imports of softwood sawn timber rose to about 156, 000 cubic metres over the September quarter, a rise of ...
Tags: market view, timber
The LED industry continues to feel low demand in fourth-quarter 2011. Despite there being some urgent orders for backlight products, the price drops and high inventory will likely push tier-two firms into losses, according to industry ...
Tags: Market View, led
KUCHING: Sarawak's plywood prices are expected to firm up again as Japanese importers have resumed buying for reconstruction activities after March's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Sarawak Timber Association panel products' committee ...
Tags: market view, plywood, price
The price drops of solar products have been easing in fourth quarter. Industry sources estimated the global inventory level in the beginning of the fourth-quarter 2011 is around 6-8GW, much better than the previous estimation of 10GW. Due ...
Tags: Market View, solar
Bridgestone Corp. has developed a prototype non-pneumatic car tire, which uses thermoplastic ribs as load-bearing elements, that the company will debut at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show. The tire reflects the style of design shown initially by ...
Tags: Market View
Klöckner Pentaplast Group’s owner is evaluating whether to realign KP’s balance sheet “in a precautionary and responsible manner,” a spokeswoman stated. Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s recently ...
Tags: Market View
A number of chemical wood modification technologies developed in recent years have now reached market maturity and are now increasingly being used on an industrial scale. These modification technologies aim to alter the proper-ties of wood ...
Tags: market view, Chemical wood
Japan’s top three largest LED lighting manufacturers are Panasonic, Toshiba Lightech, Sharp (Sharp), LED lighting market in Japan accounted for over 50% market share, in addition, second-tier manufacturers occupy more than 2 percent ...
Tags: Market View, led light