Moderate economic growth in 2015 has become the “new norm” for the stabilizing Chinese economy. With the Chinese government introducing industry restructures, explosive economic growth has become history. Gone are the good days ...
Bikers wearing Lumos Helmets can turn on the road without having to memorize hand signs, and avoid potentially being hit by confused motorists. A woman wearing Lumos Helmets. The front of the helmet is equipped with 14 white LEDs. (All ...
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Recent patent disputes between Japanese LED manufacturer Nichia and Taiwanese counterpart Everlight has raged on, with new disputes every now and then. Will the two sides ever reach a settlement? And how will these patent issues affect the ...
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Hong Kong Consumer Council and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSC) found large disparities in energy efficiency and lifetime performances in 10 types of LED bulbs, among these included products from leading lighting brands. ...
The marketing of the open industry digital dimming standard LEDOTRON can be traced back to EU incandescent lamp prohibition and the associated uncertainty of the compatibility of "conventional" dimmers with LED and energy-saving lamps. ...
In first half of 2015, 23 LED strip lights made in China were notified as dangerous products on the EU RAPEX alert system, according to a report by China Quality News Network (CNQ). The number of LED strip lights reported by the EU alert ...
Plessey announced UK’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) has officially granted £6.7 million (US $10.26 million) towards the expansion of the Plessey LED manufacturing facility in Plymouth, England. Solid state lighting forms a ...
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European Consumer Organisation BEUC has published a new report, which reveals that meat products marketed across the European Union often carry dishonest labels. The BEUC report findings, which are based on tests conducted by seven ...
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An outbreak of cautious optimism in optics and laser markets is fueling the hope that the economic slowdown may be over. Not all vendors are cheerful however, with the order books of some in the materials processing sector continuing to ...
After another record-breaking year for solar photovoltaic installations, and in spite of a sharp slowdown in the German market, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) says that total global PV capacity now stands at a ...
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Platts EU 45 sugar FOB containers assessment for November shipment was assessed at a premium of $36/mt above the December (Z) White Sugar Futures (London 5) contract Friday, unchanged week on week. Last week Platts heard the first ...
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Argentina's biodiesel production is on track to decline 30% this year, as rising domestic consumption fails to compensate for dwindling exports, the head of an industry group said Monday. Claudio Molina, the executive director of the ...
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Eric Sievers, the CEO of Ethanol Europe, the holding company of ethanol production facility Pannonia, Tuesday urged support for biofuels from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and from the European Union itself, at an industry event in ...
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The European Commission is seeking comments on whether the shareholding of Netherlands-based commodities trading group Trafigura in Belgium-based zinc and lead producer Nyrstar amounts to the company taking "de facto sole control" of ...
Draft EU rules on allocating forward electricity capacity have received a key approval from an EU committee of national government officials, formal EU power grid operators' body Entso-e said late Monday. "Clear rules on long-term trading ...
Tags: cross-border trading, third energy, electricity markets