Manufacturing in the U. S. Grew in January at the fastest pace in seven months, adding to signs of a global pickup from Germany to China. The Institute for Supply Management’s index climbed to 54.1, from 53.1 in December, the Tempe, ...
Manufacturing probably grew at a faster pace in January, a sign the industry will lead the U. S. Expansion early this year, economists said before today’s report. The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index rose to 54.5, ...
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the largest construction and mining equipment maker, said the business cycle is in the early stages of a recovery and the company expects to see a “tail wind” from U. S. And European demand. “We are ...
Players in China’s polymer markets are expressing mixed forecasts for 2012. While there is general agreement that upstream costs will continue to support polymer prices, players hold divergent opinions about the macroeconomic outlook ...
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Recently, LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs has reported its fiscal first-quarter 2012 (to end-November 2011) revenue. The company has reported revenue of $6.75m, down 48% on $13m a year ago but rebounding 27% from $5.3m last quarter ...
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U. K. Manufacturing production fell for a second month in November as the weakening economy curtailed demand for metals, wood and paper products. Factory output fell 0.2 percent from October, when it fell a revised 0.9 percent, the Office ...
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Sri Lankan cement producer Tokyo Cement, the largest of only two local cement manufacturers, will continue its revenue growth over the short to medium term, according to ratings agency RAM. This is a result of a positive oulook for the ...
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MK Lu, chairman of Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS), has indicated the firm was still able to generate profits in 2011 and expects the solar market to warm up in 2012. The price of polysilicon has been increasing ...
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According to foreign intermediary reports, because nickel price in last week increased over 18000 USD/ton, purchase of East Asia made 304/2b 2mm stainless steel cold rolling is also increased. However, the transaction price slightly ...
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The global solar PV system installations in 2011 continued to grow by 15% on year, reaching 23.4GW. By regions, Italy has surpassed Germany to become the largest solar market in the world. Together, Italy and Germany accounted for 50% of ...
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China's Ministry of Finance has announced the subsidies for built-in PV (BIPV) systems and normal solar PV installations. The subsidy for BIPV is CNY9 (US$1.43)/watt while the subsidy for normal solar PV installations is CNY7.5/watt. The ...
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The latest analysis from German group Ceresana Research shows the Eurozone debt crisis is affecting the mood of plastics companies in Western Europe, but it has only had a small impact on the worldwide plastics industry’s confidence ...
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Osram is the LED firm under Siemens. The revenues for the fiscal year 2011 (from 2010 October to 2011 September) were EUR5 billion (US$6.46 billion). Osram currently has around 40,000 employees with market value estimated around EUR5-7 ...
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The global installation capacity for solar PV systems in 2012 is expected to reach 20GW, rising from 16-18GWp estimated for 2011, according to chairman and general manager Davis Chen for Taiwan-based solar PV system supplier Win Win ...
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Taiwan's total LED output value (including upstream chips/epitaxial wafer, and downstream packaging) in 2011 can reach US$4.537 billion, a slight 0.4% decrease on year, but it ranks as number one in the world, according to estimates by ...
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