Federal Reserve data Wednesday showed that industrial production in the US decreased 0.5 percent in April, following a 0.3 percent increase in March and a 0.9 percent improvement in February. Manufacturing output moved down 0.4 percent in ...
Tags: US, Industrial Production, Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy
Market rumors that the new generation of Apple's iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for the home button have been circulating and Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal has reportedly sent samples to Apple for verification. ...
Taiwan-based LED optical lens maker, Ledlink Optics, saw its first-quarter gross margin fall to 43%. According to Telung Tang, CEO of Ledlink, performance in the second quarter is expected to show growth and mass production of LED ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lighting
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production inched down 0.2 percent in the week ending May 11, following a 1 percent increase the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States ...
Tags: Raw Steel Production, Mineral
According to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD), in April this year Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 96,834 units, decreasing by 6.1 percent month on month and up by four percent ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, Mineral
Africa's largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal South Africa, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net loss of ZAR 275 million ($30.2 million) compared to a net profit of ZAR 279 million ...
Tags: Arcelormittal, Vanderbijlpark Fire
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) expects its solar business to reach breakeven and may obtain profits in the second quarter as market conditions have been improving. Doris Hsu, president of SAS, stated that since ...
Tags: SAS, Solar Business
Taiwan-based LED optical lens maker Ledlink reported first-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$227 million (US$7.7 million), down by 7.21% on quarter but up by 31.55% on year. The gross margin in the first quarter was 43.34%, lower than the ...
Taiwan-based solar conductive paste maker Giga Solar has reported front silver conductive paste shipments in the first quarter reached 2.4 tons. Including shipments of back silver conductive paste, silver conductive paste sales have ...
Tags: Giga Solar, Silver Paste Shipments
Due to rising capacity utilization rates and rising solar cell prices in the first quarter of 2013, Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech saw gross margin rise to negative 8% from negative 15.7% in the fourth quarter of 2012. According to ...
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production rose 1 percent in the week ending May 4, following a 0.4 percent increase in the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States was ...
Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar reported first-quarter 2013 consolidated revenues of NT$2.888 billion (US$97 million), representing on-quarter growth of 22.5% and an on-year growth of 31.7%. In particular, the consolidated operating profit ...
Emhart Glass, a division of Bucher Industries and the world’s leading supplier of glass container forming machines and equipment, and Owens-Illinois, Inc., (O-I) the world’s leading maker of glass containers, have agreed that ...
Rising demand for LED backlight and lighting products helped LED chipmakers see capacity utilization rates increase to 90% in the second quarter. Despite shortages of high-end products, the overall LED industry continues to be in ...
Tags: LED Market, LED, LED lighting
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production rose 0.4 percent in the week ending April 27, after falling 1.2 percent in the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States was ...