Taiwan-based solar-grade polysilicon wafer maker Gigastorage expects to reach full utilization of its annual capacity of 700MWp in March 2015, up from the current 70%, due to growing demand, according to company president Tsai Li-chuan. ...
Tags: Solar Wafer Maker, Lights
In booth 616 at the SPIE Photonics West 2015 event in San Francisco's Moscone Center (7-12 February), Marktech Optoelectronics of Latham, NY, USA, whose capabilities span wafer growth through finished packaging and custom solutions, is to ...
Tags: photodetectors, Electrical
Soitec of Bernin, France has introduced its eSI90 substrate, the newest high-end wafer in its radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) product family. The eSI90 is designed to improve the RF performance of mobile communication ...
Tags: chipmakers, foundries, high-end wafer, Electrical
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has officially voted to uphold the findings that China and Taiwan PV manufacturers have been dumping their products. The tariffs against PV imports will follow the Depart of Commerce's (DOC) ...
Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) says that its Technologies Group experienced more than 20% growth in 2014, marking its third consecutive year of high growth. ...
Tags: synthetic diamond solutions, emerging markets, Electrical
Researchers at Japan's NTT Device Technology Laboratories have used silicon (Si) doping to achieve p-type conduction in gallium arsenide antimony (GaAsSb) produced with metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on indium phosphide ...
In an unaudited trading update for 2014, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it expects full-year revenue to be about £112m (down 11.7% on £126.8m in 2013, but in line with expectations). ...
American cereal producer Kellogg has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr, in a previously announced deal worth $125m. Kellogg has agreed to pay £89.86 per share for 85.93% ...
Tags: Egyptian cake, biscuit maker, Agriculture
SAMCO Inc of Kyoto, Japan, a supplier of plasma etch, chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and surface treatment systems to compound semiconductors device makers, has announced metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) demonstration ...
Tags: metal-organic chemical, GaN-550 MOCVD system, Electrical
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices, recently extended its family of 50V discrete GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) die with the release of three new ...
Tags: electron drift velocity, gallium arsenide technologies, Electrical
Epistar Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC ) held Board of Directors’ meetings today and approved a sale of TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL) shares. Epistar will acquire all shares of TSMC SSL held by TSMC and ...
Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr's shareholders controlling 86% of shares have agreed to divest their shares to US-based food manufacturing company Kellogg, in a $125m deal. The Reuters reported that bidding for the biscuit ...
Tags: biscuits, wafers, corn flakes, Agriculture
The board of directors of Hsinchu-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, the world’s biggest silicon wafer foundry) has approved the sale of its stake in TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL). Taiwan’s Epistar Corp ...
Tags: LED lighting products, Electrical
The overall PV market price in the first quarter of 2015 is expected to remain constant until the end of the Lunar New Year. Afterwards, shipment demand will decrease and pricing will drop. The beginning of the holiday season in China meets ...
Tags: solar energy, Lights
The overall PV market price in the first quarter of 2015 will remain constant until the end of the Chinese New Year; afterwards, shipment demand will decrease and the price will drop, expected EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce. ...
Tags: PV Market, Solar Energy