Union Budget 2015-16 presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley last week has no measures on promoting apparel manufacturing in India, says an expert of India’s clothing and retail industry. “Considering that this ...
Tags: Apparel Manufacturing, Apparel
As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp recently announced ...
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LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has announced sampling and volume availability of its phosphor-converted (PC) LED chip series. The series launches with PC Amber, PC Green and PC Red LED chips in a 40mil (1mm ...
Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of the Lumark Night Falcon™ light-emitting diode (LED) Floodlight Luminaire. Designed to replace up to 400-watt metal halide products, the energy-efficient floodlight ...
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics, in view of fast growing demand for LED lighting, will expand its monthly LED epitaxial wafer production capacity by 20-25% from 300,000 wafers ...
Japanese airbag maker Takata has announced its plans to meet with engineers from its automaker customers, to update them about the root cause of the airbag inflator issue that led to recall of millions of vehicles worldwide. The meeting ...
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LED outdoor lighting, mainly LED street lamps and LED tunnel lamps, installed in China in 2014 had an estimated total market value of CNY14.7 billion (US$2.39 billion), growing on year by 22%, according to China-based research organization ...
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The global LED lighting market is increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.89% over 2014-2019, according to a report from TechNavio. The new report 'Global LED Lighting Market 2015-2019' emphasizes the rapid decrease in ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LEDs
For full-year 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $508.2m, up 10.7% on $459m for 2013. 5N Plus provides purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, ...
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The number of LED lamps installed for general lighting in Europe (including indoor & outdoor accent and functional lighting for residential, commercial and government areas) will rise from 288 million in 2014 to 2.9 billion units in 2019 at ...
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Global seed technology major Monsanto’s Indian subsidiary said it would submit final trial results for its genetically modified (GM) corn to lawmakers within a year. As cited in Reuters, Monsanto India CEO Shilpa Divekar Nirula said ...
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Kishore Biyani led Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited said it has hiked its stake in ethnic products firm Industree Crafts Pvt Ltd from 63.34 per cent to 72.16 per cent. Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited (FLF), the apparel and accessories ...
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Microsoft has unveiled two new handsets at MWC 2015, officially introducing the Microsoft Lumia 640 and oversized Lumia 640 XL. Targeting the mid-range market at a low-end price point – think Moto G rival – the Lumia 640 and ...
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Microsoft has unveiled two new handsets at MWC 2015, officially introducing the Microsoft Lumia 640 and oversized Lumia 640 XL. Targeting the mid-range market at a low-end price point – think Moto G rival – the Lumia 640 and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, MWC
With 'wildfire' growth over, many production lines idle Overcapacity is proving to be a headache for automakers in China as sales slow in the world's largest auto market, said analysts and industry insiders. Though 23.5 million vehicles ...
Tags: Auto Market, Overcapacity