Air freight volumes were up slightly in September according to the IATA, with freight tonne kilometres (FTK) 1.0% higher compared to a year ago. This was a small improvement on August, when volumes were broadly stable year to year, however, ...
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Nestlé Lanka, a leading nutrition, health and wellness company in Sri Lanka, posted revenue of LKR 27.1 billion for the nine months period ending 30 September 2015 recording a growth of 8.6% vs previous year. The company reported a ...
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A blue glowing device the size of a peppercorn can activate neurons of the brain, spinal cord or limbs in mice and is powered wirelessly using the mouse's own body to transfer energy. Developed by a Stanford Bio-X team, the device is the ...
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Tetra Pak has released a major report on millennials, detailing how brands can tailor their packaging to this big-spending demographic. The packaging supplier has described this 20-35 age group as the largest generational group in ...
For full-year fiscal 2015 (ending 2 October), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported record revenue of $3.26bn, up 42% on fiscal 2014's $2.29bn. For the fiscal ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2016 (ended 3 October 2015), Qorvo Inc, which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, has reported revenue of $708.3m, up 5.2% on $673.6m last ...
Tags: Qorvo, RFMD, TriQuint Semiconductor, Mobile Products
Sengled, a global innovator bringing bright new ideas to the lighting industry, announced today the launch of an Indiegogo campaign for the award-winning Sengled Snap, an LED light bulb with an integrated IP camera, speaker and ...
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Tubemaker Tenaris is not very optimistic about a recovery in demand for its steel tubular products from the oil and gas industries in the near future, its CEO Paolo Rocca said during a conference call on Thursday. The executive stressed ...
Asian propylene term contract discussions for 2016 are likely to conclude at larger discounts than this year due to an increase in supply in the region, market sources said this week. A source at a producer in South Korea estimated the ...
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Despite expectations of a seasonal pickup in the Medium Range tanker market in the Americas in the fourth quarter -- particularly from November onward -- charterers were able to pressure freight rates lower Wednesday, with Medium Range ...
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Long Range 1 tanker rates are soaring in Europe as vessels are delayed due to high storage levels in Europe, and the busy naphtha arbitrage to the East is rapidly eating into the available tonnage. LR1 rates on the Northwest Europe to ...
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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 ...
The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a new record high of €7.9 billion in 2012. Measured in euros the market grew 9 % over 2011, while measured in US-dollars the market grew only by 1 %. These observations ...
As part of the 11th International Laser Marketplace – the bi-annual industry conference staged at LASER World of Photonics in Munich – Dr Kunihiko Washio, CEO of Paradigm Laser Research (Tokyo, Japan) gave a presentation on the ...
A combination of existing commercial applications and new consumer applications will drive the market for uncooled infra-red imaging technologies, according to Yole Développement, the French market consultancy. The company’s ...