Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor suppliers including Egis Technology (Egistec), Elan Microelectronics and FocalTech Systems are set to post brisk sales for the third quarter of 2016 buoyed by strong demand for smartphones, according to ...
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North Yorkshire-based supplier Hill Interiors is celebrating after turning over £1m in August, its strongest performance since it opened in 1975. Marketing manager Paul Nel says: “The last couple of months' success has been ...
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For its fiscal first-quarter 2017 (ended 31 July 2016), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported record revenue of $341.3m, up 7.1% on $318.8m last quarter and up 8.7% on $314m ...
In her new position, Rollings will be responsible for the growth of properties including Peppa Pig and PJ Masks. Entertainment One (eOne) has appointed a new head of UK licensing for eOne Family and eOne Licensing, in the form of Katie ...
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PV market demand plunged rapidly as expected as it entered in the third quarter, driving significant price decline across the PV supply chain. Prices of solar cells and wafer have reached new low for consecutive weeks. Consequently, ...
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Crestview Partners has agreed to acquire Accuride, which supplies components to the North American and European commercial vehicle industries. Crestview Partners is a New York based private equity firm, which will acquire Accuride for ...
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Mercedes-Benz Vans has launched its new mid-size van, the Vito, at the Chengdu Motor Show in China. This marks another important stage of Mercedes-Benz Vans expanding its business in China, the world's largest automobile market. In March ...
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TDK Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to establish a joint venture, TDK Automotive Technologies Corporation, to develop and manufacture automotive inverters for hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. I. ...
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CenterOak Partners announced that it has completed a majority investment in Wetzel’s Pretzels, the second largest owner and franchisor of soft pretzel stores. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in ...
Buying group Associated Independent Stores (AIS) has announced its annual award winners, which were presented at the group's September furniture and furnishing accessories show. In addition to the bed and bedroom cabinet supplier awards ...
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Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA have claimed record transconductance for III-V fin field-effect transistors (finFETs) when normalized according to fin width [Alon Vardi and Jesús A. del Alamo, ...
Global supply chain risk Q2 2016. Global supply chain risk climbed in the second quarter of 2016, reaching the highest levels since records began in 1995, according to the CIPS Risk Index, powered by Dun & Bradstreet. The Index, ...
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The collectable craze from 2011 is heading back to toy shelves early next year in the form of Squinkies 'Do Drops. Squinkies, the toy craze from 2011, is returning to the UK courtesy of Re:creation. The new line of collectable mini ...
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US toy sales rose seven per cent in 2015, fueled by the Star Wars franchise while The NPD Group reveals toy sales are already up the same percentage in the first six months of this year. Blockbuster movies including Rogue One, ...
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Dean Foods announced that executive vice president and COO Ralph Scozzafava will succeed Gregg A. Tanner as the company's CEO and as a member of the company's board of directors, effective January 1, 2017. In order to ensure a smooth ...
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