First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) module conversion efficiency to 18.6% aperture efficiency for a full-size module, as measured and certified by the US Department of ...
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China's real estate market, widely scrutinized for its significance to the world's second largest economy, has shown glimmering signs of bottoming out in big cities. The property market remains largely anemic, but a string of indicators ...
The infrared (IR) LED market for surveillance applications will grow from $94m in 2014 to $120m in 2015, according to '2Q15 Gold Member Report - 2015 Global LED Supply and Demand Market' from LEDinside (a division of TrendForce). ...
A newly published study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that improving the uniformity of lighting in parking lots can increase the sense of safety and security, as well as provide up to an ...
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The study shows that M&A activity has slightly boosted the European packaging industry during a difficult time, with key deals having been completed in the UK. The study, 'Investment Analysis of the European Packaging Industry', also ...
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At SID's Display Week 2015 event in San Jose, CA, USA (31 May-5 June), Grenoble-based micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of France announced that it has demonstrated a path to fabricating high-density micro-LED arrays for the next ...
Tags: Leti III-V lab microLED, Electrical, Electronics, LED
Chinese stocks and economic growth have long had little to do with each other. Between 2010 and early 2014, when China boasted the world's fastest-growing economy, its stockmarket was consistently among the world's worst performers. Since ...
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The long-term consequences of China's coming stockmarket correction are the ones to fear IF YOU were a Chinese worker you could have spent the past year toiling to earn a living. Or you could have bought some shares and sat on the sofa ...
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Ford announced today the most powerful naturally aspirated road-going engine in its history. The all-new Ford 5.2-liter flat-plane crankshaft V8 will produce 526 horsepower and 429 lb.-ft. of torque in Shelby GT350 Mustang and Shelby GT350R ...
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) system maker Park Systems Corp of Suwon, South Korea has launched NX-Hivac, which is claimed to be the only high-vacuum AFM system on the market that meets the current and future needs for failure analysis in ...
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Opel Adam, with a new automated manual gearbox, debuts at the Istanbul Motor Show. Available for the ADAM since the beginning of the year, the main advantage of the 5-speed Easytronic 3.0 is that it combines the comfort of an automatic ...
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South African retail heavyweight Christo Wiese through his private equity vehicle Brait SE has acquired 90 per cent stake in UK fast fashion apparel retailer New Look. Brait SE has acquired the stake for £780 million, primarily ...
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In booth #1348 at the 2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium & Exhibition (IMS 2015) in Phoenix, Arizona (17-22 May), Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated ...
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Driven by Bonita brand sales, revenue in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 rose 3.4 per cent year over year at German apparel marketer Tom Tailor Group. “And also despite a challenging environment, we were able to hike sales by ...
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XCMG Heavy Port Tractor Introduction Meeting, themed as "Heavy trucks with great quality meeting in Ningbo" was held in Beilun port on April 26, 2015. And 206 tractors were ordered on the meeting. The meeting was held after XCMG detailed ...
Tags: Heavy Port Tractor, Tractor