In the age of outsourcing the prevailing wisdom is to do as little as possible in house to streamline your operation. This strategy is not without merit, but it is not always the appropriate one for a manufacturing business. Sometimes ...
The Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG will be priced from $74,900 when it lands in Australia in September. AMG’s first four-cylinder model, and first all-wheel-drive model, will cost $2500 more than an automatic-equipped BMW M135i hatchback ...
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European ethylene and propylene supply has tightened amid a spate of production issues, though the impact of this on spot prices is being moderated by poor derivatives demand, according to industry sources. Availability to the market had ...
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Leading the way in gas generation for over a decade, Peak Scientific have expertly designed a new system solution that can be tailored to any GC laboratory’s needs. The Peak Precision Series is a beautifully designed modular gas ...
After falling 10% last quarter, for fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to 28 December 2012) Advanced Photonix Inc of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray ...
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Ocean transportation, trucking and a host of other supply chain management topics are on the agenda for the 2013 Global Supply Chain Management conference sponsored by the American Home Furnishings Alliance. The event takes place Feb. 21 ...
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Jeep says it has largely fixed its supply issues this year and is expected to meet the growing demand for models such as Grand Cherokee, Compass and Patriot going forward. Speaking to CarAdvice at the Detroit auto show today, Jeep’s ...
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Apparently ending 2012 on a high, Nokia’s Devices and Services unit exceeded expectations by selling 4.4 million Lumia smartphones during the fourth quarter of last year, preliminary data shows. Nokia currently estimates that its ...
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Nokia sold 4.4 million Lumia smartphones during the fourth quarter of last year,as the company's Devices&Services unit exceeded sales expectations,according to preliminary data. Nokia currently estimates that Devices&Services net sales in ...
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The sharemarket had it biggest fall in five weeks yesterday, with financial, material and industrial stocks leading the decline as global equity markets lost momentum following strong gains last week after the resolution of the US ...
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Computerworld - Apple today said it had sold more than 5 million iPhone 5 smartphones during the opening three-day weekend of sales, a 25% increase over last year's launch of the iPhone 4S. "Demand for iPhone 5 has been incredible and ...
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IDG News Service-ARM is catching up with Intel on 3D transistors,announcing a new partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to manufacture 64-bit chips that are faster and more power-efficient than current chips in which ...
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An aggressive iPad Mini cannibalization rate could add as few as 3 million tablets to Apple's bottom line in what is shaping up to be a record total for the quarter, an analyst said today. Cannibalization -- as opposed to replacement -- ...
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Stringent iPhone 5 production specifications established by Apple and supply issues with new components like the Lightning port and larger screen could be responsible for Foxconn's delays of the handset, analysts said on Wednesday. ...
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IDG News Service - Following Intel's lead, contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is investing A!838 million (US$1 billion) in Netherlands tools maker ASML to speed up the development of faster and more ...
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