LEDs are up to 80 percent more energy-efficient than normal light bulbs and last around five times as long as energy-saving light bulbs. As a result they are being used more and more frequently as a source of light. Nevertheless, white LEDs ...
Tags: LEDs, Protein-based LEDs, FAU
Solvay Specialty Polymers, a world leader in the research, development and manufacturing of high-performance materials designed to master the most challenging requirements in the semiconductor industry, will showcase at Semicon Taiwan 2015 ...
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For third-quarter 2015, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $68.7m, down on $114.4m a year ago, negatively impacted by continuing erosion in relevant underlying ...
Tags: chemical products, metal
Jijun Feng and Ryoichi Akimoto based in China and Japan have developed low-threshold green and green-yellow laser diodes (LDs) based on a beryllium zinc cadmium selenide (BeZnCdSe) quantum well [Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p161101, 2015]. ...
Tags: laser diodes, zirconium dioxide
Bioplastic materials firm EcoCortec has commissioned a new converting line for zip lock and heat sealing bags, a move that increases production capacity at the company's plant in Croatia. The investment in new equipment is in line with ...
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MGP Ingredients, a leading supplier of premium distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches, reported results for the third quarter period ended 30 September 2015. Third quarter 2015 highlights (vs. third quarter 2014) ...
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The water levels on the Rhine hit critically low levels this week, which threatened to send the cost of transporting and handling a range of oil and chemicals even higher after several months of rising costs. Freight and logistics costs ...
Tags: Rhine, transporting, Oil, Petchem
The low density polyethylene unit at Dow Chemical's Bahia Blanca, Argentina, petrochemical complex remains shut two days after an explosion and fire at the unit, a Dow spokeswoman said Thursday. "Dow is actively conducting an inquiry into ...
Can you consider light as a product, ready to pick up from the shelf and take home? You can't touch or hold it, but being able to use it whenever needed has been vital to the progress of humanity. Light sources have progressed from candles ...
Tags: Lighting market, LED demand, displays
Two new LED market surveys reveal the growing importance of Chinese suppliers to the world market and the significant growth forecast for LED multifaceted reflector lamps. Firstly, China’s significant investment in its LED ...
Tags: LED industry, MR Lamp, worldwide market
Global sales of photonic sensors and detectors will increase from $6.3 billion in 2013, an estimated $7.3 billion in 2014 and will reach $15.2 billion in 2019, according to a new market study by analyst BCC Research. This growth equates to ...
Tags: photonic sensors, detectors, ICT market
Last week Samsung became the latest big-hitter to change its strategy in the LED lighting sector, with the Korean technology conglomerate making a significant retreat. Having identified the emerging application as a key growth area just ...
Tags: Samsung, LED Lighting, luminaire markets
Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA has acquired a High Density Radical Flux plasma technology that enables low-temperature Bosch polymer removal. High Density Radical Flux (HDRF) was developed by ...
Tags: Plasma-Therm, plasma technology, HDRF
CS Clean Systems AG of Ismaning (near Munich) and centrotherm clean solutions GmbH & Co KG of Blaubeuren, Germany (both specialists in the treatment of exhaust gases in semiconductor and solar cell production processes) signed a memorandum ...
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has introduced CORROKLEEN 44 rust remover, an application-friendly citric-acid-based gel cleaner that is more effective at removing rust and mill scale and safer for both users and the ...