Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has manufactured the first four-junction, four-terminal stacked solar cell using its proprietary micro transfer printing process ...
Tags: Semprius CPV Solar Junction, Solar, Electrical, Electronics, Solar Cell
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has proposed that a Garments Sector Governance Authority be set up to coordinate governance initiatives of multiplicity of actors and to ensure their transparent and accountable delivery against ...
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The overall Front-End manufacturing trends for LED manufacturing are following the same path: decrease manufacturing costs, increase yield to improve binning, extract more light per mm² and per watt injected into the die… So all ...
Rumors had it that Apple requested two battery suppliers, Taiwan based Simplo Technology and Shenzhen Desay, to challenge the limit for flexible thin battery in order to respond to iPhone 6’s larger screen size and one-third of iPhone ...
Tags: iPhone6, Lighter Battery, Lithium Battery
Adequate levels of rhizobia organisms can help to increase nitrogen fixation; satellite imagery and mapping capabilities help growers identify yield-limiting factors; and developments in drought stress tolerance. Adequate Rhizobia ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Refining margins for sweet crudes are out-performing margins for sour crudes like Urals in Northwest Europe, Platts data shows, as lighter refined products have surged while heavier products have dropped. While cracking margins -- which ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2014 (ending 28 March), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $481m, down 4.8% on $505.2m last quarter but up 13% on $425.2m a ...
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Grain sorghum planting is in full-swing throughout the Central Plains, and as it moves northward, there are some practices successful sorghum growers use to get the crop off to a good start. 1. Plant the right hybrid. Choose the ...
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Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced its financial results for 2013 according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). In 2013, MMK saw a net loss of $2.429 billion compared to a net ...
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The estimated cotton crop of India is 3 crores 75 lakh bales of which approximately 3 crore bales have arrived in the cotton market. Out of this 85 lakh bales have been registered for exports as per trade sources and 80 lakh bales of cotton ...
Tags: Cotton Crop, cotton market
Mahindra ShubhLabh Services, a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra, has entered into a fruit supply chain joint venture (JV) agreement with Belgium-based fresh produce firm Univeg. Mahindra will have 60% holding in the JV, while Univeg will ...
Tags: fruit supply, domestic supply
Altatech of Montbonnot, near Grenoble, France (a subsidiary of Soitec since January 2012) has received an order for its Orion LedMax wafer inspection and metrology system from Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany. Osram ...
Ethanol output in Brazil's key center-south region was 167.854 million liters (44.342 million gallons) in the second half of March, up 665% from the first half of the month, according to data released Tuesday by trade group Unica. The ...
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Obducat AB of Lund, Sweden, a developer and supplier of technologies, products and processes based on proprietary nanoimprint lithography (NIL), has launched the second-generation SINDRE system which, due to improved performance, will be ...
Tags: Obducat Lithography, Electrical, Electronics
The Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI), a U.S. Department of Energy-Energy Frontier Research Center led by the University of Delaware, has announced a two-year program with ExxonMobil to research renewable chemicals from biomass. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemicals