AIXTRON SE today announced that Chinese company Wuhan Huagong Genuine Optics Tech Co., Ltd (HG Genuine), a leading developer and manufacturer of optical components in China, has ordered a 6x2-inch Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) epitaxial ...
When the province of Ontario gave the green light to the first of its long combination vehicles (LCVs) in 2009, it did so under the condition that truckers and shippers would have to pay for the engineering studies needed to prove ...
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AlterG, a US-based medical device company, has launched its AlterG Bionic Leg, a wearable, battery-powered, robotic mobility assistance device activated by a patient's intent to move. Designed for patients with impaired mobility, the ...
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For metering tasks in high-pressure laboratories, the highest of precision when conveying defined quantities of substances is a must. Plunger pumps used for this purpose can withstand the high pressure, but they inherently leak. If the ...
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While shipments of touch panels for handset applications will continue to dominate the touch panel industry in China in the second half of 2013, the ratio of tablet touch panels will rise in the fourth quarter as China-based touch panel ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it shipped 3 million mt of iron ore from its Liberia operations between January 1 and August 8 of the current year, almost doubling last year's figures for the same period. In July, the ...
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Finland-based nanotech firm Picodeon Ltd, which specializes in thin-film coatings and surface treatments, is to accelerate the development and manufacture of its thin films and thin-film deposition tools following completion of a €5m ...
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Miner and trader Glencore Xstrata (GLEN.L) reported copper production increased by a fifth in the first six months of 2013, driven by the ramp-up of mines replacing depleted operations and a stronger performance in Congo. Glencore, which ...
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Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended June 30 of the financial year 2012-13. For the third quarter, ThyssenKrupp registered a net loss of €238 ...
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India-headquartered steel giant Tata Steel Group has issued its group financial results including Tata Steel Europe for the first quarter ended June 30 of the financial year 2013-14. Tata Steel Group recorded a net profit of INR 11.4 ...
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Packaging used to just be about the three P's: protection, preservation and presentation. But nowadays it's about so much more than that. In addition to delivering the above listed qualities packaging has to tell a story about the brand. In ...
Tumblr, the blogging platform bought for $1bn by Yahoo in June 2013, had just $16.6m in cash when Yahoo bought it out for $990m. The company had raised $85m less than two years earlier - in September 2011 - but was fast running out of ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $33.5m. This is down ...
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For second-quarter 2013, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $190.1m. This is up 3% on $184.2m last quarter (although Q1 had been impacted by ...
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Pentair Ltd. announced second quarter 2013 sales of $2.0 billion. Sales were up 4 percent compared to adjusted pro forma sales for the same period last year. Adjusted second quarter 2013 earnings per diluted share ("EPS") were $0.92, up 19 ...