In order to evade high punitive anti-dumping tariffs imposed in the US market,some first-tier China-based solar makers are seeking cooperation with Taiwan-based makers of crystalline silicon solar cells.China-based solar firms hope to set ...
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Taiwan solar cell makers plan to increase quotes due to expected order increases from China Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES.The US government announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on China-made solar cells on May 17,2012,and ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -Universal Forest Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced that a subsidiary of the Company has purchased certain assets of Haleyville, Ala. -based MSR Forest Products, LLC, a supplier of roof trusses and ...
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Large-size LCD panel makers expect shipments to grow by 11%,revenues by 14%in 2Q12 Press release;Alex Wolfgram,DIGITIMES[Tuesday 15 May 2012]Large-area TFT LCD panel shipments declined in both fourth-quarter 2011 and irst-quarter ...
Tainergy,a Taiwan-based solar maker,was expected to suffer due to news that an important Europe-based customer had filed for bankruptcy.But Tainergy reported gross margins of negative 0.88%,which is higher than most solar firms. Industry ...
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Industry sources indicated that quotes of high efficiency solar cells have been lowered to US$0.45-0.47/W from US$0.46-0.48/W.This is seen as a move to secure June orders. Quotes of solar cells in China have remained around ...
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Oman Daily Observer reported that cement sector players in Oman are scaling up their production capacity to meet the ever rising local demand and also from the countrys export markets like Yemen and some East African nations. Till recently, ...
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LED maker Lextar has reported first-quarter 2012 revenues of NT$2.194 billion (US$74 million), showing a 9% sequential decrease but a 22% increase on year. The company reported a consolidated gross margin of 11.9% and consolidated net ...
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While Lextar Electronics Corp. estimates its production will run at full capacity by end of the second quarter at the earliest and Genesis Photonics Inc. has been inundated with orders this month, Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and Epistar ...
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LED firms, from upstream chip manufacturers to downstream packaging manufacturers, all saw sales growth in March, posing challenges for the traditional lighting market. Leading LED chip manufacturer, Epistar, saw revenues in March at ...
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Sapphire substrates are continuing to increase in price and some suppliers have raised their April quotes for 2-inch ones to more than US$9 per piece, according to industry sources. The sources said this is because LED applications are ...
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Based on the bright perspective of LED market, Everlight will boost LED lighting sales to account for 15% of its annual revenue in 2012, up from 9% in 2011. The company considers that thanks to the rising demands for lighting and backlight, ...
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The LED industry saw a recovery in the first quarter with increased orders of large-size LED backlights. This has increased LED firms' utilization rates to around 80-90% and revenues in March will increase as well. This is an improvement ...
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According to a Reuters calculation based on data released by World Steel Association, the daily rate of global crude steel production rose slightly in February 2012 from a month earlier, helped by a seasonal demand pickup in top producer ...
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Everlight has won a big harvest with its 2011 after-tax net income of NT$1.3 billion (US$43.5 million at US$1:NT$30), or NT$3.14 per share. According to the company, in the fourth quarter of 2011, it received pretax earnings of NT$138 ...
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