PPG Industries reported third quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.94 billion, up $161 million, or 4 percent, versus the prior year. Third quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $377 million, or ...
Tags: PPG, Construction Coating
BMW is partnering on MAI Carbon Cluster Management GmbH, a research effort backed by Germany's federal government, research and businesses institutions, which is working on a technology to reduce carbon-fiber production costs by 90%. The ...
Tags: Carbon-Fiber Production, BMW
Toray Industries’ group operating profit apparently grew 13% on the year to around 50 billion yen ($462 million) for the April-September half as carbon fiber sales made up for lower-than-expected sales in other segments. The figure ...
Tags: carbon fiber
The decline in cotton price and slowing demand for apparel and other textile products in key North American and European markets have put tremendous pressure on synthetic pricing in the past several months. The global synthetic fiber price ...
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The latest report by the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has revealed that the US recorded a recycling rate of 31.2% for PET bottles last year. This ...
Tags: Pet Bottles, Bottles Packaging
BASF India Limited inaugurated its large-scale chemical production complex at Dahej in Gujarat, India. With a project cost of INR 1,000 crore (approximately €150 million), the site represents BASF’s single largest investment in ...
Tags: BASF, Chemical Complex, Decoration
General Mills - the maker of Cheerios, Bisquick and Yoplait - has secured approval from US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the acquisition of Annie's, a natural and organic food company. The approval is given under the ...
Tags: General Mills, FTC, Food
Do you like the green plants? Most people are very fond of green plants! Now to introduce you the first successful synthesis of artificial biological green leaves. The materials of artificial green leaves are extracted from silk fiber. ...
Tags: Artificial Leaves, Agriculture
Airlight Energy of Biasca, Switzerland, which supplies proprietary technology for large-scale production of electricity using solar power and for energy storage, has partnered with IBM Research, aiming to bring affordable solar technology ...
Tags: CPV IBM, Electrical, Electronics
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes components, subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has launched the Dual micro-ITLA (integrable tunable laser assembly) for the coherent market, which has begun ...
In booth 376 at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2014) in Cannes, France (22-24 September), optical communication product maker Source Photonics Inc of Chatsworth, CA, USA is giving a live demonstration of ...
Optical communication product maker Source Photonics Inc of Chatsworth, CA, USA has announced what it claims is the first integrated, pluggable Gigiabit passive optical networks (GPON) SFP optical networking unit (ONU) with 1 ...
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In booth #412 at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2014) show in Cannes, France (22-24 September), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA is demonstrating several ...
Tags: Finisar, Networking Applications
Texas Instruments Inc (TI), which develops analog ICs and embedded processors, has introduced its first transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for the 100G optical networking market. TI says that, as a key component of the system, the ONET2804T ...
Tags: TIA, TI, Electrical
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and space solar power markets, has announced a transition plan of its CEO position in connection with the sale of ...