With China- and Taiwan-based suppliers eager to expand their presence, prices of fingerprint sensors are likely to fall below US$5 in 2015, according to industry sources. Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics, FocalTech Systems, Egis ...
Tags: Fingerprint Sensor, Sensor
The consumer public has put out the call, and the hog industry is responding in a big way at the start of what's likely to be a year of major growth for the U.S. hog herd. New data show the breeding herd has climbed by 4%, with the number ...
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Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 2.7% in 2014, an improvement from the previous forecast of negative 3.7%, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although third-quarter results were a few points ahead of forecast ...
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The hog market has been a good place to be in the last year. Live hog prices in the last few months have trended almost $20 a head higher than the same period in 2013. So, what's the outlook heading into winter? Feed supplies remain low, ...
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Renault Trucks has launched new range of vehicles in Africa and Middle East, as a part of its global expansion strategy. The new range of Renault trucks includes C, K and D ranges that are designed to adopt extreme weather conditions ...
Tags: Trucks, expansion strategy, Auto
TNT Australia has taken delivery of the first Euro 6 emission-compliant trucks in Australia, several years ahead of the new regulations taking effect in Australia. Euro 6 is the European Commission’s most stringent diesel exhaust ...
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According to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, UK retail sales were flat last month, at 0.0% on a like-for-like basis from October 2013, when they had increased 0.8% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 1.4%, against a ...
Tags: Furniture Retail Sales, Furnishing
The Global retail goods market expanded 5% in 2013 to an estimated $379.6billion including sales taxes in Europe, according to research. Spending on athletic footwear and apparel outpaced the overall segment, growing 6% to 231.6 billion. ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, footwear, apparel
Demand for LED lighting products for the fourth quarter will be weak as LED lighting vendors took deliveries in the second and third quarters for products to be launched in the fourth, and some will adjust inventories through the end of the ...
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Cotton Council International (CCI) is organising a by-invitation seminar on September 5 in Bangalore titled ‘Cotton: An Engine of Growth for The Indian Textile Industry’. CCI said this seminar will offer useful insights on the ...
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On August 29, 2014, Weichai Power released its sales report of half a year: the operating receipt of Weichai Power registered 341.11 billion yuan, up by 10.32% year on year and the net profit was 37.65 billion yuan, up by 80.57% year on ...
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The gallium arsenide integrated circuit market will grow to $8bn in 2017, according to a new report ‘The GaAs IC Market’ by The Information Network. The biggest enabler of the mobile data increase and the most important driver ...
For fiscal third-quarter 2014 (ended 27 June), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $587m, up 22% on $481m last quarter and 34.6% on $436.1m a year ...
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(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a change to the plan to clean up soil and groundwater at the former Alcas Cutlery Corporation facility at the Olean Well Field Superfund site in Olean, New York. Soil and ...
Tags: EPA, Soil, Service, Certification
BASF's business developed positively in the second quarter of 2014. At €18.5 billion, sales rose by 1% compared with the same period of the previous year. "This was largely the result of higher sales volumes in our chemicals business, ...
Tags: BASF, Increase, Decoration