Major lighting markets around the world have been affected by the European debt crisis to varying degrees, according to LEDinside. Certain Chinese LED firms whose business relies heavily on overseas markets have seen a decline in orders, ...
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GSI Group hit by scientific market slowdown 09 Aug 2012 Sales of fiber lasers from subsidiary JK Lasers triple year-on-year, but scientific orders are delayed. JK Lasers' carbon dioxide laser GSI Group, the owner of well-known ...
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Demand for NHS contractors is soaring despite the economic downturn, according to NHS recruitment specialist Max20. Don Tomlinson, managing director of Max20, says recruiters are competing over the best information management and ...
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The American Association of Industrial Design has estimated: for every $1 invested in industrial design, you can regain of $1,500 back. With "ingenuity" to successful "manufacturing", industrial design has become a “second core ...
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IT services firm Cognizant has increased its sales by over 20% over the last three months and expects its total 2012 sales to increase by the same figure compared to 2011. The company, which has most of its staff in India, increased head ...
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During the first half of 2012, Georg Fischer faced uneven economic conditions. Whereas the Corporation increased its sales in Asia and even more in North America, the eurozone woes had a dampening effect on customer demand in that region. ...
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Over the past six months FIRA reports a significant rise in membership and clients, across all areas of the business. FIRA continues to show growth with regards to attracting and retaining members. Since March, FIRA has welcomed 10 new ...
Imports of plywood into Spain have dropped again in the first three months of 2012 after a weak final quarter of 2011. AEIM, an organisation representing Spanish wood importers, reported that imports of non-tropical hardwood and softwood ...
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Maxim Group LLC analyzed metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) utilization and revenues at light emitting diode (LED) makers in Taiwan, finding that MOCVD orders are placed just to maintain capacity, not add, and high utilization ...
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Automotive ICs have remained a bright spot for the industry and should be almost a$20bn market this year,says IC Insights. One of the silver linings to the automotive downturn in 2008 was that it initiated a massive and perhaps long ...
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BT today reported a 6% drop in overall revenues for the first quarter of 2012, blaming the economic downturn for its poor performance. Revenue fell from almost £4.8bn to £4.48bn compared with the same quarter last year, with ...
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The year 2010 was the springtime for LED industry, but 2011 was the wintertime. For most manufacturers, the cold winter may last until 2013 or 2014. Since 2009, the notebook computer, monitor and TV have started to adopt LED backlight unit ...
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Of 46 Chinese LED chip projects planned in 2009-2010, just 20 put into production Reportlinker has made available a new market research report ‘Global and China LED Industry Report, 2011-2012’ from China Research and ...
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Global ASP of 40W equivalent LED light bulb dipped 4.5% to US$19.9 with prices in the United States and Germany undergoing more prominent decrease. As for 60W equivalent LED light bulb, global ASP in June dipped 2.3% with prices in most ...
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According to LEDinside's latest price survey,the LED research division of TrendForce,the global ASP of LED light bulb dropped slightly in June.Global ASP of 40W equivalent LED light bulb dipped 4.5%to US$19.9 with prices in the United ...