For full-year fiscal 2015 (ending 2 October), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported record revenue of $3.26bn, up 42% on fiscal 2014's $2.29bn. For the fiscal ...
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Metal detection and X-ray inspection are an excellent first line of defence to check products for foreign contaminants before they leave your processing plant. In food and beverage applications, both systems must be extremely sensitive, ...
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Injection molding and extrusion equipment provider Milacron has agreed to acquire US-based CanGen Holdings. CanGen supplies highly engineered aftermarket process control components for extrusion and injection molding applications. With ...
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Food packaging and processing equipment firm tna has acquired labeling equipment provider Unique Solutions for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is in line with the company's strategy to support food manufacturers with a full ...
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Speaking at a press conference with Taiwanese media at Semicon Taiwan on Sept. 2, 2015, Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura shared his observations on lighting technology trends and commented on Taiwanese LED manufacturers situation. Nakamura ...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, USA says that Michael Shur (its Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts Professor of Solid State Electronics) is to receive an Achievement award from the UK's Institution of Engineering and ...
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On November 3, the third China (Xuzhou) International Engineering Machinery Fair officially opened to the public. XCMG brought 53 units (sets) of its products on display. A Wide Spectrum of XCMG Products Set in Line to Welcome Global ...
The 2016 semiconducor market will be all about demand, according to Tien Wu, COO for IC backend house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). Macroeconomic factors such as US interest rates, Europe's economies and quantitative easing in ...
Alaskan legislators on Wednesday approved the state's buyout of TransCanada's interest in the Alaska LNG Project. The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve funds for the acquisition, which was proposed by Governor Bill ...
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State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, (Adnoc) is seeking to cut 25% off its operating and capital spending, a senior official at the company was quoted as saying Thursday. "...we are trying to bring down operating expenditures and also ...
Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has signed with Portugal-based Martifer Solar and MPrime Solar for exclusive sales agent rights for Gintech-produced PV modules in France, Portugal and Italy each. Martifer Solar is a PV EPC (engineering, ...
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The German photonics sector will employ 165,000 people in the country by the end of the decade, according to a market and industry study presented by Photonik Forschung Deutschland at the LASER World of Photonics trade show in Munich. ...
The global sales value of fiber optic circulators in optical communications will grow at an average annual rate of 8.4 percent, from this year’s value of almost $230m reaching $313m by 2017. These are the conclusions reached in a ...
Global sales of photonic sensors and detectors will increase from $6.3 billion in 2013, an estimated $7.3 billion in 2014 and will reach $15.2 billion in 2019, according to a new market study by analyst BCC Research. This growth equates to ...
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“The machine vision industry in Germany will grow in 2014 by at least 10% minimum and overall industry turnover will exceed its sales forecast of about €1.8 billion by the end of this year,” stated Dr. Olaf Munkelt, ...
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