Prices for sapphire, due to potential extended use in smartphones, are expected to increase 10-15% in the first or second quarter of 2014, Taiwan-based makers cited Russia-based sapphire maker Monocrystal as indicating. Following use to ...
Tags: Sapphire, smartphone rear cameras
Crystal Applied Technology and Crystalwise Technology have become suppliers of sapphire wafers used to make covers for the iPhone 5s home key which features fingerprint recognition, according to Taiwan-based makers. A 2-inch sapphire ...
Shell's recent announcement that it is seeking additional feedstock supplies for its proposed western Pennsylvania petrochemical facility is only one major roadblock that the facility needs to circumvent in the next few years, a Platts ...
Secondary optic manufacturer Ledlink felt the effects of increased LED lighting demands when their originally predicted capital expenditure of US $7 million for 2013 instead reached that of US $8 million. Ledlink chairman Tang Delong stated ...
At the close of July, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) hit a record in monthly production of pig iron, crude steel and slab in their mills 1 and 2 as a result of teamwork of workers, technicians and managers at all levels. Pig iron in the ...
Tags: AHMSA, Record Steel Production
Excellence Opto, Inc. (EOI) is pleased to announce its expansion of its new facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The new 10,000 square foot facility will serve the increasing demands of the LED Automotive lighting market. EOI has actively ...
China-based GCL-Poly Energy Holdings has quit production of sapphire ingots and will sell two factories together with production equipment in eastern China to Taiwan-based sapphire wafer maker Tera Xtal Technology. GCL Poly's suspended ...
Tags: GCL-Poly, China, Sapphire Ingot
Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd (000550) production and sales volume news in June 2013 showed that the monthly production volume of JMC-produced Ford Transit bus was 6,027 units, with the YOY increase of 41.85%. The total production volume of ...
Tags: Transportation, Motor
LED chip packaging house Bright Led Electronics has landed orders for one billion infrared LED sensor modules worth NT$2 billion (US$66.7 million) through a China-based maker of LED whiteboards, with shipments to be finished in two years, ...
Tags: Bright LED, Bright LED Electronics sensor, Bright LED Electronics
TCL Corporation (SZSE: 000100) revealed that a notice has been received from Century Science and Technology Investment Corporation, agreeing to exempt China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) from debts worth CNY 5.1 billion for an 8.5G ...
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Reportedly, Japanese Nippon Steel & Sumikin Coated Sheet Corporation (NISC) planned to close its cold rolled and pickle plant in order to minimum lost for costs saving. The decision will affect NISC's two mills in west Japan, which monthly ...
Tags: Construction, steel
Chemicals production in the European Union contracted 2.1% year-on-year in the first quarter, industry body Cefic said in its latest Chemicals Trends Report Friday. Monthly production data for March showed a 2.8% drop compared with March ...
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On May 23, Jiangsu Baosteel precision steel wire 1st phase project is completed and commissioned in Haibao industrial park in Haimen city Jiangsu Nantong. This means that Baosteel officially enters the field of high-grade wire products and ...
Tags: Baosteel, Precision Steel Wire
Reportedly, Serbian integrated steelmaker Zelezara Smederevo announced to resume the operation under the country’s government management last week. The company’s has already begun to run cold rolled mill last week while the ...
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It’s reported that the Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel has announced to agree a joint venture with Marubeni-Itochu Steel and Shuan Hwa Industrial to build new pipes plant in China. The new pipes plant will be able to produce carbon ...
Tags: JFE Steel, Auto Pipe Plant