Record export sales and revenue in an increasingly challenging market Commenting on the results,Kumba Iron Ore Limited's("Kumba")CEO Chris Griffith said: "Kumba's solid focus on operations and strategy has delivered another strong set ...
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Soitec installation in Durban Soitec,the France-based company specializing in semiconductor materials and concentrated photovoltaics(CPV),says that it is focusing on cost control measures while it gears up for a ramp of production at its ...
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ST-Ericsson had Q2 net sales up 19%on Q1 at$344m for a loss of$235m which was$62m less than the loss in Q1.It expects Q3 sales to be about the same. The increased Q2 sales'reflected a significant ramp of volumes of NovaThor platforms ...
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InfiniLED announces access agreement with Ireland's Tyndall National Institute InfiniLED,a portfolio company of ScienceWorks Ventures plc(a London-based IP commercialization company with an operations centre in Cork,Ireland),has announced ...
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Hard maple supplies stayed under control through the peak winter cut, even with Canadian hardwood lumber production 29 percent higher during Q1 2012 than during the same period in 2011, according to Statistics Canada. Apparently, markets ...
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Development and manufacturing agreement with Hyundai will enable Australia's Electro Optic Systems to scale production in Asia. "CROWS"system in operation Electro Optic Systems(EOS),the Australian company that develops and makes ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has announced its first major orders for concentrating photovoltaic(CPV)wafers from Solar Junction Corp(SJC)of San Jose,CA,USA,which manufactures III-V multi-junction solar ...
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Laser vendors weigh uncertain prospects 04 Jul 2012 Longbow Research finds lowered expectations in Germany,but not for everyone. Coherent sees microelectronics growth ahead Macroeconomic concerns continue to vex laser vendors in ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany has received a multi-tool order for its next-generation QXP-8300 atomic layer deposition(ALD)system from a leading Korean DRAM manufacturer.The production system for sub-30nm ...
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The supplier of optical components and LED modules plans to add to its in-house manufacturing and rapid prototyping capabilities. Fusion Optix, Inc., a Massachusetts-based developer and supplier of optical components and LED modules, has ...
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The supplier of optical components and LED modules plans to add to its in-house manufacturing and rapid prototyping capabilities. Fusion Optix,Inc.,a Massachusetts-based developer and supplier of optical components and LED modules,has ...
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22 June 2012 LA County approves First Solar to start module installation at AV Solar Ranch One The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based ...
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Kumba's Kolomela Mine near Postmasburg in the Northern Cape was officially opened today by the Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu.Also in attendance were officials from the Northern Cape Province,Anglo American CEO Cynthia ...
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At the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada(17-22 June),Germany's Infineon Technologies AG has launched the BFx840xESD series of SiGe:C(silicon-germanium:carbon)heterojunction bipolar ...
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Europe, the US, Japan and China are racing to develop the next generation of supercomputer – exascale machines - capable of a million trillion calculations a second by 2020. But why do we need computers as fast as powerful as this? ...
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