China-based Sanan Optoelectronics recently announced it was buying up shares of Taiwan-based Formosa Epitaxy. Cooperation between the two firms can achieve benefits such as economies of scale. In 2012, Sanan has a total capacity of 144 ...
German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to invest about EUR3.4bn ($4.4bn) in refurbishing its model lineup and facilities in Brazil. The investment, which runs through 2016, includes EUR126m to expand capacity at its engine facility in ...
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Indian vehicle manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is planning for an alternative location for its vehicle manufacturing plant, other than its original plan of Pune in Maharastra state of India. For the new plant, the company will ...
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Neil Murphy. Photo courtesy of AdelaideNow.com.au. The South Australian Government should immediately investigate the introduction of toll roads to assist funding a number of key transport infrastructure projects vital to SA’s ...
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors has received $10m grant from the California Energy Commission in the US to manufacture the Model X sport utility vehicle (SUV). Tesla will further invest $50m to purchase equipment for the components of ...
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Taipei, Nov. 8, 2012 (CENS)--To further expand touch-module production capacity at its Vietnamese factory, Taiwan-based Wintek Corp. is raising NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) in a syndicated bank loan, saying it is scheduled to raise ...
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Taipei, Nov. 7, 2012 (CENS)--Outsourcing to Asia for auto parts by international automakers have been rising, and many original equipment (OE) parts suppliers in Taiwan have kicked off capacity-expansion plans to meet flooding demand. ...
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In response to China-based LED maker Sanan Optoelectronics' investment of NT$2.35 billion (US$80.4 million) in Formosa Epitaxy, some players in Taiwan's LED supply chain have expressed their worries that Formosa Epitaxy may benefit from the ...
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German office supplies manufacturer Sigel GmbH used storage virtualisation to improve the performance of its VMware-based virtual servers and its Oracle database systems. Sigel also cut costs with its storage hypervisor technology. ...
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TÜV Rheinland India, a subsidiary of German-based TÜV Rheinland Group, a leading provider of technical services worldwide, will be setting up textile testing laboratories in Tirupur and Gurgaon by 2012-end. As a part of the ...
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Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will issue new shares in order to obtain a 100% stake in Huga Optotech, the firm announced on September 28. Huga Optotech has been officially acquired by Epistar. According to Biing-Jye Lee, chairman of ...
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Taiwan-based LED secondary optical lens maker Ledlink Optics expects September revenues to show on-month growth. Despite continuous price falls in the LED lighting market, Ledlink's performance has yet to be affected. Market observers ...
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In the world, the development of the Low-E glass industry is closely related to countries’ policy support for energy efficiency of buildings. In Europe and America, the penetration rate of the Low-E glass has quickly climbed to more ...
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Marehisa"Mark"Ishiko,who was named president and CEO of AGC Glass Company North America in June 2010,recently took the time to sit down for an exclusive interview with glassBYTEs.com™/AGRR™magazine about his long history in the ...
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Shree Cement, one of the largest producers of cement in north India, has put its Karnataka plant on the backburner, following land acquisition problems at the site. The proposed plant, which would have been the first outside North India, ...
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