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 ...
Tags: Soitec, Hit by South African Solar
Over the past decade, China’s fast expanding economy and boom in housing starts lifted the country to being the world’s largest importer of sawlogs and the second largest importer of softwood lumber, after the US, as reported in ...
Tags: market view, log, lumber
Over the past decade, China’s fast expanding economy and boom in housing starts lifted the country to being the world’s largest importer of sawlogs and the second largest importer of softwood lumber, after the U. S. China has ...
Tags: industry trends, log, lumber
Weaker demand in February resulted in a slight softening in prices for Siberian larch lumber on the Central European markets. From what market insiders say, demand for larch was initially satisfactory at the beginning of the year. However, ...
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The discrepancy between prices for products imported from the euro zone and locally-produced wood, that Swiss sawmills and gluelam manufacturers have been facing since 2011, still exists in 2012 in spite of the price reductions of up to 10% ...
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With weaker demand for lumber around the world, sawlog prices fell in a majority of the 21 markets tracked by the WRQ. The Global Conifer Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) declined in the 3Q for the first time since the 1Q/09 to $90.18/m3. With a ...
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RUBBER declined amid speculation that slowing growth in Asian economies and Europe’s sovereign- debt crisis may weaken demand for the commodity used in tyres. The February-delivery contract fell as much as 1.6 percent to 359.1 yen a ...
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Commodity resin prices are tumbling throughout North America, with polypropylene experiencing the steepest drop -- a 14-cent dive since Oct. 1. Regional prices for polyethylene, PVC, polystyrene and ABS also are down in recent weeks, ...
Increasing demand from energy sectors driving five-year worldwide expansion A global welding market outlook from Frost & Sullivan tracks a 5.8% expansion in arc welding equipment and filler consumption from the 2008 economic downturn ...
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After a fiscal year that Cree CEO Chuck Swoboda called "successful and challenging" for the the LED lighting developer, the company's fourth quarter revenues ultimately landed at the top end of expectations. Revenues for Q4 reached $243 ...
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After a fiscal year that Cree CEO Chuck Swoboda called "successful and challenging" for the the LED lighting developer, the company's fourth quarter revenues ultimately landed at the top end of expectations. Revenues for Q4 reached ...
Tags: led chip
According to AMA prospects for the tiles market into the medium-term will be determined by the timing, strength and pace of recovery of the economy, which in mid 2011 still remains relatively fragile. The short-term outlook indicates only ...
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