Total sales of machine vision (MV) components and systems in North America increased 11% to $1.04 bn in the first half of 2014, according to new statistics issued by trade association the AIA. This is the best first half performance by the ...
Tags: Machine Vision, manufacturing sector, smart cameras, lighting
Led by China, the solar industry will grow at a CAGR of 8.3% – from 37.5 GWp (gigawatt peak) in 2013 to 65.6 GWp in 2019 – but emerging trade disputes involving the Asian giant, as much as global policies, cast a shadow over ...
Tags: solar industry, Market, X-Si
Green packaging maker Cascades is investing $26.4m on a new corrugator, which will be installed at its Norampac corrugated board conversion plant in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada. The announcement follows Cascades' recent plans to expand ...
Tags: Green packaging, Norampac
Last week Samsung became the latest big-hitter to change its strategy in the LED lighting sector, with the Korean technology conglomerate making a significant retreat. Having identified the emerging application as a key growth area just ...
Tags: Samsung, LED Lighting, luminaire markets
“The machine vision industry in Germany will grow in 2014 by at least 10% minimum and overall industry turnover will exceed its sales forecast of about €1.8 billion by the end of this year,” stated Dr. Olaf Munkelt, ...
Tags: machine vision industry, Intelligent traffic systems, growth
The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a volume of US$ 11.6 billion in 2014. According to a preliminary analysis of 2014 data produced by Optech Consulting, based in Taegerwilen, Switzerland, that figure is up 8% ...
Tags: laser systems, fiber lasers, semiconductors
New predictions from Greentech Media’s market research division (GTM Research) suggest that solar photovoltaics will account for half of all the new electricity-generating capacity added globally over the next five years – and ...
Tags: PV industry, global PV demand, PV market
Installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels continues to gather momentum in the US, with another 1.4 GW of capacity added in the second quarter of 2015. That’s according to analysts at Greentech Media (GTM) Research, whose ...
Tags: PV Power, solar, Investment
Several large lighting brands have made large scale recalls over the past three months in the North America market, such as Cree, Osram Sylvania and IKEA. Even large lighting brands are not exempt from occasional faulty products. LEDinside ...
What comes to mind when we speak of cultural exports from China to the United States? Bruce Lee, the giant panda, or kung fu? Without a doubt, these cultural symbols are successful exports of Chinese culture, but another form of Chinese ...
Tags: Chinese Dishes, Popular in The US
Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon took audiences by storm when it was released 15 years ago. Now, 15 years after Ang Lee's international hit won four prizes at the 73th Academy Awards, the impressive Chinese wuxia (martial ...
Tags: Oscar-winning, Crouching Tiger, Filmmaking
"The mystic chords of memory ... will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." With this, US President Abraham Lincoln ended his first inaugural speech in March ...
Tags: Documentary, Sino-US Relations
The 18th Beijing Art Expo attracted a large turnout of aficionados from around the world, with one thing in common - the pursuit of art and the different approaches to portraying beauty. From their work can be seen a spirit of life and ...
Shooting for A Pension Plan, a movie based on Chinese-American author Ha Jin's story of the same name, began in northern Beijing on Tuesday. Filming for the movie is scheduled to be completed in late October. The film, based on the ...
Tags: movie, Ha Jin's story
For third-quarter 2015, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs, indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials, has reported revenue of $18.4m, down 12.4% on $21m last quarter and down 20% on ...