Crystalline-silicon solar cell maker Gintech Energy has said it has stopped using front-side PV silver paste produced by Giga Solar Materials to avoid potential legal disputes. The Taiwan-based cell maker said the decision was made in ...
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Neo Solar Power on December 1 announced that it has obtained orders for 400MWp of solar cells from Canadian Solar, a Canada-based PV module and PV system maker, for delivery in 2015. Neo Solar became a solar cell supplier for Canadian ...
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Fourth-generation networking has only begun its slow global arrival, but Chinese network equipment maker Huawei and his partner plan to test a 5G network in 2018. Of course, nobody will actually will have 5G-capable phones then, but ...
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US-based food manufacturing company Kellogg's has raised its offer to acquire Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr to £82.2 per share. Kellogg's new offer overtakes Abraaj Investment Management's latest offer of ...
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British cheese maker Wensleydale Creamery has launched a new crumbly cheese slice in the market, manufactured using its Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese. The new product will be available at all Asda stores as 160g re-closable packs of six ...
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Mercedes-Benz has announced that it is expanding its Sprinter based driver assistance systems to campers vans. The technology includes lane keeping assist, blind spot assist, highbeam assist, collision prevention assist and Crosswind ...
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Raytheon UK’s semiconductor business unit in Glenrothes, Scotland, UK has been selected by a “leading automotive manufacturer” to develop a silicon carbide (SiC)-based metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor ...
Steinhoff International said it has acquired a major stake in apparel retailer, Pepkor for R62.8 billion, which gives the budget furniture firm entry in to Africa's fast-growing garment markets. The South African furniture maker purchased ...
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British rigid plastic packaging supplier RPC Group will be acquiring Iceland-based plastic products maker Promens Group for €386m (£306.73m). Promens specialises in manufacturing rigid plastic packaging products and rigid ...
At the 11th China International Forum on Solid State Lighting (SSL CHINA 2014) in Guangzhou (6-8 November) – where representatives from industry, research and governmental organizations gathered to discuss recent developments and ...
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For its fiscal full-year 2014 (to end-August), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $14.5m, down 19% on $18m in fiscal 2013 (with LED chips falling 12%, LED components 23%, and lighting ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has seen its overall capacity utilization drop from about 50% in October to below 50% in November and the utilization is expected to further slip in December, according to the company. However, ...
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Abraaj Investment Management has raised its offer to acquire Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr to $129.6m. The move comes after breakfast cereal maker Kellogg's offered $127.06m for the biscuit producer, Reuters reported. ...
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French yogurt maker Danone is contemplating sale of its 20% stake in Tokyo based dairy-drink producer Yakult Honsha, which if materialised, can raise cash for any future acquisitions by Danone. Bloomberg reported that Danone already had ...
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Huawei Device was the top China-based smartphone maker in the third quarter of 2014, with shipments of 14.8 million units, according to Digitimes Research. All together, China-based makers shipped 111.1 million smartphones in the third ...
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